Easy Setup and Deployment Experience
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use in setup and deployment, support could be better.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interactions with Support. The onboarding representative was fantastic, actual support hasn't been as glowing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solves having a clean dashboard that provides us with an at glance knowledge of our overall backup posture.
Easy Data Syncing and Restore Process
What do you like best about the product?
Data Syncing and restore process is very easy
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometime reporting part doing misbehave.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
User laptop theft all data we found from Druva
Automated backups have protected critical lab laptops and now ensure rapid recovery from incidents
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Druva Data Security Cloud is primarily about backup solutions, which we are using in my current organization.
A specific example of how I use Druva Data Security Cloud for backup solutions in my organization is related to a new laboratory that is deeply important to me. We have a separate environment for taking the backup of every machine in my organization. We are taking the backup of all the entire Remi laptops on a frequent basis, based on our scheduled backups.
Regarding my main use case with Druva Data Security Cloud, I would add that it involves policy configuration, requirement assessment, deployment, backup monitoring, restore and testing, and security compliance. In real-world use, we are automatically assigning predefined backup policies to a separate group of people in our organization whose laptops start a backup on critical folders.
What is most valuable?
The best features Druva Data Security Cloud offers, in my experience, include the ability to take backups without any errors during our regular operations on our machines. This has been a great help for us to validate each and every folder from a prospective side, legal side, and security policies as well.
Druva Data Security Cloud's backup reliability and error-free backups have helped my team day-to-day by offering highly reliable automated backups with minimal features, reducing manual intervention and ensuring consistent data protection. For example, during accidental file deletion or system crashes, we are able to quickly restore the data without downtime, helping maintain business continuity.
Druva Data Security Cloud provides highly reliable automated backups with minimal failures, ensuring consistent data protection with less manual effort. In cases of accidental deletion or system crashes, it enables quick data recovery, helping maintain business continuity without downtime.
Druva Data Security Cloud has positively impacted our organization by automating backups and reducing the dependency on manual processes, improving overall efficiency. It also strengthened data security and enabled quick recovery during incidents, ensuring minimal downtime and better business continuity.
Using Druva Data Security Cloud, we have significantly reduced the recovery time from hours to minutes, improving overall operational efficiency. It also helped cut infrastructure and maintenance costs by eliminating the on-premise backup systems while ensuring reliable data protection.
What needs improvement?
When considering how Druva Data Security Cloud could be improved, I would suggest several enhancements.
I would prefer to see improvements in Druva Data Security Cloud that include the use of end-to-end encryption, secure communication protocols, and strong authentication to prevent unauthorized access to our data and interception. It would also be helpful to regularly update firmware, enable access controls, and store data in secure platforms such as Druva Data Security Cloud to ensure backup compliance and protection against data loss or cyber threats.
Better features for our organization would include enhanced reporting and analytics and more customizable alerting, which would help improve monitoring, along with proactive issue resolution. Additionally, deep integrations with more third-party tools and faster large-scale restore performance would further strengthen efficiency and user experience.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Druva Data Security Cloud for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Druva Data Security Cloud is very stable, providing consistent backups and reliable recovery with only the occasional minor delays during large data operations.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Druva Data Security Cloud supports on-demand scalability across endpoints, SaaS apps, and multi-cloud workloads without requiring additional hardware or capacity planning, making it ideal for growing organizations.
How are customer service and support?
In my experience, issues were resolved quickly, and the support team was proactive and helpful during both the implementation and ongoing operations. I would rate the customer support a nine on a scale of one to ten.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We do not have any previous solutions we used; we are sticking with Druva Data Security Cloud only.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing shows that there is a strong flexible approach. Pricing for Druva Data Security Cloud is flexible and consumption-based, mainly depending on storage usage, number of users or devices, and workload type, which makes cost predictable and scalable. Setup cost is minimal since it is a SaaS application with no hardware needed, and licensing typically involves subscription-based options such as per user, per resource, or TB-based models, depending on the use cases. Currently, we are using TB-based models.
What was our ROI?
We have seen clear ROI through reduced infrastructure costs of up to forty to fifty percent and significant time savings on backup management effort reduced by nearly ninety percent. For example, our team saves several hours weekly on backup operations and resolves incidents faster, with restore times improving by ninety percent or more, directly improving productivity and reducing downtime.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
At this moment, we did not purchase Druva Data Security Cloud through the AWS Marketplace.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Druva Data Security Cloud, we evaluated several other backup solutions such as Veeam Data Platform, Commvault Cloud, and Rubrik Security Cloud, which are commonly compared in the market. However, we chose Druva Data Security Cloud mainly because of its cloud-native SaaS architecture and easier deployment, along with lower operational overhead compared to these alternatives.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Druva Data Security Cloud would be to clearly define backup requirements, RPO, RTO, and plan policies properly before implementation, as proper planning and configuration are critical for success. I also suggest leveraging Druva Data Security Cloud as a fully cloud-native solution by enabling automation, regular monitoring, and periodic restore testing to ensure reliability and business continuity.
Druva Data Security Cloud is a reliable cloud-native solution that simplifies backups, improves security, and ensures fast recovery across endpoints, SaaS, and cloud workloads. I have rated this review an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Industry-Standard Features, Easy Maintenance, and Great Support
What do you like best about the product?
The features are industry standards. Easy to maintain and great support
What do you dislike about the product?
None in particular. no issues were experience prior to this date
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The automation of reports. I can easily check and see anomalies or any unexpected events. Therefore, I can make an on-point decision and take necessary actions.
Druva Comprehensive Tully’s Cloud-Native Data Protection Solution
What do you like best about the product?
