We performed a comparison between AWS Backup and Cohesity DataProtect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Backup solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It also saves costs and is quick."
"The most valuable features of AWS Backup are point-in-time recovery and support resources."
"The solution has an effective overwrite feature."
"The most valuable feature is its ease of use."
"The advantage that AWS Backup has over competitors is that it's very simple."
"RDS backup is one of the most crucial components of any client's cloud environment, so we generally use that. Additionally, we store EBS snapshots in S3."
"It works well as a backup and as a service."
"What I like about AWS Backup is its simple approach to a complex problem."
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"It is also very easy to determine which VMs are being backed up and which ones aren't. This is helpful to make sure nothing is being missed."
"It's 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 dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"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."
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"Only the price could be improved."
"The tool is a good fit if your environment is VM-specific. However, it might not be the most suitable option if you have physical servers or an on-premise setup."
"The AWS Backup backend reporting is a major area that needs improvement. We would be very excited if we can see some reporting, such as trends. We do understand that there are reports available for S3 Bucket, in which the AWS backend stores the data. However, if we can receive holistic reporting, then it would be very helpful for us."
"The service disconnects a lot."
"The notifications on the backup and on the mobile app could be more useful. If they could arrange notes or notifications properly and offer services for managing it in our region, it would be helpful for us."
"It could be less expensive."
"The solution's reporting features and restore features can be improved."
"They should work on their visual capabilities."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"The error handling could be improved."
"Reporting is one area that isn't as robust as it could be."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
AWS Backup is ranked 12th in Cloud Backup with 23 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 7th in Cloud Backup with 69 reviews. AWS Backup is rated 8.0, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AWS Backup writes "Useful point-in-time recovery, highly scalable, and implementation straightforward". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". AWS Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Rubrik Go and Druva inSync, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup. See our AWS Backup vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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