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 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."
"We are happy with the support provided by Cohesity for the issues we've come across."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"We are very satisfied with the product as a whole—all the backup functions, the data protection functions. We are very satisfied with those, and the product is very simple to use."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"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 most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"The API is very good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is the deduplication functionality. The clients moved to this solution originally because of this feature."
"The solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."
"The tool has enough documentation; you don't need to contact the support team."
"It would be great to add SQL Object Level restore, so user objects, tables, etc. can be restored without having to restore the entire DB."
"There is room for improvement in terms of price."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"When a new release is launched, there may be some bugs that need to be addressed by the developers. However, they promptly resolve these issues, and the software runs smoothly once again."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"I would like to see Cohesity have the ability to do a file level restore from a Windows server, which is storing data on dynamic disk."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"The solution should allow for backup of iOS snapshots."
"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."
"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"The tool needs to increase the number of threats."
"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."
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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