We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Dell Avamar based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Cohesity DataProtect offers instant recovery and built-in integration with Office 365 and Active Directory. Dell Avamar earns acclaim for its scalability, data compression capabilities, swift incremental backups, and seamless integration with Data Domain and VM stacks. Cohesity DataProtect users have suggested enhancements to its user interface, rollback methodology, and cloud data recovery. Other pain points include file server capacity and legacy platform support. Dell Avamar could improve its tape connectivity and bare-metal restoration. Users also requested better Azure backups and a more user-friendly interface.
Service and Support: The customer service experiences for Cohesity DataProtect have been mostly positive, but some say the quality of Cohesity's support may differ depending on the region. Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary.
Ease of Deployment: Most users consider the setup process for Cohesity DataProtect to be easy, although a few found it more complex than other products. Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary.
Pricing: Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable. Dell Avamar’s pricing is generally seen as reasonable, but some users think it is expensive.
ROI: Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval. Dell Avamar provides cost savings through data reduction, deduplication, and compression.
Comparison Results: Cohesity is regarded as an affordable solution that offers instant recovery and superior ransomware protection. However, users say its customer service is inconsistent across regions, and its rollback methodology has room for improvement. Dell Avamar is a scalable solution that offers excellent data compression and fast compression. However, Avamar earned mixed reviews for support, deployment, and pricing. Users also requested better Azure and bare-metal backups and restoration capabilities.
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"Its flexibility is the most valuable. Being a cloud version, it has more flexibility, and it allows me to incorporate different workloads and consolidate all the data in one place. It has good high availability, and it is also easy to maintain."
"We can run test scripts on production data."
"The implementation and training are all done through the sales engineer, which provides for a seamless and great experience when it comes to starting with a new vendor."
"Its most valuable feature is its ransomware protection, so it has immutable backups."
"One of the most valuable features is the restore functionality that they offer."
"Setup was extremely easy from racking to backing up was about one hour."
"Instead of four different solutions for protecting VMs, physical servers, SQL, and NAS, we now have one solution with Cohesity that is lightning fast and has amazing features."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"It's simple to configure."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"We've found the product to be stable."
"The fast backup and recovery and the Full Backup features are valuable."
"Scheduling is valuable. It does a good job of backing up, and it does a good job of restoring. Nobody has got a problem with that. The agents are well supported."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"We aren't missing any features. In terms of the solution overall, it's so far so good."
"The one area where we would like to see additional improvements is with reporting. There are very granular reports from each grid. There are also some built-in reports within Helios (SAS Management Console) that offers basic reporting. However, for complex, large-enterprise environments, a more robust reporting engine that supports detailed audit reporting and enhanced ad hoc reports would be welcome."
"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."
"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."
"Cohesity DataProtect can improve in the area of databases. We have had some challenges with both Cohesity and Rubrik being able to effectively back up in a timely manner the SQL Oracle workloads."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."
"When we used the solution, it was still new, and so the customer service/technical support was not the best."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"In my opinion, the user interface and the user friendliness could be improved. The specific thing I have in mind are the graphics, which are not quite user-friendly."
"The recovery is a bit slow."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Azure Backup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Dell Avamar report.
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