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Compare Rubrik and Acronis BaaS solutions

Research done from February 2022 to June 2022 | Page publised on 13th June 2022

Below is a side-by-side comparison of Rubrik and Acronis based on a number of parameters such as Products, Licences, Workloads (Public Cloud, SaaS Applications, and Database & End Points), Vendor Advantages and Disadvantages (as per Gartner and Forrester), and Usecase to assist IT administrators and MSPs in making an informed decision.

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Rubrik

Product

Rubrik offers three products:

Cloud Data Management (CDM)

Cloud Data Management (CDM) manages the backup, disaster recovery, archival, compliance, analytics, and copy data management of all data in the cloud, at the edge, or on-premises. CDM is offered as a software product or in combination (i.e., one can install it as a virtual appliance) with a hardware appliance and is installed and hosted at customer locations; therefore, managing and securing the deployment is the responsibility of the customer.

Rubrik Polaris

Polaris is a SaaS platform that is used to deliver a unified system of record that brings all Rubrik Cloud Data Management (CDM) instances together for ease of management when customers have multiple CDM instances on-site.
Polaris provides a global policy framework, workflow orchestration, and analytics for secondary data managed by Rubrik software. This covers backup, archive, disaster recovery, and DevOps data.

Rubrik Mosaic

Rubric Mosaic provides backup and recovery for NoSQL databases. It can be installed on-premises or on any cloud, and is available via Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

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Acronis

Product

Acronis offers three products:

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect provides backup and ransomware protection for endpoints, physical or virtual servers, databases, applications, and cloud workloads. The product integrates backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management in one solution.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (previously known as Acronis True Image)

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the personal cyber protection solution by Acronis that provides backup and anti-malware in one solution. Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director helps to optimize disk usage and protect data. It also provides disk cloning, volume recovery, and partition management.
Both Cyber Protect Home Office and Disk Director are meant for individual users, whereas Cyber Protect is for businesses.

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Licences

Rubrik provides subscription-based licensing.

Licences

Acronis provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on TB or instances based on the edition and the chosen workloads.

Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle

Data centers backup

MySQL, NAS, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SAP HANA, SQL Server, UNIX, and VMware

End point backup

Windows, Lunix, and Unix

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Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Oracle, and VM Server.

End points backup

Lunix, Mac, and Windows

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Usecases

Data Resilience

  • Zero trust data protection (Protect and manage data)
  • Rubrik Cloud Vault (Immutable cloud archive)

Data Observability

  • Ransomware Investigation
  • Sensitive Data Discovery
  • Threat hunting

Data Recovery

  • Orchestrated application recovery
  • Threat Containment
  • Mass Recovery

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Usecases

  • Ransomware protection
  • Patch management for businesses
  • Anti-Malware
  • IT disaster recovery
  • File backup and recovery
  • Data loss prevention

Rubrik offers three products:

Cloud Data Management (CDM)

Cloud Data Management (CDM) manages the backup, disaster recovery, archival, compliance, analytics, and copy data management of all data in the cloud, at the edge, or on-premises. CDM is offered as a software product or in combination (i.e., one can install it as a virtual appliance) with a hardware appliance and is installed and hosted at customer locations; therefore, managing and securing the deployment is the responsibility of the customer.

Rubrik Polaris

Polaris is a SaaS platform that is used to deliver a unified system of record that brings all Rubrik Cloud Data Management (CDM) instances together for ease of management when customers have multiple CDM instances on-site.
Polaris provides a global policy framework, workflow orchestration, and analytics for secondary data managed by Rubrik software. This covers backup, archive, disaster recovery, and DevOps data.

Rubrik Mosaic

Rubric Mosaic provides backup and recovery for NoSQL databases. It can be installed on-premises or on any cloud, and is available via Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Acronis offers three products:

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect provides backup and ransomware protection for endpoints, physical or virtual servers, databases, applications, and cloud workloads. The product integrates backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management in one solution.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (previously known as Acronis True Image)

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the personal cyber protection solution by Acronis that provides backup and anti-malware in one solution. Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director helps to optimize disk usage and protect data. It also provides disk cloning, volume recovery, and partition management.
Both Cyber Protect Home Office and Disk Director are meant for individual users, whereas Cyber Protect is for businesses.

Rubrik provides subscription-based licensing.

Acronis provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on TB or instances based on the edition and the chosen workloads.

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle

Data centers backup

MySQL, NAS, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SAP HANA, SQL Server, UNIX, and VMware

End point backup

Windows, Lunix, and Unix

SaaS applications backup

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Oracle, and VM Server.

End points backup

Lunix, Mac, and Windows

Data Resilience

  • Zero trust data protection (Protect and manage data)
  • Rubrik Cloud Vault (Immutable cloud archive)

Data Observability

  • Ransomware Investigation
  • Sensitive Data Discovery
  • Threat hunting

Data Recovery

  • Orchestrated application recovery
  • Threat Containment
  • Mass Recovery

  • Ransomware protection
  • Patch management for businesses
  • Anti-Malware
  • IT disaster recovery
  • File backup and recovery
  • Data loss prevention