We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Backup Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both products received high marks from users. However, Cohesity DataProtect users found deployment to be easier, and consider it to be more affordable than do users of Veeam Backup Replication.
"I found value in the instant recovery with DataMove. I found value in the protection group model for applying policies to VMs. And in the overall UI navigation and the way that the application is laid out in the web browser."
"Cohesity DataProtect is a reliable solution for performing backups within a suitable timeframe, and its forever incremental model is particularly effective for the customer's needs. Additionally, the solution handles instant recovery and file-level recovery from a VMware image backup seamlessly."
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"The SQL Backup and Restore is very easy."
"After linking a cloud subscription, like Azure for example (AWS and Google are also supported), you can "spin" a VM onto the cloud from any backup snapshot."
"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."
"We are very satisfied with the product as a whole—all the backup functions, the data protection functions. We are very satisfied with those, and the product is very simple to use."
"Cohesity has very simple reports to help you stay in the know of which servers are being backed up or not."
"With Replication, Veeam allows us to have a duplicated VM on standby."
"It's very easy to work with and it's very reliable."
"The most valuable aspects are the latest features in version 12.1, which introduced enhanced security features."
"The initial setup is simple to do in Veeam Backup Replication."
"Veeam is quick, easy to work with, and its support for Microsoft products is good. They also provide adequate solutions for backing up Microsoft applications in the cloud, such as Office 365."
"Veeam's file monitoring capabilities are strong and consistent."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is a scalable solution."
"It is a good product, in regards to performance, as well as data protection."
"When a new release is launched, there may be some bugs that need to be addressed by the developers. However, they promptly resolve these issues, and the software runs smoothly once again."
"Many of the reports are basic, at most, and at times we had to open a support ticket to help find or develop a report for our needs."
"Cohesity DataProtect can improve in the area of databases. We have had some challenges with both Cohesity and Rubrik being able to effectively back up in a timely manner the SQL Oracle workloads."
"Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"I would like to see the management of multiple nodes inside a tenant. If you want to manage a Cohesity environment, you either go on a per-node base, and you can hop from one node to the other, or you need to implement their SaaS capability but it always needs an internet connection. We would really like to have some kind of local management entity so that we can see all the Cohesity nodes in a customer environment and manage those nodes centrally. That's something that we would really like, and they are really working on it."
"Their UI requires a manual refresh. It doesn't seem like it updates itself sometimes when you're moving from screens or waiting for a change to take effect, so you have to manually refresh."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"If a single file is corrupt then the restoration of the entire backup will fail."
"They need full cloud integration such that an on-premises backup can be offloaded to the cloud for storage."
"Its import and export processes for information and policies could be better."
"The pricing could be improved."
"I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better."
"The pricing could be better."
"The product is missing some commonsense features and tools for an enterprise backup recovery product,"
"It would be useful if we could integrate our on-premise VM solution with the Azure workload backup from the existing console. This would assist our customers in reducing the cost of hardware."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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