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Azure Site Recovery vs Rubrik comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
Azure Site Recovery offers time and cost efficiency, justifying its expense with enhanced reliability over traditional secondary data centers.
Sentiment score
7.2
Rubrik enhances efficiency with time savings, cost reduction, minimized downtime, and quick ROI through improved productivity and automation.
Azure Site Recovery, while being pricier than some providers, has a sufficient service level to justify costs.
Azure Site Recovery is time-saving, and its features allow us to automate processes and save resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.8
Azure Site Recovery's support is mixed, praised for knowledge but criticized for slow responses and complex ticket processes.
Sentiment score
8.2
Rubrik's support excels with quick responses, expert solutions, and proactive communication, providing a seamless and standout customer experience.
During a global outage that affected our operations, there was no apology or in-depth follow-up from Microsoft.
Issues frequently require escalation.
We primarily rely on our Cloud Support Partner for support.
They offer 24/7 support and even have a dedicated ransomware hotline with a team ready to engage immediately.
Rubrik provides excellent customer service and technical support.
Rubrik's support has been good, better than many other vendors like Microsoft, VMware, and Dell.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Azure Site Recovery offers scalable, efficient server management across industries, rated 7-10 for resource flexibility and adaptability.
Sentiment score
7.9
Rubrik offers scalable, seamless integration and expansion for various data management needs, suiting small to large enterprises efficiently.
I would rate the scalability of Azure Site Recovery as a nine out of ten.
Azure Site Recovery is a very scalable product and service mechanism.
It is highly scalable, evidenced by its ability to handle significant throughput.
Rubrik is highly scalable, with a rating of nine out of ten based on its seamless integration.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Azure Site Recovery is highly rated for stability, reliability, and performance, with minimal downtime and integration challenges.
Sentiment score
8.1
Rubrik is praised for its high stability, minimal downtime, seamless updates, and resilience during power outages, scoring high in reliability.
The system did go down a couple of times, which impacted our operations.
I would rate the stability of Azure Site Recovery at eight to nine out of ten.
Rubrik has been stable, and we have not experienced any downtime.
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Site Recovery requires improved error logging, competitive pricing, better replication, enhanced scalability, security, integration, and simplified deployment.
Rubrik users desire improved GUI, application integration, multi-tenant support, error reporting, security, pricing, and better cloud and database support.
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages.
Currently, Azure Site Recovery does not support shared disk options.
there weren't any significant problems with Azure Site Recovery.
Including packaged training with the product at the time of purchase would be beneficial.
I need a better output from the existing reports as they currently do not provide comprehensive metrics.
We need more efficient search capabilities that allow searching by last name or login ID.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Site Recovery pricing varies with usage, and costs range, requiring adjustments due to frequent Microsoft restructuring.
Rubrik provides an efficient, all-in-one backup solution with potential cost savings, making it ideal for larger enterprises.
It was not the expensive part of our costs.
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective.
We could mix and match to optimize costs for our needs.
Rubrik is expensive due to its robust hardware.
Rubrik is considered expensive, with a price rating of three out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Site Recovery offers efficient disaster recovery, scalability, security, and seamless integration, with strong performance and cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
Rubrik provides efficient backup solutions with instant recovery, cloud integration, robust security, and easy management through intuitive interfaces.
The most valuable features of Azure Site Recovery are its ease of use and speed of recovery.
Azure provides a 99.99% SLA for their uptime, ensuring that even during outages due to patch releases, there is no data loss, merely hindered accessibility.
Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.
Since switching to Rubrik, our backup times have decreased significantly, going from two and a half days to one and a half hours for certain systems.
The most valuable feature of Rubrik is its concept of a 'backup airbag', which provides a robust defense against attacks.
Even if my network is compromised by ransomware, the file system does not allow overwriting of the backups, ensuring that my backups remain safe.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd)
Rubrik
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (4th), Cloud Backup (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
The time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes
First of all, we initially faced a challenge as Azure Site Recovery was not supporting shared disk options on SQL clusters with VMs, which are important for a Windows cluster mode. Additionally, the setup is quite easy, only requiring the creation of a vault. Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.
CarlosCastells - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to do backup, easy to deploy and scalable
I have experience with different solutions like Oracle, Veeam, andCommvault Cloud. Right now, we are testing a solution for Kubernetes. We are trying to replace it, so we just don't know yet. I don't really know if Rubrik is a good solution for this. We are testing Velero (Open Source) or Kasten K10, and I don't know Rubrik's view for this type of technology.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Site Recovery?
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective. Microsoft frequently restructures their pricing, causing us to adjust packages and subscriptions, whic...
What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages. The support help desk needs to improve escalation procedures. Azure ( /products...
Which would you choose - Rubrik or Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam Backup & Replication provides an easy-to-set-up solution to the issue of data storage and recovery. Setting it up is a relatively simple affair. For the most part it prompts you from scre...
What do you like most about Rubrik?
It's easy to manage and has an innovated solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rubrik?
Rubrik is considered expensive, with a price rating of three out of ten. Improvements in pricing and licensing would be beneficial.
 

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Sample Customers

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