We compared Cohesity DataProtect and N-able Cove Data Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: When comparing Cohesity DataProtect and N-able Cove Data Protection, Cohesity DataProtect is praised for its extensive range of features, user-friendly interface, and consistent performance. However, it could benefit from better support for older platforms and more competitive pricing. On the other hand, N-able Cove Data Protection is appreciated for its simplicity, reliability, and cost-efficiency. It could improve by simplifying image restores and enhancing the graphical interface. Cohesity DataProtect may have an edge in terms of features and interface, while N-able Cove Data Protection may have an advantage in terms of cost-effectiveness.
"With the ability to stage an entire lifecycle through versioning, integrated with AWS, it has made it possible to protect our corporation from end to end."
"We are saving valuable datacenter rack space, which is critical as we evaluate co-location options."
"Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"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."
"Backups are quick and painless to set up."
"No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"It has a lightning fast restore."
"I know I won't have an issue if the data is there. The reliability and the confidence that we have is amazing. It doesn't matter. We've had customers have ransomware. We've had customers that have had corruption. We've had customers that have had employees destroy their data. As long as it's been backed up, I know that I can get it back and I know I have nothing to worry about. Our confidence level is very high."
"The monitoring makes it very easy to check whether a backup has gone bad."
"The most valuable feature is that it's hands-off. I log in every morning and there are pre-canned filters that I've created to make my life easier. I have something called server status color bars, and that gives me all the servers and, in a nutshell, I can see: if any errors are being reported; when the last backup was; if one is not working, should there be one, and it literally jumps off the page."
"The ease of use and the console are great."
"The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy."
"One of the bigger features and advantages of the solution is that it is easy to integrate with my RMM which is also N-able."
"It's their cloud, it's their storage. I don't have to buy a space on Amazon or Google's cloud and then use their software to push it. That works well for me. This way, I don't have to worry about another option or the opportunity that there might be a credential leak."
"We use a neat feature called VDR status, Virtual Disaster Recovery status. It only works on servers... It's automated. Once or twice a month it will virtually mount the backup and provide a screenshot and advise whether or not there have been any errors."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"You need to put the full name instead of a few letters while searching for backup. It should also improve customization."
"The GUI is in need of improvement."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"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'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"We would like to have better reporting."
"A better default view on my dashboard would be great. There is a lot of useless information there that it pulls up. They could present the dashboard slightly better, in terms of the extra information after the first five columns. The first five columns are awesome. After that, I don't care about the rest, and there are another seven things after that."
"For the MSP side, they could have more of a "security user" that can go in and only see certain clients. If you give somebody access as a technician, they can see all the clients."
"N-able Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."
"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."
"We don't use the solution’s automated recovery testing because SolarWinds made me cross. When they released it, I went, "Oh, well, that's quite good." Because if you use the system, then it supposedly spins up, and on the portal, it gives you a screenshot of the booted device. So, I phoned up, and I said, "Oh, that's really quite cool. How much is that?" They said, "No, no, no. It's all included in your license." I went, "Okay then," and went and deployed it on about half the fleet. One of the options that our customers have is they can pay us a small amount every month for us to test the recovery just to prove that it's viable, and I thought, "Well, this will do that for us. Nice." Then, in the next invoice, we got a charge for it. While It was not a huge amount, I took offense at the fact that we were told that it would be a no extra cost option that was part of our license, but it turns out that it's chargeable. Therefore, we haven't used it since."
"For small amounts of data, recovery is easy, but when it's large amounts of data, it takes forever. So, if they can have a service where they put our data on a hard drive and ship it to us as fast as possible, it would be great. Even if there's a fee associated with it, it's fine."
"There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while N-able Cove Data Protection is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 20 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while N-able Cove Data Protection is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of N-able Cove Data Protection writes "Provides feature flexibility and modularity for our customers". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas N-able Cove Data Protection is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and MSP360 Backup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. N-able Cove Data Protection report.
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