We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Microsoft DPM 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."We can run test scripts on production data."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"The spin-up of a VM within a test environment for backup testing along with quick restores."
"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."
"With the ability to stage an entire lifecycle through versioning, integrated with AWS, it has made it possible to protect our corporation from end to end."
"Cohesity has simplified backups and has cut our costs tremendously."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"It's stable."
"I like the core backup feature. I also like the file server backup feature. I find Microsoft DPM interesting because it has fantastic integration with Microsoft products. For example, in Exchange and SharePoint, DPM is excellent when it comes to backing up data. It also does a decent job with open-source products."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."
"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"We are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
"Non-cloud services need improvement."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"It needs portability for other vendors. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers, but it doesn't support third-party solutions such as Oracle Database. It depends on Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy, especially for Hyper-V, which has a lot of problems. They should enhance the Volume Shadow Copy functionality. Its reporting should also be better. Reporting is too weak in DPM."
"It would be better if it integrated seamlessly with open source and competitor products. In the next release, I would like to see some data governance frameworks. It should have support features for data integration and data replication like Veeam. Right now, we are also using Veeam for certain scenarios."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 28th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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