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."By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"It has a lightning fast restore."
"The product is easy to put in place. All backups are done very quickly. It's easy to perform restores. What I prefer in the product is its simplicity. There are no useless settings to define, and everything is ready after the initial setup."
"It makes our administrators' lives much easier to combine backup, archiving, and services like hosting file shares in one central system with only one user interface."
"This solution is easy to manage."
"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used. They are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"For Oracle DBs, we have observed a few bugs. This can be done better."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"Many of the reports are basic, at most, and at times we had to open a support ticket to help find or develop a report for our needs."
"This solution is only compatible with a limited number of storage arrays, including Pure and Cisco Hyperflex."
"Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 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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