We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Backup Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both products received high marks from users. However, Cohesity DataProtect users found deployment to be easier, and consider it to be more affordable than do users of Veeam Backup Replication.
"It is also very easy to determine which VMs are being backed up and which ones aren't. This is helpful to make sure nothing is being missed."
"Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups."
"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."
"Its most valuable feature is its ransomware protection, so it has immutable backups."
"Its flexibility is the most valuable. Being a cloud version, it has more flexibility, and it allows me to incorporate different workloads and consolidate all the data in one place. It has good high availability, and it is also easy to maintain."
"The SQL Backup and Restore is very easy."
"Cohesity DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection."
"Instead of four different solutions for protecting VMs, physical servers, SQL, and NAS, we now have one solution with Cohesity that is lightning fast and has amazing features."
"Replication Job base on a source HPE Catalyst store to perform a full reconstruction of our production systems on our third datacenter, which is our DRP Site."
"Veeam Backup Replication's snapshotting and cloning are the most valuable features."
"I have been in contact with technical support and they are very good."
"This solution is very flexible and user-friendly — it's very good. It's very good with our virtual and physical infrastructure."
"The solution is easy to install and very stable."
"Its performance is fine. It supports us very well. It is able to support our policy for RTO, RPO, and other things that we need."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"It serves its intended purpose and it works well."
"The support is pretty bad."
"Cohesity DataProtect can improve in the area of databases. We have had some challenges with both Cohesity and Rubrik being able to effectively back up in a timely manner the SQL Oracle workloads."
"The platform has certain limitations, mostly stemming from the restrictions imposed by the VMware API and some other factors. One area where there is room for improvement is the tracking of replicated copies, especially in the context of remote archive duplication."
"The error handling could be improved."
"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."
"The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors."
"In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity."
"Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI."
"The automation could be better."
"I would like to see better features for exporting to cloud-based repositories."
"I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication."
"The ease of use could be improved, but I don't have a very deep amount of experience in Veeam, so it's difficult to say what could be improved."
"Margins should not be distinct; instead, they should seamlessly integrate with the Veeam Backup and Replication tools, requiring minimal separation."
"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups. That is a functionality that Veeam does not provide."
"The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Dell Avamar. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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