We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veritas NetBackup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"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 enterprise search and instant restore are pretty valuable. Also, the Helios stuff is pretty good and the SAS engine for ransom malware detection."
"The most valuable aspect for me is that I don't have to deal with media in terms of tapes like our existing system does."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It works well with backup virtual machines and SQL services we have been using."
"The solution is stable."
"The system automatically takes down the nodes one at a time and performs the upgrade and brings the node back up before proceeding to the next. Upgrades can now be done at any time with a high level of confidence."
"The product is stable and reliable."
"Veritas NetBackup is very stable and scales out very well."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"If you are running on a legacy tape environment NetBackup is best."
"Unauthorized people cannot log in and execute commands."
"There's a very nice central console for the administration of all of the instances."
"Includes snapshots and multiple database agents."
"Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"The platform has certain limitations, mostly stemming from the restrictions imposed by the VMware API and some other factors. One area where there is room for improvement is the tracking of replicated copies, especially in the context of remote archive duplication."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"In terms of the product itself, there have been a handful of patches that have had to be applied outside of the GUI via the command line. It's very straightforward and easy and in the same redundant fashion, but not quite as simple as one or two clicks. I'm hoping that will decrease going forward."
"We aren't missing any features. In terms of the solution overall, it's so far so good."
"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."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"Better documentation is needed because the lack of information has necessitated having our team depend more heavily on Cohesity support."
"They need to work on the GUI. It has been the same for the last 10 years."
"The most common problem is the backup failures over the weekend. We have to troubleshoot and sometimes do restores and then we have trouble doing some of the restores."
"Maybe they could add more cloud solutions."
"System administrators would be more efficient in NetBackup if the number of tools and command lines was reduced."
"Extra features come with additional costs."
"Like the other enterprise solutions, Veritas NetBackup isn't easy to implement. It's a little bit hard compared to other solutions like Data Protector for HPE. You have to struggle to learn a lot of features that Veritas NetBackup offers to customers."
"They need to improve their support. In the beginning, their engineers had trouble understanding the issue we were presenting. It took a lot of conversations for them to start troubleshooting the problem."
"The restoration method and the compression ratio need improvement."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery Software with 19 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery Software with 33 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 8.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to implement with great technical support and easy upgrading capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "A stable and versatile product that is compatible with many platforms". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), IBM Spectrum Protect and Commvault Complete Data Protection, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas NetBackup Appliance. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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