Cohesity Data Cloud vs NetApp SnapCenter comparison

Cohesity and NetApp are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Cohesity is ranked #39 with an average rating of 8.7, while NetApp is ranked #50 with an average rating of 7.5. Cohesity holds a 0.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to NetApp’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cohesity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Cohesity Data Cloud

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Cohesity Data Cloud

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

NetApp SnapCenter and Cohesity Data Cloud are two prominent data management solutions. Cohesity Data Cloud proves superior due to its comprehensive features and perceived value.

Features: NetApp SnapCenter provides robust backup and restoration capabilities. It is praised for its integration with various applications. Users find its application-aware backups efficient. Cohesity Data Cloud offers advanced data management functionalities. It includes global deduplication and seamless cloud integration. Users highlight its versatility and ease of use.

Room for Improvement: NetApp SnapCenter users point out the need for a more intuitive management system. Better documentation is also desired. Additional areas for enhancement include interface updates. Cohesity Data Cloud users suggest enhancements in reporting capabilities. There are also minor performance issues to address. Additionally, some users request improved migration tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp SnapCenter offers straightforward deployment. Customer support receives mixed feedback on responsiveness. Cohesity Data Cloud is praised for quick deployment. It has exceptional customer service, with a knowledgeable support team.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp SnapCenter is considered cost-effective with favorable ROI. Setup costs can be higher than expected. Cohesity Data Cloud offers good value for its price, with higher initial costs justified by strong ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

39th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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

NetApp SnapCenter

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

50th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 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 NetApp SnapCenter is 0.6%, up from 0.5% 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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MervynMorgan

IT Storage Engineer at Unixque Solutions Pty Ltd

Enables us to save data for data projection but could improve its integration with other backup solutions

NetApp SnapCenter is highly efficient because it allows you to automate the creation of snapshots. Instead of manually creating snapshots using IMS or HMS, you can schedule and automate them, specifying the timing and frequency. This eliminates the need for daily manual intervention and streamlines the process. SnapCenter also enables you to assign specific user roles to manage these tasks, enhancing efficiency. SnapCenter ensures that your LPOs and RTOs are extremely quick. Although it may seem expensive initially, after using it for a while, you'll appreciate the efficiencies and gains it provides. I recommend the solution. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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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

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

"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 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."

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

"It is easy to install and use."

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

"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."

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"Most banks and financial institutions use the solution."

"The backup process finishes very quickly."

"It's a centralized, easy-to-use solution empowering RBAC management, monitoring, notifications, extensive logging, and backup schedules for standalone as well as groups of the same types of environments. The cloning capabilities accelerate development."

"It has greatly improved our DR activity."

"What is very handy for our clients is the consolidated view. They have a dashboard with everything, through a single pane of glass. This is what they really need because, within seconds, they can have a good overview and see if there are any errors or any issues."

"Being able to add everything in as resource groups is a valuable feature... Having all the SQL servers put into specific buckets, based on their year of release - 2008, 2012, 2014 - allows us to get almost immediate backups that are easily seen and reported on."

"It helps with strategic planning because it is easy to make a strategy when you have visualized the inflow and outflow of the backup and recovery."

"The centralized GUI is the best feature, that there is only one webpage where we can see the states of all the backup jobs. We can see all the tasks that are running and we can quickly see if one fails; if they are running or have any issues. We have all that in one place."

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Cons

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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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"We have hundreds of servers and systems and hundreds of customers and they're separated in a multi-tenancy way in NetApp SVM. Right now, the problem is that it always scan all SVMs. If I backup Customer A, it scans all SVMs, or tries to scan all SVMs, if there is a backup relationship on the storage. But it doesn't have the permissions, so we run into timeouts or the backup just takes too long. They're fixing that in the upcoming release..."

"The tool could be faster."

"The product lags in terms of availability."

"We have experience some difficulties with our current support. We are engaging in engineering level support because some of our problems are more technical."

"We would like to see more granular repording and reporting in bigger sets available in SnapCenter."

"Reporting of the jobs could be better."

"I want to see a few more features add that will help our team in managing solution better."

"There is one area that needs improvement and that's in the alerting. When you set up your SMTP alerts, it only has - and I don't understand why - the ability to send an anonymous SMTP. It doesn't do basic authentication, which frustrated me for a while until I figured out that I'm not missing something. It's just not there."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The product is inexpensive."

"We see a financial value with SnapCenter because we don't have to license Commvault, which is pretty expensive."

"The licensing is well-designed because it's already included in some packages with NetApp storage. Therefore, for most customers, it's okay as the SnapCenter license is already included in some NetApp bundles."

"It comes free with the amount of equipment we purchase from NetApp. In terms of pricing, zero is my favorite number."

"It's free. The license is included with other NetApp products."

"We have a site license, so it comes with the product."

"Pricing is very good because if you already have NepApp controllers, then it's included."

"The license for SnapCenter was included with the storage array."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Manufacturing Company

18%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

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 NetApp SnapCenter?

Most banks and financial institutions use the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp SnapCenter?

The product should be free because it is just software to administrate systems purchased from NetApp, which are already expensive.

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What needs improvement with NetApp SnapCenter?

The interface usability needs improvement. It should be more user-friendly and easier for customers to use.

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Also Known As

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

SnapCenter

Overview

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

Cohesity

Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.

NetApp

Sample Customers

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

All for One Steeb AG, Accenture

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