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We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veritas Alta SaaS Protection based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore.""One of the most valuable features is the restore functionality that they offer.""With the ability to stage an entire lifecycle through versioning, integrated with AWS, it has made it possible to protect our corporation from end to end.""The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly.""Instant recovery options are a big benefit for urgent restores, as we don't need to wait for hours or days for a restore to complete before being able to access the files.""Converged system. It makes much more sense to have the backup server running on the same hardware as the storage for backup and recovery.""The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes.""The customer service and support are fast and professional."

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"It's very comprehensive. It's one of the first brands to appear in its field.""I think the most important feature is the ability of SaaS Backup to cover all modules proposed by Office 365, because competing solutions don't cover the total scope.""The most valuable feature is that it is simple to use.""The solution is stable; I haven't experienced any bugs or glitches on it.""The solution's hardware appliance is very scalable and very useful.""The most valuable features are the ease of administration and the ease of configuration.""Veritas is loaded with features because the appliance is ready to integrate with the cloud in cases where the customers have a hybrid or cloud environment.""We're comfortable using this kind of technology. It's user-friendly."

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Cons
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway.""The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors.""Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic.""Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI.""You need to put the full name instead of a few letters while searching for backup. It should also improve customization.""The tool could benefit from further improvements in AI features, particularly in areas such as a generative AI chat interface. This feature could help answer queries about the data being protected. One feature that would greatly improve our experience with the product is the ability to identify data redundancies through a central console. This feature would help us reduce storage costs by managing redundant data.""The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming.""Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."

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"In the future, we would like to see support for virtualized machines.""The go-between is a Veritas partner, so the customer support was not that good. The solution is fine except when there is a purchasing crisis where you have to remake the ecosystem. It causes a lot of issues. The support was a problem, but we're okay with it as long as we have someone to communicate with.""Licensing has been a struggle. It went from bronze, silver to gold. Licensing needs more sophistication. It has features that are sold as separate add-ons.""When you finish a project, the client should have the opportunity to browse the files rather than simply ending the contract. Also, it's not possible to recover earlier versions. It should be possible to have a database for recovering files after you finish a contract. There's no solution for this from Veritas.""The backup reports and the dashboard need improvement.""The technical team wasn't very helpful.""Technical support can be improved.""The implementation could be improved. The server setup is very easy, but some specific client implementation, for example, Oracle or SQL servers, are a little bit complicated. they should offer a bit more assistance with the setup for these particular items."

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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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  • "The program is quite expensive."
  • "SaaS Backup isn't the most expensive solution."
  • "This solution is not cheap and not expensive but priced in the mid-range."
  • "I would rate this solution's pricing as five out of five."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The tool could benefit from further improvements in AI features, particularly in areas such as a generative AI chat interface. This feature could help answer queries about the data being protected… more »
    Top Answer:Veritas is loaded with features because the appliance is ready to integrate with the cloud in cases where the customers have a hybrid or cloud environment.
    Top Answer:I believe there are different licenses for different features and performance enhancements on the appliance. So far, we only have licenses for adding clients and also for monitoring and deduplication.
    Top Answer:The go-between is a Veritas partner, so the customer support was not that good. The solution is fine except when there is a purchasing crisis where you have to remake the ecosystem. It causes a lot of… more »
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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"





    Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is a comprehensive cloud-to-cloud backup and recovery solution designed to protect critical data and applications in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environments. With the increasing adoption of SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365 and Salesforce, organizations need a reliable and efficient way to safeguard their data from accidental deletion, malicious attacks, and other data loss scenarios.

    This product overview will highlight the key features and benefits of Veritas Alta SaaS Protection. Firstly, it offers automated and continuous backup of SaaS data, ensuring that organizations can easily recover lost or corrupted data with minimal downtime. The solution supports a wide range of SaaS applications, including email, calendars, contacts, files, and collaboration platforms.

    Veritas Alta SaaS Protection provides granular recovery options, allowing users to restore individual items, folders, or entire applications as needed. This flexibility ensures that organizations can quickly recover specific data without the need for a full system restore. Additionally, the solution offers point-in-time recovery, enabling users to restore data from a specific date and time, further enhancing data protection and compliance requirements.

    Another key feature of Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is its advanced security capabilities. The solution encrypts data both in transit and at rest, ensuring that sensitive information remains secure throughout the backup and recovery process. It also provides multi-factor authentication and role-based access controls, allowing organizations to enforce strict access policies and prevent unauthorized access to their SaaS data.

    Furthermore, Veritas Alta SaaS Protection offers a user-friendly interface and intuitive management console, making it easy for organizations to configure and monitor their backup and recovery processes. The solution provides comprehensive reporting and auditing capabilities, allowing administrators to track backup status, monitor storage usage, and generate compliance reports.

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    Healthcare Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University8%
    Computer Software Company8%
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    Educational Organization33%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Government6%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise41%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Small Business69%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise23%
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    Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is ranked 12th in SaaS Backup with 12 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Alta SaaS Protection writes "It's a user-friendly solution that helps us migrate our customers from their local servers". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veritas Alta SaaS Protection is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud, AWS Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Azure Backup.

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