We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Backup Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both products received high marks from users. However, Cohesity DataProtect users found deployment to be easier, and consider it to be more affordable than do users of Veeam Backup Replication.
"Cohesity DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection."
"No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome."
"We can run test scripts on production data."
"The four independent node cluster architecture is redundant. It maintains data integrity and load balancing."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"It works well with backup virtual machines and SQL services we have been using."
"The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its back up and recovery. It is a simplified backup because you can do both databases - VM and HyperV. It's a faster backup than the conventional methods because it takes up the bare metal."
"With Replication, Veeam allows us to have a duplicated VM on standby."
"The integration of Veeam Backup Replication is very good."
"I like that the solution is very simple to install."
"The most valuable features I have found to be Instant Recovery, quick restore and rollback, and asynchronous copy. It is a complete solution for our needs."
"Veeam communicates with the vCenter in VMware, which means it's very smooth and doesn't interrupt production on VMware and you can backup or restore anytime, anywhere."
"The data backup replication has been the most useful feature. Previously, we copied the data hub to an external hard drive but now we are able to store the backup on one of the depository service."
"Veeam replication gives migration tools/options for VMware."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"The rack mounting instructions did not appear to be correct, but we were able to overcome it."
"I think Cohesity could add more platform support. For example, they could improve integration with DB2 or make the integration S3 object storage a little tighter. Some of that stuff could use some work, but overall, it's a relatively comprehensive platform."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"I would like to see the management of multiple nodes inside a tenant. If you want to manage a Cohesity environment, you either go on a per-node base, and you can hop from one node to the other, or you need to implement their SaaS capability but it always needs an internet connection. We would really like to have some kind of local management entity so that we can see all the Cohesity nodes in a customer environment and manage those nodes centrally. That's something that we would really like, and they are really working on it."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"We are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
"The GUI is in need of improvement."
"Limited support for environments other than VMware or Microsoft."
"The pricing model could be improved. It can be made cheaper."
"The patching can be quite difficult at times."
"Veeam Backup & Replication could improve by making it more user-friendly."
"I cannot recall coming across any features that were lacking."
"I would like to have them come up with more robust features when it comes to individual endpoint protection."
"When you have some small issues, you should be able to go through it by yourself and solve the issue instead of opening the ticket and waiting for the engineers to troubleshoot."
"The price can be a bit expensive."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Arcserve UDP. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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