Tully cloud-native — no hardware, no storage appliances, no patching
What do you dislike about the product?
Costs increase quickly with large data volumes
Long retention policies = higher bills
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
AI analyzes backup data and detects anomalies
Helps optimize storage, performance, and security
Reliable, Low-Maintenance Backups with Helpful Quarterly Check-Ins
What do you like best about the product?
It works well. Once jobs are set there is very little need for intervention. We only have a few job errors throughout the year and usually not caused by Druva. I also appreciate the quarterly check-ins to make sure our account is running smoothly and we are informed of new features.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only complaint I can think of is that Druva cannot backup a Hyper-V VM stored on a host that is part of a cluster.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Backing up our servers, endpoints and Microsoft cloud applications. It also adds another layer of security by ensuring our backups are not compromised. If they are, we have features that make restores less painful.
Effortless Security with Seamless Integration
What do you like best about the product?
I like that Druva Data Security Cloud is really easy to use with straightforward products. The ease of integration of all the tooling works really well, which saves us a lot of time and effort, especially for a small team like ours. It's a huge benefit that it limits the amount of work we have to do. The setup was very easy, and the team at Druva is quick to respond and help, showing they really know what they're doing.
What do you dislike about the product?
No we are happy with the service. We recommend it to others.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Druva Data Security Cloud gives us added security to meet compliance requirements, integrates easily, and limits our work, which is a huge benefit for a small team.
Easy-to-Manage Backups with Clear Reporting and Good Support
What do you like best about the product?
We’ve been using Druva for about 2.5 years in our K-12 school district (around 4,200 students), mainly to back up our on-prem VMware environment and file servers.
The biggest improvement for us was moving off our older Dell backup system. It was hard to use and never felt very reliable. Druva has been much more consistent and easier to manage. The console is clean, the reporting is clear, and it’s easy to check backup status without digging through a bunch of menus.
I also really like how simple file-level restores are. If someone deletes a file or needs something recovered, I don’t have to restore an entire VM just to grab one item. That saves a lot of time.
We did have backup proxy failures twice a little after initial deployment, but support and documentation helped us get it resolved. It hasn’t happened in quite a while and the system has been stable for the past couple of years. Support has been professional whenever we’ve needed them. Our Customer Success Manager has also been proactive — they reached out when we were trending high on credit usage and helped us optimize things. We were able to lower our usage and may even end up with a surplus, which is important in a school district with tight budgets.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only real issue we ran into was the backup proxy failures early on, shortly after deployment. It took some troubleshooting with support to get fully resolved, but once it was addressed, it hasn’t been a recurring problem.
Since then, it’s been pretty steady from an operational standpoint.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Druva gives us reliable, centralized backups for our VMware servers and file shares without having to maintain additional backup hardware on-site.
In a school district environment, protecting staff and administrative data is critical, but we don’t have a large IT team to manage something overly complex. Compared to our previous solution, Druva has simplified backup management and given us better visibility into what’s protected.
We haven’t had to perform a full production restore, but the consistent backups and easy file-level recovery give us confidence in our disaster recovery posture. For a lean IT team supporting thousands of students and staff, that reliability and simplicity go a long way.
Efficient and Centralized Data Security for Modern IT Environments
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Druva Data Security Cloud is its fully cloud-native design, which eliminates the complexity of managing on-premises backup infrastructure. The centralized dashboard provides complete visibility across endpoints, servers, and cloud workloads, making monitoring and management very simple and efficient.
The platform is highly reliable and scalable, with strong security features such as ransomware protection, immutable backups, and end-to-end encryption. Backup policies are easy to configure, and restores are fast and seamless, which significantly reduces recovery time and operational effort.
Another major advantage is its minimal maintenance requirement—since it is SaaS-based, there is no hardware dependency, patching, or infrastructure overhead. The reporting, compliance features, and proactive alerting also help ensure data protection standards are consistently met.
Overall, Druva Data Security Cloud provides a secure, scalable, and user-friendly backup solution that simplifies data protection management while enhancing security and business continuity.
What do you dislike about the product?
While Druva Data Security Cloud is a very robust and reliable platform, there are a few areas where minor improvements could enhance the overall experience. For example, the initial setup and policy configuration can feel slightly complex for first-time users, especially in large environments. However, once configured, the platform runs smoothly with minimal maintenance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Druva Data Security Cloud solves the challenge of managing complex, distributed backup environments by providing a fully cloud-native, centralized data protection platform. It eliminates the need for maintaining on-premises backup infrastructure, reducing hardware dependency, maintenance effort, and operational overhead.
The platform addresses key concerns such as ransomware protection, data loss prevention, compliance requirements, and secure long-term retention. With features like immutable backups, encryption, and automated policy management, it significantly strengthens our overall data security posture.
It also simplifies backup and restore operations across endpoints, servers, and cloud workloads through a single management console. This has improved visibility, reduced administrative effort, and accelerated recovery time objectives (RTO), ensuring faster business continuity during incidents.
Overall, Druva helps us reduce risk, improve operational efficiency, and confidently protect critical business data with a scalable and reliable solution.
A Data Management and Compliance Dream in One Place
What do you like best about the product?
The one place to backup all my different types of data on different platforms and Druva continues to add more features making my backup management so much better than the many other solutions I have used over the past 20 plus years. A single place to go and see all my data. A single place to go to search for files that we must purge. A single place to go trace the other users a file may have been shared with. This has been a win as far as solutions for us and it not just a backup solution, its a data management and compliance dream.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface can always be improved and I have already seen great changes over the years.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have purge compliance obligations with the government work we do and it is made so much easier with Druva.
