Rubrik vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 19, 2023
 

Categories and Ranking

Rubrik
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
4th
Average Rating
9.2
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th)
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Rubrik is 8.7%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 3.7%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
Unique Categories:
Cloud Backup
14.9%
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
14.4%
No other categories found
 

Featured Reviews

DB
May 14, 2024
Automates the backup and recovery process, reducing manual human errors and global search allows for granular recoveries
There is room for improvement in the cost. Make it cheaper. Everyone knows what you're getting with Rubrik. It's expensive for a reason, but it is one of the better ones. Sometimes, when we talk to customers, we explain the amazing features, cost savings, and efficiencies. But when we give them the price, the people in procurement who don't understand the technology just look at the price and want it lower. I try to explain that it's saving them money and paying for itself. If something happens and the company can't work for a week, they'll lose millions. Then, they're complaining about a few hundred thousand pounds. This avoids brand reputation damage too. If you get caught in the news saying you've had ransomware, it could affect your company. In future releases, Rubril could open up more SaaS protection for products like Salesforce or ServiceNow. I know Rubrik is doing something with SAP, but there's competition in that space.
Storemgr67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 19, 2024
Covers a large spectrum of products and operating systems and part of a multi-layer strategy for data protection
We use it like any other backup solution for resource restoration when needed and for populating systems in environments with data. We use NetBackup's data management strategies for multi-target backups and retentions. That's the short answer. The full explanation is quite involved. It would require describing our environment, our workflows, and how we use policies and vaulting policies to move data around. But to keep it brief, NetBackup simplifies managing data across multiple targets with various retention periods. NetBackup is part of a multi-layer strategy. It's one of the many tools we use, to ensure we don't rely on a single product. So, the product has positively impacted our protection strategy. Moreover, we're satisfied with its performance when it comes to the deduplication function.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Rubrik has made the process to manage backup and recovery painless. This frees up more time to work on other projects."
"Disk mount that lets a restore happen immediately, no need to re-hydrate."
"It has reduced our maintenance efforts. The amount of time and effort that would have gone in troubleshooting various issues related a data crash has been addressed by Rubrik. So, it has helped to improve our productivity. The data is being captured about our customers periodically that is secure and safe."
"It works with VMware and Hyper-V without agent installation."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Instant recovery of virtual machines allows for the restoration of services in minutes."
"The security and the ransomware protection are most valuable."
"Features we have requested are typically added to the next product release."
"Veritas NetBackup is a reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy solution."
"Its most valuable features are flexibility and reliability."
"It was especially useful with the appliances we use on a daily basis."
"It is a good solution. It covers most of the applications."
"We were evaluating other products and getting confused between Commvault and Veritas NetBackup. The one reason that we started with Veritas NetBackup is the pricing of the license. There's no other reason from a technical perspective or even operation or capability of the two software. The main reason we chose Veritas NetBackup was that in our use case it is more cost-effective."
"It is essential. We can't do without it."
"It has been around for so long, and it is very in-depth. It has a solution for everything that you can cover."
"We were able to witness the benefits of using the solution within weeks of using it."
 

Cons

"A singular system is needed to manage all of the clusters."
"With Windows, it is difficult to configure Oracle Database."
"It would be nice if they could work on the pricing a bit."
"I would like to have a built-in index searching ability of files/system files within the Rubrik interface to determine if a file or item exists, rather than just recovering it, and then doing a search for the file afterwards."
"The main pain points we experienced was the stability of the system. We received a lot of instability when we have upgraded from a certain version to a new version. The newer version was completely filled with bugs and we needed to purge the system every week until we update to a newer version that was available one year later. The stability of the code is the main problem, they need to make it better."
"I'd like to see a cloud backup service for smaller customer environments that may not support a physical or virtual appliance."
"I would like to see the entire Office 365 product suite backed up by Rubrik. For instance, they do SharePoint and Exchange online, but they don't back up Microsoft Teams. So, I would like to see more of the Office 365 suite added into their backup capabilities."
"Needs integration with video CD (coming in the next release) and a multi-tenant GUI."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Improvements can be made to the service by providing better and more competitive ratios on data backups. The functionality for backups is there with Veritas, but I would like to see them optimize and enhance this feature more."
"The solution could improve by having a feature to backup iSeries workloads."
"Some of the hardware is out of support."
"The solution is not that stable because it has to be monitored and administered every day. The stability could be improved."
"They need to improve their support. In the beginning, their engineers had trouble understanding the issue we were presenting. It took a lot of conversations for them to start troubleshooting the problem."
"The ability to use different disk appliance brands as Pure Disk (not OST), such as EMC Data Domain ."
"Lacks a reporting feature."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need to understand what you're getting for the price. You are getting a backup solution, which is state of the art and works absolutely flawlessly. You are getting the storage needed to store your backups. You have all the sexy features that a modern backup solution can provide you, like deduplication, erasure coding, compression, fast execution time, secured data, and top-notch customer support. So, it might be expensive on paper. It's not free, but when you analyze what you are getting and the time you can spend on other stuff, then Rubrik is very cost-efficient."
"Its price tends to go up with time. Its pricing definitely has room for improvement. If you negotiate right with them, you might get a good price. Support is a part of the package, and every three years, when we renew our contract, we get new hardware."
"As a technical person, I don't have the details, but from what I have heard, it can be expensive."
"Some people say it is expensive, but you get what you pay for. If you want a Maserati, you have to pay for it. If you want to buy a Porsche, you have to pay for it."
"Rubrik is fairly priced."
"You pay a premium for Rubrik, but you're getting a premium service that comes with immutable backups, instant recovery, and world-class support."
"It’s simple, straightforward, and we were able to see 50% hard savings."
"Due to this effective, faster backup and recovery solution, we are now able to focus on other creative tasks to meet our entire pipeline. So, we have seen ROI in terms of the improvement of productivity in our team. We save around one million dollars a year."
"Veritas NetBackup is very expensive, and I think price is the main reason which some customers don't want to use this solution."
"The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives."
"The price is fair."
"Veritas NetBackup is more expensive than other backup solutions like Dell Power Protect and Veeam Backup."
"A better price would make this product more competitive."
"The pricing, of course, can always be better."
"NetBackup is expensive. They need to work on the pricing side. I find it comparatively on the higher side when I compare the terabyte backup costs."
"I rate the product's pricing a seven out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rubrik?
In many cases, the customers I speak with want to have a one or three-year license. Because it's for backup, they need the ability to increase or replace the solution as they need. They want to hav...
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
 

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Sample Customers

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