Commvault Cloud vs Rubrik Go comparison

Commvault and Rubrik are both solutions in the SaaS Backup category. Commvault is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.4, while Rubrik is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0. Commvault holds a 6.4% mindshare in B, compared to Rubrik’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Commvault users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rubrik users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Commvault Cloud and Rubrik Go are competitors in the data management and backup solution space. Commvault Cloud holds a slight upper hand with its robust cloud integration and centralized management, while Rubrik Go is preferred for ease of use and ransomware protection.

Features: Commvault Cloud provides impressive cloud integration and global deduplication, offering seamless backup across on-premise to Azure environments. It also boasts a centralized management console and automated updates that improve operational efficiency. On the other hand, Rubrik Go excels in user-friendliness, especially valued for virtual machine backups and strong protection against ransomware.

Room for Improvement: Users of Commvault Cloud point to the need for a more user-friendly interface, simplification of its complex features, and enhanced support documentation. Rubrik Go users suggest improvements in scalability, integration with existing tools, and more straightforward reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Commvault Cloud supports deployment across private, hybrid, and public cloud environments, with commendations for its robust technical support. Meanwhile, Rubrik Go is noted for its efficiency in on-premise and hybrid deployments, alongside fast and responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Commvault Cloud, while offering flexible licensing and cost-effective long-term data management, can be seen as costly compared to simpler solutions. Rubrik Go presents a more significant initial expense but delivers competitive pricing for enterprises, offering strong ROI through reduced maintenance and effective data management.

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Categories and Ranking

Commvault Cloud

Ranking in SaaS Backup

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (4th), eDiscovery (3rd), Cloud Backup (3rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd), File Archiving (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th), Threat Deception Platforms (1st), Container Backup Software (1st), AI IT Support (7th)

Rubrik Go

Ranking in SaaS Backup

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the SaaS Backup category, the mindshare of Commvault Cloud is 6.4%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rubrik Go is 2.2%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

SaaS Backup Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Commvault Cloud	6.4%
Rubrik Go	2.2%
Other	91.4%

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Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

Hybrid backup strategy has improved recovery orchestration and now supports flexible DR planning

I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically revolves around tiering of not frequently accessible data to glacier kind of storage, plus bringing in a high level of compression and deduplication capabilities. All those features I believe are there in other customers and they are bringing in new use cases from the AI perspective which I have not recently seen in Commvault. I have seen that Dell does have such features. We recently pitched a solution to the customers where we talked about data tiering and the other AI use cases, identifying the data by itself and autonomously taking decisions on how to tier the data between the different storage classes that we have. Those kind of capabilities that we have proposed to the customer as far as the partner solutions are concerned. I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud. The rest of the features pretty much align with the other enterprise solutions that we have in the market. It is just the AI capability that is being asked by the customers as well as that I see missing with Commvault.

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AmarpreetSingh

Technical Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Streamlined data management reduces workload and costs significantly for the team

We are planning to use Rubrik Go's AI-powered insights for predictive analytics, but have not implemented this yet. I cannot provide updates on Rubrik Go's capability to automate data management tasks because I have not used that feature yet. Rubrik Go's integration capabilities with cloud providers have benefited my multi-cloud environment significantly. Rubrik Go's subscription model has helped me align my data protection investments, which is a good option as I am one of the customers who have deployed this subscription option. I am definitely satisfied with the licensing model as it is very simplified and easy to understand. On a scale of 1-10, I rate Rubrik Go a 9.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"What I find valuable is restoring the complete server. Restoring files is also valuable, but I like restoring the server because you don't have to rebuild a new one."

"The product alerts the security team about threats."

"We have multiple workloads, including SQL, Oracle, SAP HANA, especially Sybase, as well as file systems, VMs, and Exchange mailboxes. Commvault provides very good support for them."

"Commvault can actually come in and assist you with aspects of the implementation - and they are quite helpful."

"We are using a KVM system in our cloud, and this solution works very well with it."

"The embedded deduplication engine is really good because we use a Near Line SAS disk as a repository for our backups, and we don't need to pay for another appliance such as a Data Domain or Quantum so that we can have hardware-based deduplication."

"Commvault provides the status of a backup or restore operation."

"We can use it on-premises and in the cloud."

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"The solution is easy to install; our team just has to put together the plan, give it to IT and let them handle it. Other solutions are quite complex, but this is much simpler."

"The solution's main focus is on security and ransomware."

"This product has positively impacted my organization because in the legacy tool, we used to have significant workload and significant people to be deployed, in this case, we have very minimal requirements."

"Even though the data is already in the cloud, it's an AWS, so by accessing the on-prem appliance you can still search because it is indexed from that appliance."

"The standout feature is its ransomware protection capabilities."

"It has an easy-to-use interface that is not complicated."

"The automation capabilities streamline our operations significantly."

"The most valuable feature is the storage efficiency, as the storage footprint is very good."

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Cons

"Persistent binding is a feature that I would like to see in the next release of Commvault."

"The solution's breadth and depth of cloud support are good, but could be better. Some cloud features that are common-sense, especially on AWS, are not completely integrated yet in the product. They are a work-in-progress."

"Endpoint backup."

"There are many settings that have to be done on your own. It would benefit from a better interface."

"Commvault Cloud currently lacks support for backing up Proxmox environments, which limits its functionality."

"The retention log feature could be an issue for us and can be improved. The backup schedule can also be better in terms of how you set it up."

