We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Oracle Data Guard 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."The most valuable features of Cohesity DataProtect are SpanFS and the handling of hybrid workloads."
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"Cohesity has simplified backups and has cut our costs tremendously."
"The four independent node cluster architecture is redundant. It maintains data integrity and load balancing."
"The solution's SQL cloning is great, and its Instant Mount restoration of virtual machines is brilliant."
"One of the most valuable features is the restore functionality that they offer."
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"Data Guard also improved because customers with an active Data Guard license want to reduce the I/O in a production environment. Some application complaints to it for Oracle reporting purposes. It has a production environment that needs to be enhanced."
"The most valuable feature is the flashback standby, which allows us to test without scrapping the database."
"It's a very good solution if you want to protect your data across two data centers, or you have a middle man or many administrators who use these solutions for protecting their data. It's very reliable compared to other solutions that are most often not storage-based."
"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."
"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."
"We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."
"The solution can scale as needed."
"Oracle Data Guard has a nice feature called the DataGuard snapshot to open the solution in the read-write mode and make some changes to the database."
"The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"Cohesity cluster upgrades have not been as easy as a single button click. They are a manual process that requires upgrading each node into a cluster individually."
"For Oracle DBs, we have observed a few bugs. This can be done better."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"The tool could benefit from further improvements in AI features, particularly in areas such as a generative AI chat interface. This feature could help answer queries about the data being protected. One feature that would greatly improve our experience with the product is the ability to identify data redundancies through a central console. This feature would help us reduce storage costs by managing redundant data."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"The initial setup is complex."
"They may need to include the monitoring and the alerting part in Data Guard."
"The product could improve its pricing."
"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."
"The deployment cost is expensive."
"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."
"One thing that can be improved is the GUI. It would be good to have a very nice GUI to easily configure and administer, providing different presentations to the database administrator. The feature that can be included is the integration with third-party monitoring systems, that is, monitoring systems from other vendors, not only from Oracle."
"For every standby server you have, you must pay a licensing fee, which is the main disadvantage."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while Oracle Data Guard is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 31 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Oracle Data Guard is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Data Guard writes "Ensures high availability, disaster recovery, and data protection for Oracle databases through features like real-time data synchronization, automatic failover and zero data loss". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Oracle Data Guard is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Dell Avamar. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Oracle Data Guard report.
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