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Score 9.4 out of 10

Based on 165 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Rubrik

Veeam Backup & Replication

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Extremely fast restores of both file data and entire VMs via snapshots
Incredible user-friendly interface that has what I found to be a low learning curve
Easy to set up replication between sites for DR purposes
Fantastic support when I have issues - time to initial contact is very low and resolution is almost always very quick
Global search feature makes finding things very quick

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Engineer in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Easy to use front end to manage Backup jobs efficiently and review problems during job execution
Restore capabilities of physical servers to VMs or other physical machines with ease (including bootable media)
Snapshot support and restoring them with just a couple of mouse clicks

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Technician in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Anything Rubrik is missing can be developed with their open API
It would be nicer if Rubrik had better networking options out of the box for machines being restored to a location other than their normal location
Better node reporting or performance, we have had a few nodes need to be rebooted

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System Network Administrator

Sabra Dipping CompanyFood Production, 201-500 employees

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I would like to have some more monitoring on backup jobs, e.g. unusual growth of changed data due to ransomware. I know it's available in Veeam ONE but it would like to have it in Veeam Backup & Replication.
Startup time of the management console could be a bit faster.

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Owner

KhepriInformation Technology & Services, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Rubrik 8.9

Based on 11 answers

We have been very satisficed with Rubrik over the years that we have been using the product. We have seen a few minor issues with some of the upgrades that have been applied, but overall the product works and is easy to use. Our SQL DBA's love the product to manage their SQL server backups because the restores are fast and can be done at the database level.

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Manager, Infrastructure

Vizient, IncHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 9.8

Based on 15 answers

I really have no complaints about Veeam Backup & Replication. Their service has been excellent and the cost is minimal in comparison to other services I checked out. Implementation wasn't simple and the Veeam Support team was there to help each step of the way.

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George Rodgers-Clark

IT Manager

Skagit Valley Food Co-OpRetail, 201-500 employees

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Usability

Rubrik 8.8

Based on 9 answers

Rubrik has a simple to use interface and day to day management is very simple yet it doesn't sacrifice flexibility. Expanding capacity as data grows is very easy and does not require downtime. Upgrading is simple and efficient. Setup and configuration are straight forward.

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Administrator in Engineering

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 9.0

Based on 14 answers

We've been using Veeam Backup & Replication for several years in our
organization, and we perform backups in all of our environments every
night. It’s one of the simplest yet effective and reliable solutions in
the market for the backup segment. You can check out the free Veeam
agent, so you can get an idea of the full product.

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Guillermo Villamizar

Enterprise Products Chief

Celistics GroupLogistics and Supply Chain, 1001-5000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Rubrik 9.1

Based on 3 answers

Never goes down

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Infrastructure Services Manager

University of ReadingHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 6.6

Based on 3 answers

The Veeam Backup & Replication solution is up and running every time you need it as it was planned. In more than 3 years that we have been using the product every night, it might have failed or presented an error once or twice, so the availability percentage is almost at 100%.

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Guillermo Villamizar

Enterprise Products Chief

Celistics GroupLogistics and Supply Chain, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

Rubrik 9.1

Based on 3 answers

I did not find any performance issues.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 7.3

Based on 3 answers

To identify a bottleneck in the data path, Veeam Backup & Replication
detects the component with the maximum workload, the component
that works for the most time of the job. For example, you use a
low-speed storage device as the backup repository. Even if VM data is
retrieved from the SAN storage on the source side and transported over a
high-speed link, VM data flow will still be impaired at the backup
repository.

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Guillermo Villamizar

Enterprise Products Chief

Celistics GroupLogistics and Supply Chain, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Rubrik 8.9

Based on 18 answers

Rubrik support is hands down some of the best product support we have. They know their product and are quick to assist. Submitting support cases is easier and they are very responsive. You don't have to use Rubrik support often but when you do they have your back.

