We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Rubrik 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."The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"The most valuable feature has been the Live Mount feature."
"The solution's technical support team is very responsive and proactive."
"The most valuable feature of Rubrik for me is its user-friendliness and efficiency."
"What I like about Rubrik is its strong focus on security, particularly in combating ransomware threats."
"We had some VMware issue as VMware did some changes on the AHCI drivers. Rubrik saved our environment those times."
"In the event of any issues or questions, the support is top-notch. We rarely need to use support, but when they are needed, they are always quick to respond and very knowledgeable."
"It has a single pane of glass interface."
"Rubrik has led to improvement by reducing the amount of failed backups, leading to a reduced workload in IT operations."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"The interface is too complex."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"Rubrik's disaster recovery capabilities could be improved."
"The dashboard and user interface could be improved to make them more user-friendly."
"If I could take a snapshot from a physical and be able to stand it up as a virtual immediately without the need to rebuild an entire system and restoring files, that would be HUGE."
"The functionality is missing, but they are very receptive to our thoughts and ideas."
"It does not offer image-level backups for Hyper-V 2012."
"It is already very well furnished, but live mounts for Nutanix AHV would be amazing."
"I don't like Rubrik's user interface because it's not intuitive, and I find it hard to get the information I need."
"It needs to keep innovating to stay relevant in the data management field."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.4, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Commvault Cloud, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Rubrik report.
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