We compared N-able Cove Data Protection 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: Based on the comparison between N-able Cove Data Protection and Veeam Backup for Office 365, N-able Cove Data Protection is highly regarded for its user-friendly experience, protection, and efficient backup and restore capabilities. However, there are areas that need improvement, such as image restores, user permissions, and agent reliability. Veeam Backup for Office 365 is valued for its stability, ease of use, clear understanding of backup and recovery, and integration with Office 365. Suggestions for enhancement include better integration with SharePoint, automation capabilities, consistent performance, and a more user-friendly interface. Pricing for both solutions is generally considered reasonable, although some users find Veeam Backup for Office 365 to be on the higher side.
"What I like the most about it's the ease of use and the reliability that it has when copying information to the cloud."
"I know I won't have an issue if the data is there. The reliability and the confidence that we have is amazing. It doesn't matter. We've had customers have ransomware. We've had customers that have had corruption. We've had customers that have had employees destroy their data. As long as it's been backed up, I know that I can get it back and I know I have nothing to worry about. Our confidence level is very high."
"The ease of use and the console are great."
"It's extremely important that Cove provides cloud-based data protection with backup, disaster recovery, and archiving. That is a necessity for my insurance. As an IT company, my insurance would cost more if my backups were not offsite and off-network."
"The user interface is the most valuable. It gives us the ability to check everything. With more than 100 endpoints running that software, I like the ability to quickly check that everything is working correctly. That's one of the biggest selling points."
"It provides a single dashboard for all types of data protection, we monitor everything through a single dashboard. It simplifies everything overall. It allows us to see everything, whether passing or failing any issues, any problems through a single pane of glass that we don't have to click through or adjust as we go forward."
"The monitoring makes it very easy to check whether a backup has gone bad."
"The most valuable feature is that it's hands-off. I log in every morning and there are pre-canned filters that I've created to make my life easier. I have something called server status color bars, and that gives me all the servers and, in a nutshell, I can see: if any errors are being reported; when the last backup was; if one is not working, should there be one, and it literally jumps off the page."
"It is easy to set up. You can use some functions to make sure you get the maximum bandwidth to do the backup. It has an option to bypass Microsoft network limitations and things like that."
"The way it backs up personal files is great."
"Veaam technical support, from my perspective, is one of the best technical support I've ever engaged with."
"This is an easy-to-install easy-to-use solution for backing up Office 365 email."
"One of the main features of the solution is it is easy to use."
"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."
"Its ability to restore at the item level is very valuable. It is very strong at that. In the past, we had to restore a lot of data only for a couple of items. We can now restore an item as well as an email, which is good for productivity."
"The solution is easy to use and stable and can be made to fit one's needs."
"The recovery side, the restore side, could be a little more optimized."
"I have some issues with the agent failing on workstations. I've had to completely uninstall several of them, delete everything, and start over to get them to work."
"A disaster recovery console would be an improvement for the product."
"The reporting feature and functionality need improvement. We would like to see a little bit more detailed reporting that offers more CEO or C-level focused reporting options."
"Having the licensing available for partners to be able to take advantage of testing without paying would make a big difference."
"This solution is not very good for image restores, mainly just files. The solution also does not allow you to enable or disable backups. Sometimes, our users will connect via mobile device and it will use their data to perform the backup. If they were able to enable and disable the backup, they would not have this issue."
"For the MSP side, they could have more of a "security user" that can go in and only see certain clients. If you give somebody access as a technician, they can see all the clients."
"N-able Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."
"They need more documentation, awareness, and assistance."
"The solution should provide more integration with Teams and SharePoint Online to perform other tasks."
"The solution needs to introduce more features."
"It requires quite an amount of infrastructure. You have to set up the instance, and you need to know quite a bit about Microsoft 365 authentication. For some customers, it is a challenge."
"A while back, I had some trouble using the agent. It might be a problem with older versions. Sometimes, I also have issues installing or making backups from the console to that type of operating system."
"Its price could be improved."
"The solution is costly."
"The documentation for the installation is good. However, if you are new to the environment the installation could be difficult. The first time we did it it took approximately four days."
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N-able Cove Data Protection is ranked 8th in Cloud Backup with 20 reviews while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is ranked 6th in Cloud Backup with 57 reviews. N-able Cove Data Protection is rated 9.2, while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of N-able Cove Data Protection writes "Provides feature flexibility and modularity for our customers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 writes "Safe storage, reliable, and easy to use". N-able Cove Data Protection is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, MSP360 Backup and Datto Cloud Continuity, whereas Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is most compared with AvePoint Cloud Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Cirrus Backup, Commvault Cloud and Cohesity DataProtect. See our N-able Cove Data Protection vs. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 report.
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