We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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."Several features enable us to perform fast recovery, such as instant fast recovery. All our virtual machines protected with the product can be quickly restored to another healthy environment with minimal downtime for our main customers. These features have significantly improved our recovery time objectives."
"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."
"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 implementation and training are all done through the sales engineer, which provides for a seamless and great experience when it comes to starting with a new vendor."
"The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly."
"Setup was extremely easy from racking to backing up was about one hour."
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that the product works and helps with restoration areas whenever there is a need to restore something."
"Virtual snapshots that offer incremental backups."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The solution integrates well with other tools."
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."
"The solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"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."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"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."
"This solution is only compatible with a limited number of storage arrays, including Pure and Cisco Hyperflex."
"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."
"Better documentation is needed because the lack of information has necessitated having our team depend more heavily on Cohesity support."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"I would like more integration with security. We need to show the value of the product in regards to handling security. For example, how it handles current malware or viruses. IBM should be more proactive in this direction."
"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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