We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup 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."It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups."
"The SQL Backup and Restore is very easy."
"The enterprise search and instant restore are pretty valuable. Also, the Helios stuff is pretty good and the SAS engine for ransom malware detection."
"It's stable."
"I have found that the speed of restores, especially files and folders, are extremely fast. This bodes well for us, and our end users are always amazed at how fast you can get them their files."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Altaro VM Backup is its ability to backup and restore various types of data, including Active Directory, application servers, and SQL Server databases."
"This solution is stable."
"The CDP backup feature is very nice, as it allows you to take backups at high frequencies and with application consistency."
"All of the features are fantastic and also the management from Microsoft dealing with multiple machines is great. The whole package is excellent for me."
"VM backup and the item level recovery are the most valuable features."
"Reverse Delta is Altaro proprietary backup deduplication technology. With Reverse Delta, the latest version of a file is always made available in its entirety, not as a delta file."
"The ease of use of the solution is its most valuable feature. The interface is also excellent."
"It is an excellent product. It is easy to deploy, stable, and fast. Their support is excellent."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"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 support is pretty bad."
"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."
"This solution is only compatible with a limited number of storage arrays, including Pure and Cisco Hyperflex."
"There is room for improvement in terms of price."
"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."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"The cloud backup and VMware support (now available in the latest releases), could do with some improvement."
"Backup speed and comparisons between versions used to be slow on big VMs but that was improved greatly later on."
"The application could include a feature to install a set size of data, such as the ability to store a single application with all its registry information for easy transfer."
"The initial set up was complex, and I was not able to do the set up myself."
"Improvement areas for Altaro VM Backup include enhancing backup and deduplication solutions for continuous operation and offering an all-in-one solution for hardware backup."
"Stability."
"It would be nice to see a feature that backs up the host so that, in case of a server failure, an entire server could be restored all at once."
"To improve Altaro, I would like to see the ability to choose more than one backup location at a time."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is ranked 55th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup writes "Offers a comprehensive feature set offered at a competitive price". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, NAKIVO Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Datto Cloud Continuity and N-able Cove Data Protection. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup report.
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