We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"The solution is stable."
"The spin-up of a VM within a test environment for backup testing along with quick restores."
"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 most valuable features of Cohesity DataProtect are SpanFS and the handling of hybrid workloads."
"It offers an easy, quick backup and restore of files and VMs. Also, the "Google-like " search for files is awesome."
"The ability to essentially instantly recover a VM and have it run on the Cohesity Platform while all those bits are technically being recovered in the background is useful to us."
"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."
"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."
"The solution is scalable."
"The API is very good."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its ease of use. Additionally, it does backups of all of the things we need, such as OS, files, and databases."
"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."
"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"The most valuable features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"Reporting is one area that isn't as robust as it could be."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"The support team sometimes takes a long time to resolve issues, although, in our experience, these have been specific things like SQL blobs."
"Non-cloud services need improvement."
"We would like it to have more capabilities for different kinds of PaaS or SaaS services in the Azure cloud, such as Azure SQL or Azure Cosmos DB."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."
"It requires much more automation features."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve by adding SAP Rena."
"The replication feature is not available."
"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."
"I would like integration into where the VMware guys can do their own restores."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, Veritas NetBackup and Atempo Digital Archive. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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