"What I need is deeper CLI documentation for both QCommand and SQL queries."

"With so many features, sometimes you cannot find what you are looking for in the interface and you have to dig into books online to find out how to solve an issue."

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"If you were to compare it to, say, EMC, the availability of the documentation, training programs, and end-user education aren't as good. Rubrik could improve this."

"The solution’s pricing could be reduced."

"You should be able to add more workloads to Rubrik Go."

"Being a modern backup solution, Rubrik should have an option to back up a Kubernetes cluster."

"Reporting could be improved. For now, it's only exported to CSB files."

"I would like to see better integration with applications, such as those from Microsoft, to make backing up from those applications simpler."

"I believe there's room for improvement in terms of support, particularly with Tier 3 support coming from the on-call team."

"There have been occasional issues with the user interface needing certain necessary information, requiring us to contact support for clarification."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Metallic is an affordable solution."

"Based on the customer's needs, their pricing and model is very confusing sometimes. You need to check with their sales to make sure you are getting the right pricing on whatever you are using. I know that they have simplified a lot regarding the licensing model nowadays, but it is good to always double check and make sure it has everything that you really need."

"The price is not cheap, but when you compare it to the other products they are all almost the same level in terms of price."

"Originally, it was really attractive when we were deployed on-prem. They have since built and moved it to the cloud, which I am a big fan of. I have all my security tools in the cloud, but it came with a significant increase in pricing. We ended up negotiating a better price because we have been a long-term customer, and I have also spoken on their behalf quite a few times, but if I have to buy it at its current rate, I am not sure if I would be a customer. It is expensive."

"Everyone else offers the subscription-based model nowadays, while Commvault Complete Data Protection still has the traditional license model, where you must buy a set of licenses. You pay for one hundred licenses even if you only use fifty virtual machines, so the licensing model needs improvement."

"You have to pay for the licenses and the hardware you need for the Commvault environment. If you don't have all the hardware, you have to buy it, which can cost a few million. In the end, it's vital to protect our data, so the price isn't an issue."

"We went from Veritas NetBackup to Commvault. We switched due to upfront licensing and costs. We have more visibility into what we're actually purchasing. It seemed like, overall, the cost of Commvault was cheaper."

"Commvault's license fee is per server-based."

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"The solution is reasonably priced."

"This is a very costly solution."

"It's an expensive product if you compare it to traditional backup solutions; however, if you compare it as a total cost of ownership for a solution, it is not."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"The client pays for the solution depending on what they use."

"Rubrik Go is more cost-effective than similar solutions by other vendors."

"Rubrick Go is quite expensive - I would rate its pricing four out of ten."

"I would rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten. The solution's costs are monthly."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	57
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	82

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ThreatWise?

Security measures, including encryption and threat detection, contribute significantly to data protection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatWise?

Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.

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What needs improvement with ThreatWise?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rubrik Go?

My costs have been reduced by almost 40 to 45% compared to legacy systems.

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What needs improvement with Rubrik Go?

I think integration with multiple cloud support could be an additional feature that would make the product even better. If the customer has more than one cloud, the integration with multiple clouds...

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What is your primary use case for Rubrik Go?

We carry a few backup solutions because we are a reseller and were looking for a good solution that we can resell. We deal with Rubrik because we are also one of the resellers for them. We are deal...

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Also Known As

Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise

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Overview

Commvault Cloud is the ultimate cyber resilience platform built to meet the demands of the hybrid
enterprise. Beyond its core functionality of data backup and recovery across diverse workloads, including applications, databases, virtual machines, and files, Commvault Cloud stands out as a robust defense against ransomware. Going beyond backup, the platform integrates advanced data security features such as encryption, access control, and threat detection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

With tools for data management, classification, and migration, businesses can optimize storage costs, enhance accessibility, and comply with regulations seamlessly. Boasting cloud integration with major providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Commvault Cloud leverages the scalability and flexibility of the cloud for comprehensive data protection and management. The platform's automation capabilities streamline tasks, and its reporting and analytics features provide valuable insights into data usage, potential risks, and optimization strategies. Commvault Cloud is not just a security tool; it is a key component of cyber resilience, enabling organizations to not only protect against cyberattacks but also recover swiftly and minimize the impact of incidents. Elevate your cyber resilience strategy with Commvault Cloud.

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Rubrik Go is a comprehensive data management solution offered by Rubrik, designed to simplify and streamline data protection and management processes. With Rubrik Go, organizations can efficiently manage their data across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring data availability, security, and compliance.

Rubrik Go provides a unified platform for the backup, recovery, replication, and archival of data, eliminating the need for multiple-point solutions. It offers a simple and intuitive user interface, enabling users to easily manage and monitor their data protection operations. With its policy-driven automation, Rubrik Go automates routine tasks, reducing manual efforts and improving operational efficiency.

One of the key features of Rubrik Go is its cloud-native architecture, which enables seamless integration with public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This allows organizations to leverage the scalability and cost-effectiveness of the cloud while ensuring data protection and management consistency across environments.

Rubrik Go also offers advanced data security capabilities, including encryption, access controls, and data immutability, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of data. It provides comprehensive reporting and analytics, giving organizations insights into their data protection operations and helping them make informed decisions.

With flexible subscription-based pricing, Rubrik Go offers organizations a cost-effective and scalable solution for their data management needs. It eliminates the need for upfront capital investments and provides the flexibility to scale resources based on changing business requirements.

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Sample Customers

Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company

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