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Administrator in Information Technology

Printing Company, 51-200 employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5

Based on 32 answers

Support response can be slow and sometimes tedious if you have a non-generic issue in your environment. Due to my experience with Veeam, I often discover the solutions before support does, but on the rare occasion where I need a higher tier of support, their experience and skill set are excellent. If you truly find something odd in your environment, Veeam Support, Development and their teams of engineers will figure it out and provide custom hot-fixes when necessary.

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Team Lead in Information Technology

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 1001-5000 employees

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In-Person Training

Rubrik 9.1

Based on 1 answer

Very easy to take in and pass on.

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George Pickersgill

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Shakespeare MartineauLegal Services, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Online Training

Rubrik 4.5

Based on 1 answer

I've given 5 here as i have not done the Rubrik university stuff - just read their KB which is decent.

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George Pickersgill

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Shakespeare MartineauLegal Services, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Implementation Rating

Rubrik 9.0

Based on 7 answers

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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Jewemars Christian Riano

System Administrator

UnionBank of the PhilippinesBanking, 1001-5000 employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5

Based on 26 answers

(I assume this question should say "Veeam" and not "Crownpeak Universal Consent Platform")Planning is key. Planning your backup schedule, size, data restore points, replication if you're doing that, &c. Testing is also important; make sure you back something up and then do a test restore. Set up alerts so you know if things aren't working (or even if they are, always good to know that too).

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Technical Administrator

New Hampshire Retirement SystemGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Rubrik was the easiest to install and configure for our environment. The all in one solution has built in safeguards, so if part of the system fails you are not left without a backup solution. The system is robust and easy to upgrade or increase in size. The system requires very little day to day attention and integrates with ServiceNow.

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Professional in Information Technology

Biotechnology Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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We used Zerto and CA Arcserve to address these needs without migrating to Veeam Backup & Replication. Zerto is a very successful instant backup and we are still using it now. It does what Veeam application cannot do in instant replication. CA Arcserve, on the other hand, is clearly lagging behind the Veeam Backup & Replication product and does not meet today's requirements.

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Manager in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Scalability

Rubrik 8.8

Based on 3 answers

Very easy to add new 'briks' (or nodes as everyone else calls them :P) as long as the network is plugged in and configured, the briks will discuss among themselves and welcome the new comer into the cluster

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George Pickersgill

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Shakespeare MartineauLegal Services, 501-1000 employees

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Veeam Backup & Replication 6.4

Based on 2 answers

Scalability can be addressed in many ways, but there is a consequence:
Higher performance and smaller backup windows may put too much stress on
production storage, and therefore, on its performance and Availability
to production workloads. To reduce stress on production storage, version
9.5 introduces a new way of reading VM disks that is optimized for
enterprise storage.

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Guillermo Villamizar

Enterprise Products Chief

Celistics GroupLogistics and Supply Chain, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

The ability to deliver strong business continuity has been worth FAR more than we paid for the solution. Our previous backup system was undersized and underperforming, and RTO for a full outage was measured in weeks. Currently we can bring up core production within a few hours, and that is with a series of huge file servers - we expect to see that time drop as we break the servers out
Having 365 and Azure backed up through Polaris has saved us from what would have been embarrassing client-facing issues when emails were lost or deleted.
We are so much more confident in our systems that we are able to make system changes rapidly to keep pace with the company, knowing that we can always just take a quick backup and revert if needed. We are even using the Rubrik cluster to transition workloads between otherwise incompatible vCenter deployments, allowing us to seamlessly replace whole clusters with no downtime.

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Information Technology System Architect

BRPHArchitecture & Planning, 201-500 employees

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We are able to backup some machines that we could not backup with our previous solution
We are able to do an hourly backup now
We will be able to implement immutable backups
We will be able to replicate to the cloud

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CRAIG RHINEHART

CIO (Chief Information Officer)

ROBINSON, GRIMES & COMPANY PCAccounting, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rubrik Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Veeam Backup & Replication Editions & Modules

Edition

Backup Essentials	$400¹
Backup & Replication	Contact sales team
Availability Suite	Contact sales team

per year
none

Additional Pricing Details

Veeam sells through channel partners. Contact a partner for detailed pricing and quotes. Resellers or sales personnel are available for assistance.

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