NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs. Rubrik

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
NAKIVO Backup & Replication now also supports Proxmox VE, alongside VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and AWS EC2. It offers replication, failover, cloud backup, backup copy, size reduction, screenshot verification, and site recovery.
$2.50
month per workload
Rubrik
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Rubrik is cloud data management and enterprise backup software provided by Palo Alto-based Rubrik, Inc. It is a software platform that provides backup, instant recovery, archival, search, analytics, compliance, and copy data management in one secure fabric across data centers and clouds.N/A
Pricing
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationRubrik
Editions & Modules
Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise (Perpetual)
Starting at $329 per CPU socket
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. CPU sockets
Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise
Starting $76 per server and $25 per workstation
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. Server Workstation
Enterprise Plus
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Enterprise Essentials/Enterprise (Subscription)
Starting at $3.5 per workload/month
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Workload/Month
Pro Essentials/Pro (Perpetual)
Starting at $239 per CPU socket
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. CPU Socket
Pro Essentials/Pro (Subscription)
Starting at $2.5 per workload/month
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Workload/Month
Pro Essentials/Pro
Starting at $58 per server and $19 per workstation
Indefinite use. Includes technical support during business hours. Server Workstation
NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365
Starting at $0.80 per user/month
Billed yearly for up to 5 years. Includes 24/7 Support. Microsoft 365 User/Month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationRubrik
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA workload is a VMware vSphere VM, Microsoft Hyper-V VM, Nutanix AHV VM, a physical machine (01 server and 03 workstations), an Oracle database, or an Amazon EC2 instance.
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Community Pulse
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationRubrik
Considered Both Products
NAKIVO Backup & Replication

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Rubrik
Chose Rubrik
I have used (since I'm a datacenter consultant) many softwares--Veritas NetBackup, Comvault, Veep, HYCU, ArchServ, and Nakivo. But I think Rubrik is the best overall package.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationRubrik
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
9.2
142 Ratings
8% above category average
Rubrik
9.1
136 Ratings
12% above category average
Universal recovery9.0118 Ratings8.7122 Ratings
Instant recovery9.0120 Ratings9.4131 Ratings
Recovery verification9.2126 Ratings8.9120 Ratings
Business application protection9.0109 Ratings8.7120 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.4128 Ratings9.2129 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.2132 Ratings9.0126 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.3102 Ratings9.5124 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.0128 Ratings8.6132 Ratings
Snapshots9.3121 Ratings9.3135 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.593 Ratings9.1124 Ratings
Management dashboard9.0105 Ratings9.0136 Ratings
Platform support9.1102 Ratings8.6133 Ratings
Retention options9.5102 Ratings9.3136 Ratings
Encryption9.092 Ratings9.6126 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
NAKIVO Backup & Replication
8.8
32 Ratings
8% above category average
Rubrik
-
Ratings
Continuous data protection9.027 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication9.131 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics8.231 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection8.621 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities9.128 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery8.728 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationRubrik
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(146 ratings)
9.1
(136 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(6 ratings)
8.8
(17 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(43 ratings)
8.7
(16 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(47 ratings)
8.5
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(8 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(6 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.2
(32 ratings)
6.8
(8 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(13 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
NAKIVO Backup & ReplicationRubrik
Likelihood to Recommend
Nakivo Inc.
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is well suited for a variety of scenarios. Firstly, it is ideal for businesses with virtualized environments, such as VMware or Hyper-V, as it offers seamless backup and recovery solutions tailored to these platforms. Secondly, organizations with a mix of virtual, physical, and cloud environments can benefit from NAKIVO's ability to provide unified data protection across these platforms. Additionally, businesses requiring fast and reliable disaster recovery capabilities will find NAKIVO Backup & Replication valuable, thanks to its site recovery and orchestration features.However, there are scenarios where NAKIVO may be less appropriate. For organizations with exclusively physical infrastructure and no virtualized environments, the full range of NAKIVO's features may not be utilized to its fullest potential. Similarly, companies with limited data storage requirements may not fully benefit from NAKIVO's deduplication and compression capabilities.
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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik is still a relatively new product when compared to other solutions which tackle total data protection. The feature set is quite broad but still needs some refinements. Most of the User Interface is quite straightforward and easy, but some areas are a bit lacking in a description of what the option is used for, or the option is missing. While making the user experience easy, many tunables aren’t present and require a Support Tunnel to be open for a Support person to make a change in the customer’s environment. Seems the first question Support always asks is if you can open a tunnel for them to remote in. Then you’re not able to monitor exactly what they’re doing.
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Pros
Nakivo Inc.
  • Can be installed natively on nas appliances leveraging the use of underutilized appliances. No need to install the software on Windows or Linux Servers.
  • Backup natively Vmware Virtual Machines and File Shares (you need to buy the right license modules).
  • Destination storage for backups (or of the backup copies) can be Microsoft shares, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze and remotely to other sites using their transporter vm.
  • To not overload the system with overlapping jobs, they can be chained one after the other.
  • Rapid add/remove/reorder priority of vm to backup and their backup archive. Jobs can be easily changed or chained.
  • Quick support service
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Rubrik, Inc
  • It just works right out of the box. No customizations were needed to start using.
  • It protects several types of databases such as IBM DB2 that are not protected by competing products.
