We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Backup for Office 365 across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Cohesity DataProtect is highly regarded for its simple installation process, extensive capabilities, and user-friendly interface. It offers immediate recovery, a live VM environment, and effortless setup of SMB shares. However, it may have limitations when it comes to older platforms, and its pricing is considered to be on the higher side. Veeam Backup for Office 365 is praised for its uncomplicated setup, reliability, and user-friendliness. It provides reliable backup services for Microsoft 365 and offers scalability and affordability. Nevertheless, it lacks integration with solutions such as SharePoint and exhibits inconsistent performance.
"Cohesity DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"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."
"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used. They are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"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 dashboard is very easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"Instant recovery options are a big benefit for urgent restores, as we don't need to wait for hours or days for a restore to complete before being able to access the files."
"The solution is also easy to manage and work with."
"This covers the areas of backing up Office 365 that Microsoft does not include in its standard routine."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is its performance. Additionally, the user interface and documentation are easy to use and navigate."
"Once you set it up, it works very well. You do not have to go back to reconfigure it– it is very easy to use"
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scalability and the free license of up to ten VMs."
"The solution helps reduce our workload."
"One of the main features of the solution is it is easy to use."
"I believe the solution is very scalable. We can continuously add mailboxes and sites."
"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."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"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."
"Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"The error handling could be improved."
"They should include some more options to send alerts in existing monitoring software."
"The solution is costly."
"They need more documentation, awareness, and assistance."
"The license pricing can be reduced."
"We use a yearly subscription. However, I believe the price could be lower."
"It's a new product. It's not mature."
"The solution should have backup integration features, not just concerning mail but also when it comes to such solutions as SharePoint."
"It would be beneficial to implement a mechanism that allows for more efficient input processing, such as recognizing the first capital letter of an email account."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 7th in Cloud Backup with 67 reviews while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is ranked 6th in Cloud Backup with 57 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 writes "Safe storage, reliable, and easy to use". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Azure Backup, whereas Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is most compared with AvePoint Cloud Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Cirrus Backup, Commvault Cloud and Rubrik. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 report.
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