We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."Cohesity DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection."
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Cohesity is a cost-effective storage designed for secondary or archival data. It also integrates well with a number of other systems, like VMware, Pure Storage, or AWS with its large array of APIs available to the user."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"We are happy with the support provided by Cohesity for the issues we've come across."
"The enterprise search and instant restore are pretty valuable. Also, the Helios stuff is pretty good and the SAS engine for ransom malware detection."
"It's stable."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"The solution is very stable."
"The stability is excellent."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"The compression aspect of the solution is great."
"As our organization functions, we have a total of 2500+ primary sites and 6300+ secondary sites. All of our entire backup systems are totally dependent on this product. EMC Data Domain is very reliable and there are no issues using it since 2015."
"The most valuable feature is the inline data deduplication."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"It would be great to add SQL Object Level restore, so user objects, tables, etc. can be restored without having to restore the entire DB."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"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 are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"It can probably have integration with other OEMs. It should also have more features for ransomware protection."
"The usage of this solution is a bit difficult to develop processes, and it takes a long time to market permits."
"DD Boost."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 12 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 25 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Highly reliable, robust, and useful instant recovery". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Offers 99.999% uptime, has useful deduplication features, and offers great compression". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Dell PowerVault.
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