We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and OpenText Data Protector 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."Cohesity DataProtect is user-friendly and straightforward. The setup process was effortless, and both the backup and restore operations are speedy."
"Cohesity has very simple reports to help you stay in the know of which servers are being backed up or not."
"Converged system. It makes much more sense to have the backup server running on the same hardware as the storage for backup and recovery."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We are very satisfied with the product as a whole—all the backup functions, the data protection functions. We are very satisfied with those, and the product is very simple to use."
"It has a lightning fast restore."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easy to deploy and operate."
"Cohesity has simplified backups and has cut our costs tremendously."
"The most valuable feature of Data Protector is its integration with VMware. A lot of software these days integrates with VMware, and you can run some of these things on virtual machines. You can even have your backup manager running on a virtual machine and use physical managers to move data around. Their VMware integration isn't too bad, but Commvault has that feature, and many other backup products do."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"Data Protector is very good at automation. From the time of the backup, verification, and copy to tape, it is very good. I don't need to touch it, it will do it by itself."
"I like that Micro Focus keeps a separate catalog of our data."
"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."
"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."
"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."
"Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"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."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"This solution is only compatible with a limited number of storage arrays, including Pure and Cisco Hyperflex."
"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."
"In SAP restoration, we faced issues with changing the SIDs and changing the path for every backup object. It is quite a lengthy process to do that."
"Other tools seem to be easier to use."
"Virtualization."
"The graphical interface needs to be improved."
"The solution is not intuitive enough. I think they should work on the user experience and the graphical interface. These can be a lot better."
"The online backups of Office 365 have room for improvement. This is now available for the Exchange Online part of Office 365, but we're still waiting for SharePoint Online, Teams, etc. We know that it's coming, but it takes time."
"The downside of the flexibility on offer is if you over-configure it, it may fail to function as some configurations may not match."
"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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