We compared Azure Backup and Cohesity DataProtect based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Azure Backup is commended for its scalability, comprehensive security options, and non-disruptive backup process. Users also like its seamless integration with various Azure services. Cohesity DataProtect offers instant recovery and built-in integration with Office 365 and Active Directory. Azure Backup needs to improve its backup and file-level restoration procedure. Cohesity DataProtect users have suggested enhancements to its user interface, rollback methodology, and cloud data recovery. Other pain points include file server capacity and legacy platform support.
Service and Support: Azure's customer service is generally considered helpful and proactive, but a few users have reported longer wait times and slow issue resolution. The customer service experiences for Cohesity DataProtect have been mostly positive, but some say the quality of Cohesity's support may differ depending on the region.
Ease of Deployment: Azure Backup's setup is easy, quick, and can be completed with minimal user involvement. Most users consider the setup process for Cohesity DataProtect to be easy, although a few found it more complex than other products.
Pricing: Azure Backup is a cloud-based solution, so its pricing depends on factors like storage and data consumption. Azure offers competitive pricing and is considered more cost effective than many competing solutions. Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable.
ROI: Azure Backup offers a solid return on investment with its affordable pricing and low initial costs, particularly when upgrading solutions. Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup is an affordable, scalable solution that features an effortless deployment and native integration with Azure services. While reviews of Azure Backup’s features were generally positive, some users reported unsatisfactory experiences with Azure support. Cohesity DataProtect is regarded as an affordable solution that offers instant recovery and superior ransomware protection. However, users say its customer service is inconsistent across regions, and its rollback methodology has room for improvement.
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"The tool has a lot of features."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"I like the product's restoration cases."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"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."
"Setup was extremely easy from racking to backing up was about one hour."
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"We are saving valuable datacenter rack space, which is critical as we evaluate co-location options."
"We are looking forward to the next release, so we can take advantage of the AHV backup for our Nutanix environment."
"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."
"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 monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"Azure Backup could improve by offering better integration for Oracle databases and enhancing features like granular restore and backup compliance capabilities."
"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"The product could improve its performance."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"I would like to have the option to increase the frequency of the backups. Azure Backup does backups on an hourly basis, but I would prefer it to take backups more often."
"They need to improve the frequency of the backup. You can only backup one to three times a day. It would be better to back up continuously throughout the day."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"We would like it to have more capabilities for different kinds of PaaS or SaaS services in the Azure cloud, such as Azure SQL or Azure Cosmos DB."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"I would like to see Cohesity have the ability to do a file level restore from a Windows server, which is storing data on dynamic disk."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"We are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
"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."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Microsoft DPM, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Azure Backup vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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