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We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"The customer service and support are fast and professional.""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.""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.""Its most valuable feature is its ransomware protection, so it has immutable backups.""Cohesity is a cost-effective storage designed for secondary or archival data. It also integrates well with a number of other systems, like VMware, Pure Storage, or AWS with its large array of APIs available to the user.""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.""It has a lightning fast restore.""The SQL Backup and Restore is very easy."

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"Cloud Connect's best features are its simplicity, flexibility, and constantly-expanding options.""The most valuable features are the fast replication and recovery of data.""The most valuable quality of Veeam Cloud Connect is its reliability.""One of the most valuable features of Veeam Cloud Connect is it does not require the use of an extremely fast internet connection for it to work. The backup process is automated which is great.""While there are some complexities, Veeam tries to keep the product simple and offers a good knowledge base. It's quite structured, so you can easily take one subject and learn about it simply by reading through the documentation.""It hasn't given us any issues so far.""The most valuable feature is the snapshot capability.""The administration and management integrate with multiple solutions, not just with one or two environments, even if they're not VMware products."

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Cons
"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.""If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment.""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.""I would like to see Cohesity have the ability to do a file level restore from a Windows server, which is storing data on dynamic disk.""I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible.""Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one.""Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend.""The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors."

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"The bandwidth optimization needs to be improved and have better efficiency so that you send fewer amounts of data from one site to the other.""Some of the features I'd like added to the solution would be coming up in version 12, so the only area for improvement I saw in Veeam Cloud Connect was the need to have more support for object storage.""Pricing could be improved and I also think archiving could be improved.""The solution needs to be more scalable. There should be no reason to set up Veeam Cloud Connect and have 10 servers in order to have a cloud backup. The initial setup could be easier.""The flexibility results in more administrative GUI. The GUI needs improvement.""The biggest thing that Cloud Connect needs is native deduplication.""Doesn't back-up from KVM.""We need the solution to offer IT storage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing is per node and per protected terabyte. You will also pay 10-15% annually for support."
  • "If SQL is in heavy use at your location, I would highly recommend narrowing your PoC testing to Cohesity and Rubrik. They will be competitive on pricing with each other, so really put them through the paces."
  • "The ROI is huge. Not really measurable at this point, but the price of the unit was a fraction of what a couple hours of downtime could result in."
  • "Cohesity came in at the best price."
  • "Cohesity came in at the best price. Setup was included and done in half a day."
  • "Ensure that you understand the per TB licensing model. Also, Exchange backups are not native to Cohesity and require Kroll."
  • "We purchased support from Cohesity to ensure that should we face an issue, we don't have to deal with different service providers."
  • "With respect to pricing, make sure that you look at both Rubrik and Cohesity as they are very similar and are quite competitive."
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  • "I think that this is one of the most cost-effective solutions."
  • "The licensing fee is on a monthly basis."
  • "We are looking into how we can extend the license of this product."
  • "The price of the solution could be cheaper. There are monthly or yearly subscription options available. The annual subscription tends to be cheaper."
  • "It's not the cheapest solution on the market but it's reliable, so we find it cost-effective."
  • "The licensing is MSP-based. It is connected to the portal, and you can deploy it to your end users as well."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable because of our good standing with the vendor."
  • "The pricing of Veeam Cloud Connect is good."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant.
    Top Answer:We have a capacity license for the solution that we renew annually. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.
    Top Answer:I would like alerts if any local accounts on the platform are changed for security. If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available… more »
    Top Answer:In my opinion, the console or dashboard is the most valuable feature of this solution.
    Top Answer:The pricing of Veeam Cloud Connect is good. The reason for our change in solution was not because of pricing, as there was nothing to complain about in terms of pricing. Although I will have to pay… more »
    Top Answer:While the solution is generally satisfactory, we encountered difficulties when attempting to seek assistance for issues we faced. Getting the necessary help proved to be quite challenging. The… more »
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    Veeam Cloud Connect for the Enterprise
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    Overview

    What is Cohesity DataProtect?

    Cohesity DataProtect is a top-level, sophisticated, software-defined backup and recovery solution created for cloud environments. Cohesity DataProtect is made to hyperscale and is one the most thorough policy-based protection solutions available on the market today.

