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.
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"We are looking forward to the next release, so we can take advantage of the AHV backup for our Nutanix environment."
"Setup was extremely easy from racking to backing up was about one hour."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"The most valuable aspect for me is that I don't have to deal with media in terms of tapes like our existing system does."
"The four independent node cluster architecture is redundant. It maintains data integrity and load balancing."
"This solution is easy to manage."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The support offered by both Veeam and our third party supplier is excellent."
"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."
"The installation process is very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup for Office 365 is the ease of use. You only need to create a folder in your drive and it's as simple as dragging and dropping files to store them."
"I believe the solution is very scalable. We can continuously add mailboxes and sites."
"It was easy to set up."
"It is very simple to set up."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"The support team sometimes takes a long time to resolve issues, although, in our experience, these have been specific things like SQL blobs."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"The product is still young and is continually improving. There have been a couple of buggy releases in the software that have caused us minor issues, so possibly some better QA before releasing would prove to be useful. We have also been inquiring about new app and functionality via the Marketplace that was teased months back but has yet to come to fruition."
"The GUI is in need of improvement."
"The platform has certain limitations, mostly stemming from the restrictions imposed by the VMware API and some other factors. One area where there is room for improvement is the tracking of replicated copies, especially in the context of remote archive duplication."
"The pricing model is unnecessarily confusing and could be simplified."
"The license pricing can be reduced."
"Some additional training materials would be helpful."
"When using Veeam Backup for Office 365 when there is a server that's running, I have to have a hard drive installed on it. For example, if I want to use another storage solution, I can't incorporate it very well. If I want to use SMB or other protocols I cannot use them with the Veeam Backup for Office 365. They have the support in the other Veeam Backup and Restore solutions, but it doesn't support it in this solution. Hopefully, in the future, they figured it out."
"The customer service and support response time can be improved."
"The solution should provide more integration with Teams and SharePoint Online to perform other tasks."
"When you add a new site for backup, it gives you a notice that there is a new site, but the way you select that and configure that could be slightly better. It works, but it is not always very clear. For example, for the URL, you need to hover over the title or the name of the site. You should see it immediately on the screen. It should have a better user interface for selecting what you want to back up so that you get a more clear overview of the sites that are there and the ones that you want to combine in a backup. Its user interface should be more user-friendly. It has a lot of scrolling and doesn't give you a complete overview when needed. That's the main thing why it is not very user-friendly. It should have a better user interface."
"Pricing is an area for improvement, and I would rate it at five out of ten."
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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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