We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veritas Backup Exec 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 ease of use and the GUI have really been most valuable to us. Configuring the system to do what we need is simple and straight forward and a lot of guesswork has been removed. One of my favorite features with Cohesity is Kroll for Exchange item-level recovery. The software is simple to use and fast."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"Instant recovery options are a big benefit for urgent restores, as we don't need to wait for hours or days for a restore to complete before being able to access the files."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easy to deploy and operate."
"We like that we can use production data to run intensive reports that would otherwise bog down the production server."
"I found value in the instant recovery with DataMove. I found value in the protection group model for applying policies to VMs. And in the overall UI navigation and the way that the application is laid out in the web browser."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"It has good stability. Its interface is very good, responsive, and easy for restoring data. I use it for backup, encryption, and restore operations, and it works. I am using many agents from VM to LMDP. I also use an agent for SQL Server, which has advanced options because it is the Enterprise version."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"I think Cohesity could add more platform support. For example, they could improve integration with DB2 or make the integration S3 object storage a little tighter. Some of that stuff could use some work, but overall, it's a relatively comprehensive platform."
"For Oracle DBs, we have observed a few bugs. This can be done better."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"They could always keep up with continuous interface refinements."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"The support team sometimes takes a long time to resolve issues, although, in our experience, these have been specific things like SQL blobs."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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