We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and IDERA SQL Safe Backup 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."
"Cohesity has very simple reports to help you stay in the know of which servers are being backed up or not."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"It has a lightning fast restore."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"Within the system, we have rule-based access control, single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and basic identity and access management features."
"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"I like that Cohesity offers the chance to have data on-premises and on the cloud. All the data is automatically sent to the cloud."
"Their UI requires a manual refresh. It doesn't seem like it updates itself sometimes when you're moving from screens or waiting for a change to take effect, so you have to manually refresh."
"You need to put the full name instead of a few letters while searching for backup. It should also improve customization."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 77th in Backup and Recovery. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup report.
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