We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) 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."Cohesity DataProtect is easily manageable, and you can see every option from the user interface."
"It works well with backup virtual machines and SQL services we have been using."
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"Cohesity DataProtect is a reliable solution for performing backups within a suitable timeframe, and its forever incremental model is particularly effective for the customer's needs. Additionally, the solution handles instant recovery and file-level recovery from a VMware image backup seamlessly."
"The system automatically takes down the nodes one at a time and performs the upgrade and brings the node back up before proceeding to the next. Upgrades can now be done at any time with a high level of confidence."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"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."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easy to deploy and operate."
"We don't need to manage different devices."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"The solution's most valuable features are networker and continuous data protection."
"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."
"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"The support team sometimes takes a long time to resolve issues, although, in our experience, these have been specific things like SQL blobs."
"I would like to see the management of multiple nodes inside a tenant. If you want to manage a Cohesity environment, you either go on a per-node base, and you can hop from one node to the other, or you need to implement their SaaS capability but it always needs an internet connection. We would really like to have some kind of local management entity so that we can see all the Cohesity nodes in a customer environment and manage those nodes centrally. That's something that we would really like, and they are really working on it."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"Better documentation is needed because the lack of information has necessitated having our team depend more heavily on Cohesity support."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"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."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."
"The product's index master feature needs improvement."
"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."
"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."
"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 13 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) 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 Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Rubrik. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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