Arcserve UDP vs Cohesity Data Cloud comparison

Arcserve and Cohesity are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #24 with an average rating of 6.8, while Cohesity is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.6. Arcserve holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Cohesity’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Cohesity users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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100% willing to recommend

Arcserve UDP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Cohesity Data Cloud compete in the data protection and management category. Cohesity Data Cloud appears stronger due to its innovative capabilities, though Arcserve UDP is noted for cost-effectiveness, particularly for smaller businesses.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers comprehensive backup and recovery options, a simple setup process, and effective ransomware protection. Users of Cohesity Data Cloud highlight its seamless integration, scalability, and advanced data management functionalities.

Room for Improvement: Users of Arcserve UDP point to the need for a more intuitive interface, enhanced reporting tools, and user-friendly navigation. Cohesity Data Cloud users suggest improving initial setup complexity, optimizing update deployment times, and providing better onboarding documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP is generally praised for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Cohesity Data Cloud receives mixed reviews regarding deployment ease but is commended for its knowledgeable support team.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is recognized for its competitive pricing and a decent return on investment, particularly advantageous for smaller enterprises. Cohesity Data Cloud, while more expensive, is perceived to provide higher ROI due to its extensive features and scalability.

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

18th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (17th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.1%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cohesity Data Cloud	0.5%
Arcserve UDP	1.1%
Other	98.4%

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TeresitaSabile

Head of Operation and IT at Elgrade Inc

Cost savings and efficient decompression but needs better cloud integration

Our primary use case for Arcserve UDP is its decompression feature, which helped us save money by reducing storage needs. Despite moving to cloud applications, we have been using Arcserve UDP for backup and disaster recovery Arcserve UDP has helped our organization save considerable amounts of…

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Shiva Kinnera

Technical Lead at Cognizant

Support and connection issues affect user experience

I currently work at TCS in a different domain using AWS and Azure cloud backup. I switched from Cognizant to TCS four months ago, where I previously used Cohesity Data Cloud and Cohesity tools. I prefer Cohesity Data Cloud over AWS. While cloud functionality is similar across platforms, Cohesity Data Cloud's console, options, and web console are superior to AWS. The pricing of Cohesity Data Cloud depends on the data volume and retention period. Compared to alternatives, Cohesity Data Cloud is somewhat expensive. Regarding technical aspects, connection issues need to be addressed promptly. I would rate it eight out of ten, as these issues require immediate resolution to meet client requirements. Overall review rating: 9/10.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too."

"The product's deployment process was straightforward."

"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."

"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."

"Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."

"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."

"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."

"It's simple to set up."

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"It is easy to install and use."

"The clone feature is very nice. You can restore workloads onto Cohesity's storage, which is also nice to have when you don't have enough space to restore on the server."

"My favorite feature of Cohesity Data Cloud is the setup, as it is very fast compared to other solutions; I have worked in different clouds, and Cohesity Data Cloud stands out as superior."

"I find the most important feature to be data protection."

"It has excellent integration for virtualization, which means we can easily protect VMs, virtual machines, which consists mainly of snapshot backups that are quite easy to recover."

"I definitely recommend this tool to others due to its simplicity, security, features, and flexibility."

"We use Cohesity Helios primarily in our data management strategy for backup and reporting."

"Cohesity Data Cloud is user-friendly, and anyone can use this tool; the support is really good, especially the web support, and the dashboard and everything are good."

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Cons

"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."

"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."

"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."

"The solution can improve by allowing older versions to support the latest version of the OS."

"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."

"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."

"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."

"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."

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"Their documentation portal is not up to date for newer releases and I strongly recommend Cohesity to increase their efforts on the documentation portal."

"The primary drawback is the need to transfer large amounts of data to the cloud via an internet connection, requiring significant bandwidth."

"They still have quite some way to go for improving their agents."

"One of the worst situations occurred when the sizing team did not get the correct subscription, usage, and capacity from Cohesity."

"Sometimes the support team does not provide proper assistance during critical issues from the cloud end."

"The pricing of the Cloud is on the higher side, and it should be cost-effective enough to compete with native solutions."

"In terms of functionality, Helios has been effective, but sometimes it doesn't show the exact cluster name for backups."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."

"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."

"The pricing of the product can be considered to be reasonable enough for the Asian region."

"The price of this product is high and it should be lower."

"The price is based on the number of sockets. We use a four-socket price that includes two servers and the cost is $4,375."

"The solution is expensive."

"We only have the maintenance of three standard UDP licenses. Each license is 50 Euro. There are some additional costs for the storage and software but it has nothing to do with the UDP."

"The pricing is moderate."

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"Regarding pricing, it's very costly and I rate it a four."

"It's priced properly for the market."

"Competing products sometimes use deceptive marketing to make their products seem a lot cheaper. Comparing apples-to-apples, DataPlatform wins out."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Non Profit

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohesity DataPlatform?

The pricing of Cohesity Data Cloud is good. Comparatively, compared to IBM and Commvault, Cohesity Data Cloud offers the best deal for my environment.

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What needs improvement with Cohesity Imanis Data?

The downside of Cohesity Data Cloud is that it is not supporting a legacy environment. If you compare it to Commvault, Commvault supports the entire legacy environment. We have still 2000 and 2003 ...

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What is your primary use case for Cohesity Imanis Data?

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

Overview

Arcserve UDP is a comprehensive solution that empowers even a one-person IT department to protect virtual and physical environments with a high degree of simplicity. It allows you to design and manage your entire data protection strategy with a unified management console, and enables you to scale your data backup coverage as your organization grows with the push of a button.

Arcserve

Consolidate your backups, file shares, object stores and data for dev/test and analytics on a web-scale data management platform.

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Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

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