We performed a comparison between Rubrik and Unitrends based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We had some VMware issue as VMware did some changes on the AHCI drivers. Rubrik saved our environment those times."
"Live Mount is where we do the majority of our big recoveries, unless it is a file recovery. A file recovery takes a few minutes to restore to where the file in the event a file was accidentally deleted by a user, etc. There has been at least a 90 percent reduction in recovery time based on our previous solution, from the need to recover something to when it's actually recovered went from hours to minutes."
"I value the options it has for storage tiering (i.e. whether it should be a flash, SSD, or pushed to the cloud) depending on the data provided."
"Rubrik has made the process to manage backup and recovery painless. This frees up more time to work on other projects."
"A Google-like file search, system scaling, and a frequent development cycle are some positives that this solution offers."
"The product's protection against ransomware is a significant benefit."
"Rubrik is an easy and automatic solution that needs no manual intervention."
"Rubrik is very simple to implement and setup. "
"It is an easy system to use. The support, if needed, is always willing to help."
"Replication to Forever Cloud."
"Backup/archive to multiple locations."
"VM backup is much faster and more reliable, as I can test my backups with Data Copy Access jobs."
"The ability to diversify jobs within the same server helps break down a large chunk of data into more manageable and concentrated chunks."
"It is very easy to set up and get started. Almost too easy. We racked this device and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes."
"I like the fact that you can recover the VMs inside the appliance. For example, they're basically running this appliance on a Linux-based distribution, and they're spinning off KVM virtual machines inside."
"I am impressed with the tool's reporting and UniView features."
"It needs more storage array integration options and an easier restore for files that download using a browser."
"The customer service and support could be a bit faster."
"There are some features to improve on in Rubrik. For instance, they should have a tool where we can integrate with our SAP HANA. Directly from the HANA studio, we should be able to do a backup. That's what I'm looking forward to in the future."
"We have some challenges with the solution's reporting because historical reports have some limitations."
"If there was something that we could get Rubrik to fix, it would be when our DBS takes snapshots of a server or the database, the replication doesn't kick off fast enough. They can't remote it to the peer site and manipulate it back up in order to move it over, take a copy of production, slap it over, and test it out. As I understand, they are working on it. Replication works. We also get spoiled by how good things are now. We get to a point where it is so easy but when something isn't instant gratification, it seems that everything else is so amazing, why isn't this right?"
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
"The Polaris piece could use improvement. When you get a report and you have events that are suspicious, you cannot drill down and find out why it's suspicious. You only know it's suspicious, but you don't know the root cause. Other than that, everything works well."
"Capacity reports could definitely be improved. It's hard to determine what is using the space and why. For instance, you can see that some host is using 2 TB on the Rubrik node and the disk space on that host is 400 GBs. It's hard to explain how there can be 2 TBs of data on local storage when nothing has changed on the host for the past three days."
"It seems like Unitrends moved away from enterprise customer engagement and moved more towards the managed service provider market."
"I would like to see more storage options for the free version."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"The amount of updates which are being released. Updates should be limited to two or three a year, focusing more on quality instead of a rushed bug release."
"It would be great to have the job throttle/limit the max number of backups on a single ESXi host."
"Probably the biggest issue I've had is actually paying for the unit, and part of that problem is that they use a third party for the billing."
"Techs don't see to be well-versed in troubleshooting issues that arise and tickets stay opened for weeks for resolution."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 86 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Unitrends is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud, Arcserve UDP and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Rubrik vs. Unitrends report.
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