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ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage vs Rubrik comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
60th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rubrik
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
96
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rubrik is 3.8%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rubrik3.8%
ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage0.6%
Other95.6%
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Featured Reviews

Nguyen_Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice Director at Sunshine Solution
A competitive and balanced solution that offers solid performance at a reasonable price
I worked very closely with ExaGrid in Singapore. We are trying to build up the market for ExaGrid in Vietnam. We hope to be a big distributor for ExaGrid and that the picture will improve next year. Regarding the technology of ExaGrid, they have a landing zone, and now it's a very exhaustive solution, especially compared with Dell Data Domain and HPE. HPE offers normal storage without any special solution. Dell has DD Boost, and so the performance is high. On that basis, I rate the ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage number with an overall score of eight out of ten. People might be more familiar with Data Domain or StoreOnce. And if people want a professional solution, there are only three brands.
KB
Information Technology Specialist at LIGHTHOUSE DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Technical support has improved my data management process but I encounter GUI and cost challenges
The solution is available in the Azure Marketplace, but approaching directly is more cost-effective. The Marketplace approach incurs additional platform and reporting costs. We initially built Rubrik at host level and DB level. We encountered latency issues when reverting back, with numerous snapshots available. This resulted in increased costs and occupied spaces. I performed manual deletion of snapshots and verified with the Rubrik team for confirmation. The GUI reporting functionality lacks flexibility. For instance, obtaining specific server reports considering drive space and backup quantities is not possible, as it only provides overall reporting.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like the performance of the restore feature."
"Rubrik is cheap, and you get good performance."
"Rubrik is stable and easy to use."
"Mounting recent backups to create new servers rather than cloning servers in VMware drastically cut down required time."
"Live Mount is where we do the majority of our big recoveries, unless it is a file recovery. A file recovery takes a few minutes to restore to where the file in the event a file was accidentally deleted by a user, etc. There has been at least a 90 percent reduction in recovery time based on our previous solution, from the need to recover something to when it's actually recovered went from hours to minutes."
"Adaptative backup and SLAs simply allow you to tell a machine to backup without taking care of the backup window."
"The system is able to determine when it is the best time to do backups. This is SLA-driven, and if it is not possible to maintain this SLA, the system will tell you too."
"If you are looking for a product that offers backups and DR capabilities, which is easy to use, look no further than Rubrik."
"CloudOut, because only blocks are pushed after compression and deduplication, not raw sizing."
 

Cons

"We have to do a lot of POC to show why ExaGrid is good."
"There is room for improvement in pricing. After the licensing, the price tends to go up as time goes by."
"The price of Rubrik is too high, especially when you are considering a change in the total backup solution."
"I would rate the stability a seven out of ten. There is always room for improvement."
"The solution needs to be more secure and needs to better protect against ransomware."
"Looking at how the data is broken down, we can see the total story, but sometimes it's difficult to see how big a particular snapshot is. Across 90 days of snapshots, which one is a particularly large one? Looking at the data holistically could be a lot easier."
"It is not Windows Cluster-Aware at the moment or Exchange DAG-Aware. If they add support for these particular use cases, it would be even better."
"I have a personal want which might not necessarily make sense with Rubrik as a company or Rubrik as a software, but it'd be really nice if they could also handle things like item-level backups and restores of Active Directory objects and DNS and DCP objects."
"The product’s user interface needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ExaGrid is a one-time investment."
"It’s simple, straightforward, and we were able to see 50% hard savings."
"As a technical person, I don't have the details, but from what I have heard, it can be expensive."
"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."
"Rubrik's support is definitely on the expensive side, but I consider it to be top of the line. We incur no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees."
"Rubrik is not cheap. Hopefully, you can archive your data on cheap storage to keep the investment minimal."
"The initial setup cost includes support and maintenance costs, followed by a monthly fee."
"It is a great value, but its cost is still a bit high."
"Rubrik is expensive, but due to its data management capabilities, customers can save a lot by reducing hardware and storage."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
 

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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise55
 

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What do you like most about Rubrik?
It's easy to manage and has an innovated solution.
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Regarding pricing, Rubrik is a costly solution, and I would rate it an eight.
 

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