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Rubrik vs VM Backup Comparison (2026)

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VM Backup

Overview

Rubrik brings instant application availability to hybrid cloud enterprises for recovery, search, cloud, & development. See what Rubrik can do for you!

Altaro VM Backup is a virtual machine backup & replication solution for Microsoft Hyper-V & VMware environments. The cloud-based platform ensures business data is always secure with automatic backup, WAN-optimized replication, cloud storage management, continuous data protection (CPD), and more.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
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  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

595

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

74

5

4

3

2

1

57

16

1

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
92%
would recommend this app

4.7

194

5

4

3

2

1

149

41

4

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
93%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Easy to use, recoveries are fast, recovery options are flexible, and it has great security and ransomware protection features.”
JB

Jeff B.

Network Administrator

“It has taken the job of data backup and recovery and enhanced it to secure the data with the many features that Rubrik continue to add with data security features with updates.”
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Lewis J.

Network Engineer

“It helps to secure your data, your environment and can detect data loss and damages before they are actually reported”
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Frederic L.

Technology Architect

Pros

“It provides fast, reliable backups with minimal resource impact on our virtual environments.”
TZ

Theint Z.

System Engineer

“Some advanced features are locked behind higher-tier plans.”
TZ

Theint Z.

System Engineer

“It did what it was supposed to and backed our servers up to our chosen media each night. Once it was setup, the backups ran very consistently, with little need for adjustment or error correction. ”
RC

Russell C.

IT Associate

Cons

“For instance, there was a case where backup jobs were unable to replicate, causing significant delays and frustration due to the lack of timely support and data requested by the users123.”
WT

William T.

Service Desk Technician

“I don't dislike anything about Rubrik, may be a bit too early to announce new feature before having them GA”
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Frederic L.

Technology Architect

“Developpement still seem to be push and forget...”
DP

David P.

System administrator

Cons

“Configuring backups can be a pain due to this oversimplification.”
RC

Russell C.

IT Associate

“The only con I have is that we have had some occasional issues when using large USB devices for local backup.”
BH

Brandon H.

IT Director

“they mess up the software with some small update inbetween and then you have to pay to resolve it.”
TN

Talidu N.

Sysadmin

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features51
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Automatic Backup
  • Backup Log
  • Backup Scheduling
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Bare-Metal Restore
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Capacity Management
  • Cloud Backup
  • Compliance Management
  • Compression
  • Continuous Backup
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Integration
  • Data Migration
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Recovery
  • Data Replication
  • Data Retention Management
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualization
  • Deduplication
  • Differential Backup
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Drag & Drop
  • Duplicate Detection
  • Email Alerts
  • Encryption
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Incident Management
  • Incremental Backup
  • Intrusion Detection System
  • Issue Management
  • Local Server Options
  • Match & Merge
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-OS
  • Policy Management
  • Ransomware Protection
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Remote Server Options
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • VM Backup
  • Virtual Machine Encryption
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Virtual Machine Snapshots
  • Virtual Server
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Vulnerability Protection
  • Web Access/Restoration
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features46
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Management
  • Automatic Backup
  • Backup Log
  • Backup Scheduling
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Bare-Metal Restore
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Capacity Management
  • Cloud Backup
  • Compliance Management
  • Compression
  • Continuous Backup
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Discovery
  • Data Integration
  • Data Migration
  • Data Quality Control
  • Data Recovery
  • Data Replication
  • Data Retention Management
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualization
  • Deduplication
  • Differential Backup
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Drag & Drop
  • Duplicate Detection
  • Email Alerts
  • Encryption
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Incident Management
  • Incremental Backup
  • Intrusion Detection System
  • Issue Management
  • Local Server Options
  • Match & Merge
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-OS
  • Policy Management
  • Ransomware Protection
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Remote Server Options
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Scheduled/Automated Reports
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • VM Backup
  • Virtual Machine Encryption
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Virtual Machine Snapshots
  • Virtual Server
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Vulnerability Protection
  • Web Access/Restoration
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrationsN/A
    • Total integrationsN/A