Cohesity Data Cloud vs IBM Spectrum Protect comparison

Cohesity and IBM are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Cohesity is ranked #40 with an average rating of 8.7, while IBM is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.2. Cohesity holds a 0.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to IBM’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cohesity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Cohesity Data Cloud

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100% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Protect

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86% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IBM Spectrum Protect and Cohesity Data Cloud offer robust solutions for data management. Cohesity Data Cloud seems to have the upper hand due to its modern features and ease of use.

Features: IBM Spectrum Protect is valued for its high scalability, backup efficiency, and comprehensive security features. Cohesity Data Cloud is appreciated for its simplified data management, rapid recovery, and cloud integration. Cohesity's modern architecture and ease of use give it an edge over IBM Spectrum Protect regarding features.

Room for Improvement: IBM Spectrum Protect users often cite complexity and a steep learning curve as areas needing improvement. Additional improvements are needed in its user interface and performance optimization. Cohesity Data Cloud users highlight the need for enhanced reporting and analytics, increased backup speed, and better multi-cloud support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Spectrum Protect's deployment is known to be complex, requiring significant time and expertise, with customer service receiving mixed reviews. Cohesity Data Cloud offers straightforward deployment and is backed by strong customer support. Cohesity's ease of deployment and supportive customer service make it a more favorable choice in this category.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Protect has a higher initial setup cost but offers good ROI through long-term reliability. Cohesity Data Cloud features competitive pricing and quicker ROI due to its operational efficiency and reduced management overhead. Users find Cohesity Data Cloud's pricing and ROI more appealing in comparison to IBM Spectrum Protect.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

40th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (34th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (6th)

IBM Spectrum Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

17th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

149

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect is 2.2%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Syed Habib

Head of Infrastructure Security (S.A.V.P) at EXIM Bank Ltd

Manageable and comprehensive and integrates robust backup features for core banking

It's adequate for my core banking, however, I am looking for another solution for all systems. It is not compatible with other operating systems like Windows or Linux, and lacks a consolidated dashboard from Browser Spectrum. This is why I am searching for another solution. The product also lacks any centralized graphical user interface (GUI), such as Jarek Pod, and I am limited to using a console-based text user interface, which my local partner handles completely.

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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

"We use Cohesity Helios primarily in our data management strategy for backup and reporting."

"It is easy to install and use."

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

"It's very regimented and fast. It does local backup, cloud backup, long-term coverage, and disaster recovery."

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"You can do restores very quickly. You can mount a drive and restore it right from the drive."

"Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."

"Everyone wants a full backup. It gives them safety and peace of mind, like an insurance policy for that rainy day when they may need to restore a system."

"The solution is very stable. It is one of the most important features that we look for in a product before putting it into the market and when establishing a strategy with our customers."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup."

"It is good in terms of functionality. My clients are very satisfied with this solution."

"The MN backup for a cluster is most valuable because it has made backing up the GSF as a zero-file system easier. I like its stability a lot. Over the years, I very rarely had a problem with it."

"The solution is not complex, it's very easy to configure agents or VM backup and restore. Upgrades from one version to another are very fast and the product is very stable."

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Cons

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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"I need to have more than two instances working together. I need a worldwide grid able to have replication between three, four, or five instances."

"The solution must protect against ransomware attacks better."

"Easier configuration of some of the products, e.g., VE comes to mind."

"The version that we had when I first started made it look really bad. We are talking about commands that should have run in two seconds, but instead took four to eight hours. Other components were sluggish."

"It does what we need it to do, but it could be better with VM backups. It could be better integrated with virtual machines or VM backups, but that's why they have their Plus out now. Plus version is more geared toward VM backups. The regular version is more for endpoint clients."

"Technical support could be improved."

"This product comes up against other products available that are marketed better but the other products that it's in competition with are a single product and this is one of IBM products. If it could be marketed as more for competitors I think that's where it comes short."

"The solution should have better integration with VMware and with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's priced properly for the market."

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

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

"Use capacity licensing. It's easier and cheaper."

"Spectrum Protect is not a cheap option."

"Licensing IBM Spectrum Protect can be somewhat confusing for new users due to the options available, such as licensing on a capacity or per server basis."

"The product is low cost. It is very cool when we design it to using licensing based on post capacity."

"It is fairly reasonable as compared to other solutions in the market."

"We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective."

"Spectrum Protect is not expensive, and it is simple to use."

"The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive. However, there are a few packages and it is unclear because, for the entry suite they have both options, which are the back-end storage capacity and the front-end storage capacity."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Protect?

IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Protect?

It's expensive. I acknowledge the cost associated with it.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?

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Also Known As

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Overview

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

Cohesity

IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud environments of all sizes.

IBM

Sample Customers

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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