  • The Rubrik Support team is very knowledgeable and responsive to our issues.
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Cons
Nakivo Inc.
  • Backups have the option of "screenshot verification". Screenshot verification doesn't always work for us when our vmtools is out of date. If we are on an older version of VMware and that version of vmtools is up to date, NAKIVO still thinks it is out of date.
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Rubrik, Inc
  • Automated test restores. I would love to setup automated and random test restores on a regular basis where Rubrik's system will restore a random file or directory to a test SharePoint folder, send a full report, and provide a path to the folder for review and confirmation.
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Likelihood to Renew
Nakivo Inc.
It is a product that contains most of the features of its big competitors but at an affordable price for small businesses. In addition, the support is very good even if they only have support in English. Another important factor is its compatibility with NAS devices, which greatly simplifies deployment. The implementation is simple and in a matter of minutes you can define the first copy Jobs
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Rubrik, Inc
The support has been incredible. Any time we have had a question, it has always been answered within 24hrs. Also, the team is always will to hop on a Zoom call to help walk us through the dashboard and troubleshoot any issues we are having. Also, having the peace of mind that our data is protected should anything happen in our system.
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Usability
Nakivo Inc.
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is very easy to set up. I did it by myself, and it went perfectly. Online documents are very well written, and also the tech support asked to help me set it up. I want to do it by myself and the setup process is very easy to do. The connection to your VM and servers is very easy to do.
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Rubrik, Inc
The support is top notch both tech and sales team, the tools are simple
to use and yet still is feature rich. Security is top of the list, the
product is sold and reliable, easy to configure and intuitive to use.
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Reliability and Availability
Nakivo Inc.
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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik's brik is designed with redundancy in mind, ensuring that if one node experiences issues, others can continue to provide backup and recovery services.
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Performance
Nakivo Inc.
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Rubrik, Inc
Yes. Even on VPN and poor occasional poor internet speeds we've had no issues.
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Support Rating
Nakivo Inc.
The support is fast and perfect. If u have any questions, you can contact the support team via mail or chat and you always get a fast answer. You can also find a lot of help in the FAQ in the help center to resolve your problems. Anytime I had to contact the support, they helped me and solved my problem.
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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik support has been pretty good. There have been a few issues with new releases we have experienced and are still considering if we want to make the jump to version nine. There are a few things we are concerned about which are giving us pause. That being said, support is working hard to answer our questions.
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In-Person Training
Nakivo Inc.
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Rubrik, Inc
Very easy to take in and pass on.
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Online Training
Nakivo Inc.
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Rubrik, Inc
The interaction with the teacher is great and usually provides tons of opportunity for questions. The students questions are great to generate discussions and touching base the certification topic.
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Implementation Rating
Nakivo Inc.
It is very easy to do in all the formats in which it is implemented, whether as an appliance, in a windows machine, or an implementation in NAS. I only use the appliance one, but I have tried all of them in trial mode to know which one interested me more.
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Rubrik, Inc
From experience the implementation was smooth and easy, like a simple plug and play format but would need coordination from your network team to be able to see the entire IT infrastructure.
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Alternatives Considered
Nakivo Inc.
NAKIVO Backup & Replication stands out as a more cost-effective and robust solution compared to Veeam ONE. With competitive pricing and a comprehensive feature set including incremental backups, global deduplication, LAN-free data transfer, and built-in WAN acceleration, NAKIVO offers efficient data protection and optimized storage usage. Its user-friendly interface and streamlined setup process make it appealing for organizations with limited IT resources. Additionally, NAKIVO's support for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Nutanix AHV further enhances its versatility. When evaluating data protection solutions, NAKIVO's affordability, robustness, and ease of use make it an attractive choice for businesses seeking a comprehensive and cost-effective backup solution.
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Rubrik, Inc
Having all our backups under one umbrella made product management easier, with not need to manage myltip contracts.
The additional analysis of the data after the fact gave insights into our user data, without the need for an addition product, or the impact on live data sets.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Nakivo Inc.
The pricing for VM backups is good value for money as it does not limit how many VM's per socket. This works well for smaller sites with simple backup requirements. Physical machine backup pricing would more attractive with a sliding scale based on the number of physical machines.
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Rubrik, Inc
We are fine with the 1 year or 3 year support options that Rubrik has had. The support for the on-prem hardware has been great too. We've had them for quite a while (4+ years) and no end of support yet.
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Scalability
Nakivo Inc.
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Rubrik, Inc
Rubrik allows multi-site deployment and cloud integration. But we are currently only using Rubrik in one location with Archives in Cloud
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Professional Services
Nakivo Inc.
I contacted a few times Nakivo representatives, once for technical doubt and the other ones for commercial ones. Both support services are fast and reliable.
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Rubrik, Inc
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Return on Investment
Nakivo Inc.
  • One of our contributors has permanently deleted worksheets from our file server. From Nakivo, we were able to recover all the data in less than 10 minutes.
  • An authentication server was encrypted by ransomware, through NAKIVO Backup & Replication, we recover the entire server within 1 hour.
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Rubrik, Inc
  • Rubrik has eliminated all our other backup tools that we were trying to accomplish what they offer.
  • Rubrik has made management of backups a non-issue.
  • Recovery of systems and files takes seconds or minutes.
  • We have a better strategy against ransomware.
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