Arcserve UDP vs Cohesity Data Cloud comparison

Arcserve and Cohesity are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while Cohesity is ranked #38 with an average rating of 8.7. Arcserve holds a 1.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Cohesity’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cohesity users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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100% willing to recommend

Arcserve UDP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Cohesity Data Cloud compete in the data protection and management category. Cohesity Data Cloud appears stronger due to its innovative capabilities, though Arcserve UDP is noted for cost-effectiveness, particularly for smaller businesses.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers comprehensive backup and recovery options, a simple setup process, and effective ransomware protection. Users of Cohesity Data Cloud highlight its seamless integration, scalability, and advanced data management functionalities.

Room for Improvement: Users of Arcserve UDP point to the need for a more intuitive interface, enhanced reporting tools, and user-friendly navigation. Cohesity Data Cloud users suggest improving initial setup complexity, optimizing update deployment times, and providing better onboarding documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP is generally praised for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Cohesity Data Cloud receives mixed reviews regarding deployment ease but is commended for its knowledgeable support team.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is recognized for its competitive pricing and a decent return on investment, particularly advantageous for smaller enterprises. Cohesity Data Cloud, while more expensive, is perceived to provide higher ROI due to its extensive features and scalability.

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (11th)

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

38th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (35th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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TeresitaSabile

Head of Operation and IT at Elgrade Inc

Cost savings and efficient decompression but needs better cloud integration

Our primary use case for Arcserve UDP is its decompression feature, which helped us save money by reducing storage needs. Despite moving to cloud applications, we have been using Arcserve UDP for backup and disaster recovery Arcserve UDP has helped our organization save considerable amounts of…

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AmarpreetSingh

Technical Architect at Wipro Limited

Offers improved data protection and security with indirect ROI

The pricing of the Cloud is on the higher side, and it should be cost-effective enough to compete with native solutions. Currently, Cohesity Cloud seems very costly compared to native backups. Although this is an emerging tool and there is room for growth, it needs to mature further. There is an AI feature, however, it is still in the development phase and requires substantial improvements.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."

"The most valuable feature is the duplication."

"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is its decompression capability."

"The ability to switch between different hardware platforms and utilization tools are some of this solution's most valuable features."

"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."

"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."

"The most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."

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"It is easy to install and use."

"The hyper-converged architecture and scalability are hugely important for growing service companies."

"I find the most important feature to be data protection."

"Its big data and archive data features are the features that I have found most valuable. I can use it in a big virtual environment."

"The clone feature is very nice. You can restore workloads onto Cohesity's storage, which is also nice to have when you don't have enough space to restore on the server."

"I definitely recommend this tool to others due to its simplicity, security, features, and flexibility."

"I rate the Cohesity Data Cloud solution a ten out of ten. It's an easy-to-use product that provides substantial value and security."

"Our data center size occupancy for Cohesity appliance is reduced by 70% when we installed Cohesity."

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Cons

"The problem is just reliability. If the promises in the marketing material were realized in real life, it would be the perfect solution, but it's just the reliability issues."

"StorageCraft ShadowProtect can improve by making one console that can control backups of all desktops and servers in one place. Additionally, the recovery process of the backups is very slow and could improve. It's very slow when we went to recover a complete disc but to recover one file is very fast."

"Every time I change the disc, I have to do a full backup."

"The tool doesn't provide cloud integration in India."

"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."

"The solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."

"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."

"They could work on their marketing approach. I don't see many people leveraging it."

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"The primary drawback is the need to transfer large amounts of data to the cloud via an internet connection, requiring significant bandwidth."

"Their documentation portal is not up to date for newer releases and I strongly recommend Cohesity to increase their efforts on the documentation portal."

"In terms of functionality, Helios has been effective, but sometimes it doesn't show the exact cluster name for backups."

"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."

"The pricing of the Cloud is on the higher side, and it should be cost-effective enough to compete with native solutions."

"The initial setup can be complex, depending on the environment."

"The limitation that I see in Cohesity is that the minimum sized node is 36 terabytes, which is more than a small customer needs."

"It has never been touted as a tier-one storage platform, and that would be a benefit. They are currently working on solving that issue."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is most likely comparable."

"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."

"We only have the maintenance of three standard UDP licenses. Each license is 50 Euro. There are some additional costs for the storage and software but it has nothing to do with the UDP."

"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"I do not work with the pricing or licensing issues of the solution for our organization."

"It is a bit pricey, considering the reliability problems. If the tool worked flawlessly, the price would be fair, even cheap."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a four or five out of ten."

"I feel that the product is fairly priced."

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"Regarding pricing, it's very costly and I rate it a four."

"It's priced properly for the market."

"Competing products sometimes use deceptive marketing to make their products seem a lot cheaper. Comparing apples-to-apples, DataPlatform wins out."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Non Profit

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...

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What do you like most about StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

Pricing for SPX MRP/MSP is under $400 per server (Single VM) with a 1-year subscription. After discounts, it could decrease by 20%-30%, and opting for a 3/5/10 server pack may offer even better (lo...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohesity DataPlatform?

While Cohesity Data Cloud is more costly in the long term compared to physical tapes, it offers value by meeting compliance needs and providing protection against ransomware attacks. The pricing is...

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What needs improvement with Cohesity Imanis Data?

The primary drawback is the need to transfer large amounts of data to the cloud via an internet connection, requiring significant bandwidth. Reading data from the cloud can incur additional costs, ...

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What is your primary use case for Cohesity Imanis Data?

The primary use case for Cohesity Data Cloud is to offer an additional layer of protection for backup data, which I can restore if needed. It is a managed service that allows me to set up and confi...

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

Overview

Arcserve UDP is a comprehensive solution that empowers even a one-person IT department to protect virtual and physical environments with a high degree of simplicity. It allows you to design and manage your entire data protection strategy with a unified management console, and enables you to scale your data backup coverage as your organization grows with the push of a button.

Arcserve

Consolidate your backups, file shares, object stores and data for dev/test and analytics on a web-scale data management platform.

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Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

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