We compared Rubrik and Varonis Platform based on our users reviews in six parameters. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Based on the feedback, both Rubrik and Varonis Platform offer simple and hassle-free setup experiences. Rubrik requires physical installation and configuration, with the support team readily available for assistance. On the other hand, Varonis Platform stands out for its intuitive interface and clear instructions, complemented by helpful support.
Rubrik offers easy integration and setup, seamless integration with other systems, a user-friendly interface, SLA-based policy automation, archival feature, Live Mount tool, ransomware detection, cloud backup, and file server functionality. Varonis Platform provides data classification and protection, data access governance, threat detection and response, and data visibility and analytics features. However, users find Varonis' classification process time-consuming, access control setup challenging, and reporting capabilities less customizable.
Rubrik can enhance Polaris for better identification of root causes, address pricing concerns, improve support for open source databases, and make the user interface more user-friendly. Meanwhile, Varonis Platform requires improvement in terms of complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support.
The cost of setting up Rubrik and Varonis Platform products can differ. Some users perceive Rubrik as costly, while others believe it offers reasonable pricing considering its features. Varonis Platform's setup cost is contingent upon complexity and specific requirements. Rubrik users have found value in terms of data protection and quick recovery, leading to potential cost savings.
Rubrik's customer service is highly regarded for its expertise, responsiveness, and effectiveness in resolving issues. Users appreciate Varonis Platform's customer service for their quick response and technical problem-solving skills.
Comparison Results
To summarize the reviews, Rubrik is highly regarded for its simple setup, seamless integration, extensive backup options, and excellent customer assistance. However, it requires enhancements in analytics capabilities, pricing, documentation, and support for open source databases. Conversely, the Varonis Platform is praised for its effortless deployment, data classification and protection abilities, data access governance functionality, threat detection and response capabilities, and data visibility and analytics features. Nonetheless, users have identified areas that need improvement, such as complexity, performance, documentation, integration, and support.
"Adaptative backup and SLAs simply allow you to tell a machine to backup without taking care of the backup window."
"The Auto-Snapshot SLA feature and recovery time are amazing. It took seven seconds to have a server back up and running in production from a total failure."
"The user interface (UI) is great. It is very lightweight and intuitive."
"Automation functions, image based backup, and the ability to instantly recover anything from files to databases."
"One platform for instant recovery."
"The tech support is extremely helpful."
"There is a live-restore feature, their Live Mount, and the way it works we can instantly recover a VM, a past backup, to be directly attached to our VMware environment. Rubrik will act as a disk for it. It's like an instant restore. Within a few minutes our VM is up and running. And then, if we want to restore it, we can just migrate it to our actual storage."
"The system is able to determine when it is the best time to do backups. This is SLA-driven, and if it is not possible to maintain this SLA, the system will tell you too."
"Varonis Platform is transparent and captures everything in the environment without impacting the performance. The tool helps us unify data feeds into a single reporting system."
"The solution has significantly improved data security and compliance posture by allowing us to track and monitor activities. We can see who accesses data and when files are created and understand what's happening in our environment."
"With multiple Rubrik clusters setup in an environment, it becomes painfully obvious that this product needs a central management console."
"I want to see more features regarding filtering in the Snapshot Window, as I need to be able to set a filter for specific dates and times. If I want to check an old backup, I must scroll through one or two years of backups to find what I'm looking for."
"Collecting logs in Rubrik is very difficult compared to other tools."
"Two areas I would like to see improvement in Rubrik are pricing and localization."
"It does not offer image-level backups for Hyper-V 2012."
"There is always room for improvement with some shortcuts for the web interface. They could make it even more beautiful."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. After the licensing, the price tends to go up as time goes by."
"It is a lot more expensive than other solutions, but you get what you pay for."
"The product is very complicated."
Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews while Varonis Platform is ranked 22nd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 2 reviews. Rubrik is rated 9.2, while Varonis Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Varonis Platform writes "Offers visibility and helps to keep track of access ". Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Varonis Platform is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Governance, BigID, SailPoint IdentityIQ, Veritas Data Insight and Wiz.
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