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Cohesity DataProtect vs ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity DataProtect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (14th), AI Data Analysis (18th)
ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
63rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Cohesity DataProtect is 1.7%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cohesity DataProtect1.7%
ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage0.6%
Other97.7%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Kalaiarasan Meganathan - PeerSpot reviewer
Specialist at HCLSoftware
Backup operations have become faster and daily recoveries run smoothly for on‑prem workloads
When compared to other tools, the deduplication in Cohesity DataProtect is very fast, and the restore performance is better than other tools. Global deduplication ensures that only unique data blocks are stored, significantly reducing storage consumption. Cohesity DataProtect's dashboard displays options and errors clearly, making it easy to access and understand how to fix issues. Cohesity DataProtect's ability to start processes automatically without manual selections enhances its reliability. Cohesity DataProtect's architecture ensures that agent installations automatically reflect in the dashboard, allowing for seamless integration into backup jobs. This improves operational efficiency, ensuring backups can be triggered without manual refreshes. Additionally, the user interface is intuitive, and the respect of the N-1 rule during updates helps prevent client-affecting issues.
Nguyen_Nguyen - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Vice Director at Sunshine Solution
A competitive and balanced solution that offers solid performance at a reasonable price
I worked very closely with ExaGrid in Singapore. We are trying to build up the market for ExaGrid in Vietnam. We hope to be a big distributor for ExaGrid and that the picture will improve next year. Regarding the technology of ExaGrid, they have a landing zone, and now it's a very exhaustive solution, especially compared with Dell Data Domain and HPE. HPE offers normal storage without any special solution. Dell has DD Boost, and so the performance is high. On that basis, I rate the ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage number with an overall score of eight out of ten. People might be more familiar with Data Domain or StoreOnce. And if people want a professional solution, there are only three brands.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used, as they are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"Several features enable us to perform fast recovery, such as instant fast recovery. All our virtual machines protected with the product can be quickly restored to another healthy environment with minimal downtime for our main customers. These features have significantly improved our recovery time objectives."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"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."
"It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome."
"The dashboard is very easy to use."
"The backup and restore solution is a big step forward from our last solution and packs more than just backup in a box, allowing for additional features such as Disaster Recovery and utilising the space available in the cluster for storing files."
"Cohesity has improved our backup architecture."
"I like the performance of the restore feature."
 

Cons

"There were a few things that required quick support calls in order to get to function correctly."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"The error handling could be improved."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"The one drawback of this quick innovation is that their units were shipped with outdated firmware, but this was quickly remedied, and they have made operational changes to reduce the likelihood of sending outdated firmware again."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"I thought physical RDM's were supported, but apparently that is not the case."
"We have to do a lot of POC to show why ExaGrid is good."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Ensure that you understand the per TB licensing model. Also, Exchange backups are not native to Cohesity and require Kroll."
"Licensing is per node and per protected terabyte. You will also pay 10-15% annually for support."
"Cohesity came in at the best price. Setup was included and done in half a day."
"It has reasonable pricing, and we know they can give discounts. If you look at the primary pricing or the list pricing, it conforms to the market pricing, but you have to have a discount on it. Otherwise, it is way too expensive."
"From my last assessment, the pricing for Cohesity DataProtect was reasonable. Compared to its closest competitor, Rubrik, I found Rubrik's pricing to be somewhat high-end. While Rubrik may have more advanced security features than Cohesity DataProtect currently, Cohesity DataProtect is releasing a new solution in the near future that will compete directly with Rubrik."
"Sizing is important and it is easy to overestimate."
"I expect the system to probably pay off within the first two years."
"The solution's pricing is quite high, more so than that of its competitors, Veeam, Veritas and Rubrik."
"ExaGrid is a one-time investment."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
University
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise43
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cohesity DataProtect?
There are several areas that have room for improvement, and I believe there are other aspects that could be enhanced as well.
What is your primary use case for Cohesity DataProtect?
I use Cohesity DataProtect for backup, analysis, and recovery purposes.
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