Cohesity Data Cloud vs OpenText Data Protector comparison

Cohesity and OpenText are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Cohesity is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.5, while OpenText is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. Cohesity holds a 0.5% mindshare in BRS, compared to OpenText’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cohesity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Cohesity Data Cloud

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OpenText Data Protector

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

OpenText Data Protector and Cohesity Data Cloud compete in the data protection market. Cohesity Data Cloud appears to have the upper hand due to its superior features and user satisfaction.

Features: OpenText Data Protector is known for its reliability and comprehensive backup and recovery coverage. It also offers solid support services and competitive pricing. Cohesity Data Cloud provides innovative scalability, integrated data protection and management features, and stands out in user satisfaction due to its extensive feature set.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Data Protector users seek better performance and agility as the solution can be slow and challenging to configure. Enhancements in user experience are also desired. Cohesity Data Cloud users look for improved reporting capabilities, more granular data management control, and enhancements in user interface navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Data Protector's deployment is seen as labor-intensive, with average customer service feedback. Cohesity Data Cloud receives favorable reviews for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Data Protector is often viewed as more cost-effective with a quicker return on investment. Cohesity Data Cloud, despite its higher initial setup costs, is valued by users for delivering long-term ROI through its robust and versatile functionalities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

17th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (15th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd)

OpenText Data Protector

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Data Protector is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cohesity Data Cloud	0.5%
OpenText Data Protector	0.8%
Other	98.7%

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Shiva Kinnera

Technical Lead at Cognizant

Support and connection issues affect user experience

I currently work at TCS in a different domain using AWS and Azure cloud backup. I switched from Cognizant to TCS four months ago, where I previously used Cohesity Data Cloud and Cohesity tools. I prefer Cohesity Data Cloud over AWS. While cloud functionality is similar across platforms, Cohesity Data Cloud's console, options, and web console are superior to AWS. The pricing of Cohesity Data Cloud depends on the data volume and retention period. Compared to alternatives, Cohesity Data Cloud is somewhat expensive. Regarding technical aspects, connection issues need to be addressed promptly. I would rate it eight out of ten, as these issues require immediate resolution to meet client requirements. Overall review rating: 9/10.

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Jeroen Vranckaerts

System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

Though a highly stable tool, it needs to be made easier to use and configure

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten. OpenText Data Protector is complex to configure correctly, but the areas concerning the data and compression are good. Once you get the product to work, it works, but it's much too complex to configure and troubleshoot, as it takes a lot of time and energy, making it not so efficient. Once the tool is configured in your environment, it provides good backup and compression features. In my company, we use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our servers, and we have a team of 20 people to take care of the data backup using the tool. My company doesn't use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our client's computers. In my company, we have scheduled the process related to backup, which makes the tool run daily around 30 to 40 times.

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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 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."

"My favorite feature of Cohesity Data Cloud is the setup, as it is very fast compared to other solutions; I have worked in different clouds, and Cohesity Data Cloud stands out as superior."

"Cohesity Data Cloud comes with a different flavor where they provide global deduplication across multiple platforms, which provides a tremendous return on investment from a storage perspective because if you have a segment that can be deduplicated in one box and you have multiple boxes, you cannot repeat the deduplication function across different hardware."

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

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

"My favorite feature of Cohesity Data Cloud is the setup, as it is very fast compared to other solutions; I have worked in different clouds, and Cohesity Data Cloud stands out as superior."

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"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."

"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."

"The stability of the product seems to be quite good."

"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."

"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."

"The dashboards in Micro Focus Data Protector are very good. They are similar to the dashboards in Veeam Backup & Replication."

"Integration with HP storage is a very strong point for Micro Focus Data Protector. It is the best solution for general operations like backup and restore. Zero downtime backup (ZDB) is one very important feature, which is basically the integration with the storage array. It is a very strong feature. We're using storage with snapshots with this integration."

"What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc."

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Cons

"Sometimes the support team does not provide proper assistance during critical issues from the cloud end."

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

"The downside of Cohesity Data Cloud is that it is not supporting a legacy environment."

"One of the worst situations occurred when the sizing team did not get the correct subscription, usage, and capacity from Cohesity."

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

"Sometimes the support team does not provide proper assistance during critical issues from the cloud end."

"They still have quite some way to go for improving their agents."

"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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"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."

"In SAP restoration, we faced issues with changing the SIDs and changing the path for every backup object. It is quite a lengthy process to do that."

"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."

"The solution is not intuitive enough. I think they should work on the user experience and the graphical interface. These can be a lot better."

"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."

"The challenge is that we can't restore a single file from the VM in the data process when we do VM backups. But with Commvault, you can restore a single file even if you have a VM snapshot package. That's one drawback of this tool. When we do VM backups, it should help us browse the VMs to restore a single file instead of doing the complete VM restore."

"I do not think that this solution is relevant in the current IT market. They have not upgraded their features and functionalities which makes it difficult for them to remain competitive."

"We have so many specific technological cracks in Micro Focus, but we are not getting the features, facilities, or coordination between the global delivery centers and the R&D team that we need to express our ideas."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"It's priced properly for the market."

"The licensing cost was not annual. We didn't pay any license. We paid when we deployed and we didn't pay for anything after that. There were no additional fees after the initial payment."

"It is more affordable compared to other vendors."

"They have two types of licensing, one is for storage capacity and the other is client licensing. The capacity licensing here is a bit expensive."

"We have many competitors who are pricing better, and we believe that our pricing is higher."

"There is a perpetual license involved in addition to support which needs to be renewed annually."

"The pricing is around $3,000 to $5,000. The charge additionally for support and to scale."

"The pricing is acceptable for enterprise level companies, but it's not acceptable for small- and medium-sized businesses. Micro Focus Data Protector is not an enterprise level solution, and it should cover small- and medium-sized businesses with acceptable prices."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor very cheap."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

Government

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	61

Questions from the Community

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

The pricing of Cohesity Data Cloud is good. Comparatively, compared to IBM and Commvault, Cohesity Data Cloud offers the best deal for my environment.

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What needs improvement with Cohesity Imanis Data?

They still have quite some way to go for improving their agents. As we have many snapshots which are agentless, we know that for recovery, for instance, if you want to do file recovery, an agent is...

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What is your primary use case for Cohesity Imanis Data?

The usual use cases are mainly for VMware-related backups and Nutanix backups. We have some physical servers where we perform backups and restores. It's physical as well as virtual, but mainly virt...

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What do you like most about Micro Focus Data Protector?

I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Data Protector?

The solution is expensive as it requires purchasing all features without the option to negotiate based on client numbers, unlike Veeam which offers flexibility in pricing.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector is not user-friendly, especially for cloud backup. It lacks functions and facilities compared to Veeam, which offers more user-friendliness for virtual machine backups. Ther...

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Also Known As

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

Micro Focus Data Protector, Data Protector, OmniBack, HPE Data Protector

Overview

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

Cohesity

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

GSK Vaccines, Repsol, Vodafone Group, Siemens AG, Medium Enterprise Transportation Services Company

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