    Cohesity DataProtect melds multiple-point products into a single software that is able to be deployed as on-premise or consumed as a service.

    Top Features:

    Hyperscale made easy: Cohesity DataProtect improves data protection by doing away with the need for backup silos and administers backup and recovery with a single user-friendly, easy-to-understand interface. Cohesity DataProtect provides extensive 24/7 enterprise-class protection for a large, varying set of sources, including virtual and physical servers, NAS and SaaS workloads, relational and distributed databases, and traditional and containerized applications.

    Super fast recovery: Cohesity DataProtect offers near-zero recovery point objectives (RPOs) and near-instant recovery time objectives (RTOs) to satisfy your business service-level agreements (SLAs). Using Cohesity Helios’ unified data plane and control plane you can immediately search and recover data on any Cohesity cluster, located anywhere. DataProtect distinctively minimizes downtime by immediately mass restoring any amount of virtual machines (VMs) to any point in time, and lowers data protection costs by as much as 70% or more.

    Backup as a Service: Feel free to take advantage of the elasticity of the public cloud and the cost-effective value of Cohesity DataProtect when delivered as a service. When you choose an OPEX option, you can eliminate the need for on-premises hardware. There is a SaaS option that will allow you to very simply configure your backup workloads and immediately begin protecting your vital all-important data and applications.

     It’s as easy as: sign-up, connect, and protect!

    Ransomware protection: Cohesity DataProtect offers stellar recovery at scale. The solution is so intuitive, it has machine learning-based anomaly detection to stop incidents before they happen. Cohesity DataProtection can provide immutable backups, Datalock write once, read many (WORM), encryption, and role-based access control (RBAC).

    Cohesity DataProtect integrates well with many of today’s top solutions, including, but not limited to: 

    • Hypervisors: VMware vSphere (5.5 and later), Microsoft Hyper-V (2019, 2016, 2012 R2), Nutanix AHV and RHeV 
    • Kubernetes-based data and application state
    • Cloud: AWS EC2, Amazon RDS, Azure VM, and Google Compute
    • Physical: Windows, Linux(RHEL, CentOS, OEL, Debian, Ubuntu), AIX (7.x), and Solaris
    • Databases: Oracle (11g R2, 12c), Oracle RAC and SQL (2008 or later)
    • Distributed Databases (NoSQL and Hadoop): MongoDB, CouchbaseDB, Apache, Cassandra, Cloudera, and Hortonworks. 
    • Bare Machine Recovery: Windows and Linux 
    • Applications: MS Exchange (2010 SP3 or later), MSFT Active Directory, Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Groups), SalesForce (SFDC), and SAP HANA 
    • Primary storage: Pure FlashArray, HPE Nimble, and Cisco Hyperflex 
    • NAS: Pure FlashBlade, NetApp, Isilon, IBM GPFS, Google EFS, Elastifile, and generic solutions*

    Reviews from Real Users

    One reviewer, who is head of IT infrastructure at Kampmann says, “Cohesity really is a Next-Gen Data Management Software,” and goes on to indicate that Cohesity “works flawlessly with easy replication of backups and numerous supported backup sources.”

    Another user, who is a senior network engineer at a legal firm, relates that "Cohesity is a robust and feature-rich solution"





    Veeam Cloud Connect for the Enterprise enables businesses to act as a disaster recover (DR) service provider to deliver off-site backup and replication services to internal customers. This eliminates complexity by removing the need to maintain a VPN connection and it improves security by encapsulating all backup and management traffic into a single port.

    Sample Customers
    Tribune Media
    Worldwide Holdings, ContinuitySA, MPY, Linxdatacenter
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    Healthcare Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University8%
    Construction Company8%
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    Educational Organization32%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government6%
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    Computer Software Company50%
    Comms Service Provider25%
    Integrator13%
    Computer Retailer13%
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Government9%
    Outsourcing Company9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise46%
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    Small Business63%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise13%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise38%
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    Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 7th in Cloud Backup with 12 reviews while Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Cloud Backup with 6 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL] is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Highly reliable, robust, and useful instant recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL] writes "User-friendly interface, and reasonably priced but the support needs improvement". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Cloud Connect [EOL] is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and Vinchin Backup & Recovery.

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