We performed a comparison between AvePoint Cloud Backup and Cohesity DataProtect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product's initial setup phase was super easy."
"It is a very good and stable solution...With AvePoint's support, our experience has been exceptional"
"The most valuable features are the email backup and the SharePoint backup."
"The most promising feature of the product is data security policies, which make it simpler to include compliance processes."
"It is the only product in the market that offers platform backup."
"The recovery options in Microsoft 365 are not adequate and it does not help to recover data from the recycle bin that is older than 90 days. The solution has made us more efficient and helps to recover data that is older than 90 days."
"It is the best product in the market for Office 365 backup, and our customers are satisfied with it."
"The initial setup is super easy."
"Instant recovery options are a big benefit for urgent restores, as we don't need to wait for hours or days for a restore to complete before being able to access the files."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"The most valuable features are the rapid VM restores and the ability to quickly find files and download them directly to my desktop so that I can put them where I need them to be."
"The solution is stable."
"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used. They are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"The implementation and training are all done through the sales engineer, which provides for a seamless and great experience when it comes to starting with a new vendor."
"The restoration could be faster."
"It is challenging for small or medium-sized businesses to purchase it."
"It is not a traditional restore process and it is somewhat limited in what we can do."
"The component in the product that can be improved revolves around the area where the tool should focus on providing more of a custom touch to the policies."
"For improvement, AvePoint can provide details on how the tool's backup scope works."
"I would like to see improvements in the tool's initial seed. The initial seed of around 10 TB of SharePoint data took 45 days to complete."
"Some customers choose other backup solutions because AvePoint is Office 365 and CRM backup system, but they have other backup needs for Azure and so on. Such customers often choose another backup solution instead of AvePoint."
"It would be beneficial to have a more optimal Google Backup for larger environments."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"The rack mounting instructions did not appear to be correct, but we were able to overcome it."
"The support team sometimes takes a long time to resolve issues, although, in our experience, these have been specific things like SQL blobs."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"This solution is only compatible with a limited number of storage arrays, including Pure and Cisco Hyperflex."
"Better documentation is needed because the lack of information has necessitated having our team depend more heavily on Cohesity support."
"The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors."
AvePoint Cloud Backup is ranked 14th in Cloud Backup with 8 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 7th in Cloud Backup with 67 reviews. AvePoint Cloud Backup is rated 8.8, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AvePoint Cloud Backup writes "Focuses on not just backup but also on providing highly granular restore capabilities, ensuring that data can be restored at a very specific level rather than restoring entire environments". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". AvePoint Cloud Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup. See our AvePoint Cloud Backup vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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