We compared Rubrik and Azure Backup based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Rubrik is praised for its automated policy enforcement and efficient ransomware detection. Azure Backup is commended for its scalability, comprehensive security options, and non-disruptive backup process. Users also like its seamless integration with various Azure services. Rubrik could expand compatibility with open-source databases, improve documentation, and strengthen its ability to back up remote sites. Azure Backup needs to improve its backup and file-level restoration procedure.
Service and Support: Rubrik customers appreciate the support team's expertise and fast response. Azure's customer service is generally considered helpful and proactive, but a few users have reported longer wait times and slow issue resolution.
Ease of Deployment: Rubrik's setup is simple, and users say the support team was available to assist as needed. Azure Backup's setup is easy, quick, and can be completed with minimal user involvement.
Pricing: Some users find Rubrik's pricing expensive, but many say it’s justified by its encryption and security features. Rubrik's license includes both software and hardware without any additional costs. Azure Backup is a cloud-based solution, so its pricing depends on factors like storage and data consumption. Azure offers competitive pricing and is considered more cost effective than many competing solutions.
ROI: Rubrik provides peace of mind and some cost savings, but users say that quantifying the ROI is difficult. Azure Backup offers a solid return on investment with its affordable pricing and low initial costs, particularly when upgrading solutions.
Comparison Results: Users like Rubrik’s advanced ransomware features, excellent support, and automated policy enforcement. However, some had issues with its remote backup abilities and high price tag. Azure Backup is an affordable, scalable solution that features an effortless deployment and native integration with Azure services. While reviews of Azure Backup’s features were generally positive, some users reported unsatisfactory experiences with Azure support.
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"The solution helped us use R2 RBO to back up frequently."
"It offers seamless integration."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"The hardware is always updated and it's saved us a lot of money."
"It's very simple to configure which is very useful. It's not complex to configure it."
"The product is cost-effective compared to other vendors."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"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."
"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."
"It has a streamlined user interface, provides an improved tech support experience, and reduces time required to locate and restore data."
"It has a single pane of glass interface."
"Rubrik is a very scalable and high-performing backup restore solution."
"Rubrik is a faster unit from a hardware perspective. Things, like Live Mount, mean we can bring services back straightaway, then have them transition back into the live storage in the background. Because we can use Live Mount to do instant restores, a restore is now a five-minute job. Then, the rest of it is done in the background, rather than doing something for an hour before you actually get the restore back."
"Drives the back-end through a powerful, well-documented API."
"Rubrik is highly scalable and is easy to do."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"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 licensing cost is quite high. That is something that needs to be worked out, because so many times it happens that the team does not have the budget or there are other issues at that time. Cost has become an important factor in deciding whether to continue with the Rubrik solution."
"Better integration for complex NAS structures having to mount at root adds time and workload to the process of NDMP."
"I have a personal want which might not necessarily make sense with Rubrik as a company or Rubrik as a software, but it'd be really nice if they could also handle things like item-level backups and restores of Active Directory objects and DNS and DCP objects."
"Rubrik is expensive."
"In terms of what could be improved with Rubrik, we need to improve the backup for remote sites. The competitors are stronger in terms of their remote office back up. Rubrik needs to improve to be stronger for backup. This is the main thing."
"Rubrik could improve in customization options for dashboards."
"They have what's called an organization which means different groups of access to Rubrik, but the alerting only goes to the admins. My suggestion to Rubrik is to make sure that the separate organizations or groups of users get the appropriate alerting."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 82 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Azure Backup vs. Rubrik report.
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