We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Zerto based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Cohesity DataProtect offers instant recovery and built-in integration with Office 365 and Active Directory. Users say Zerto offers excellent data protection, and it’s easy to create VMs. Cohesity DataProtect users have suggested enhancements to its user interface, rollback methodology, and cloud data recovery. Other pain points include file server capacity and legacy platform support. Zerto users also like its real-time replication features. Zerto could improve cloud environment configuration, PowerShell scripting, and multi-site replication.
Service and Support: The customer service experiences for Cohesity DataProtect have been mostly positive, but some say the quality of Cohesity's support may differ depending on the region. Customers have generally had positive experiences with Zerto's customer service, noting their quick response times and ability to resolve issues. Some customers have encountered slower response times and needed to go through multiple levels of support to get their issues resolved.
Ease of Deployment: Most users consider the setup process for Cohesity DataProtect to be easy, although a few found it more complex than other products. The setup process for Zerto can be either simple or complicated, depending on the individual's experience with backup solutions.
Pricing: Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable. Zerto’s price tag is considered reasonable and in line with industry norms. Others said it was somewhat expensive but still worth the cost.
ROI: Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval. Zerto reduces risks while saving costs and time. It increases efficiency, ensures compliance, and helps businesses grow.
Comparison Results: Cohesity is regarded as an affordable solution that offers instant recovery and superior ransomware protection. However, users say its customer service is inconsistent across regions, and its rollback methodology has room for improvement. Zerto offers top-tier data protection, excellent customer service, and real-time replication, but some users say its cloud and multi-site functionality could be better.
"The recovery process is effective, especially when it comes to other types of data, such as VMs, and overall, the performance is commendable."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"I love the ability to clone a virtual server in only minutes."
"Cohesity's web-scale architecture enables us to scale up as needed."
"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."
"Cohesity has very simple reports to help you stay in the know of which servers are being backed up or not."
"I prefer Zerto because it's a little more automated. VMware has more requirements... It's a little more click-and-go versus click-and-monitor..."
"It does what it's purported to do, which is to provide continuous data protection. We have a five-second RPO. It's definitely doing its job."
"The user interface is very user-friendly."
"Real-time replication is a valuable feature, ensuring that changes made to the production site are immediately reflected at the recovery site."
"The most valuable features are the continuous streaming, that it takes very little CPU usage — it doesn't affect production — and the recovery time is very short."
"With Zerto, all you have to do is deploy the executable and start setting things up. So, it was very easy."
"The second feature that sold us was the sub-second RPO. One of the things that made Zerto's product stand out from some of the more traditional solutions four years ago was its ability to maintain sub-second RPO over a group of machines, and that group of machines could be spread over multiple storage hardware."
"The replication for DR is really good, and the test failover within the application is really solid, along with the ability to manipulate RDMs or remove them."
"Reporting is one area that isn't as robust as it could be."
"The rack mounting instructions did not appear to be correct, but we were able to overcome it."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"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."
"At times, you may click the wrong server or click too fast and accidentally restore a cluster of servers. It would be very helpful to have a cancel option under restores."
"I have had problems with vRAs. When I am trying to restart a host, sometimes the vRAs will hang. I would like it if they wouldn't migrate off or shut themselves down, then I have to manually work with it a lot of the time."
"Zerto's solution could benefit from additional security features, such as malware scanning tools at the recovery site."
"Zerto could improve its reporting capabilities."
"When building out a VPG and doing the machine types within Azure, they were not coming across correctly. It would say it had a CPU and memory of a specific type, but it was not accurate... It was a bug and they were working on it."
"Adding or changing VPGs (Virtual Protection Groups) may require restarting replication."
"Zerto needs to improve its documentation."
"I would like Zerto to provide more detailed information when there is an issue."
"Their data backup and restore have some ways to go."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Zerto is ranked 2nd in Backup and Recovery with 234 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Zerto is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zerto writes "Gives us business continuity capabilities during hurricane season and in case of ransomware". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Zerto is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, VMware SRM, Rubrik, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Zerto report.
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