We compared Acronis Cyber Protect and Cohesity DataProtect based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Acronis Cyber Protect is lauded for its versatility, comprehensive malware protection, and effortless data retrieval. Cohesity DataProtect offers instant recovery and built-in integration with Office 365 and Active Directory. Users say Cyber Protect could improve its ability to back up SQL databases, reduce resource usage, resolve conflicts, and improve management features. 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.
Service and Support: Some users had positive things to say about Acronis customer service, while others were dissatisfied with delayed responses and limited real-time support options. 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.
Ease of Deployment: Some users thought Cyber Protect was simple to deploy, but others considered it challenging. Most users consider the setup process for Cohesity DataProtect to be easy, although a few found it more complex than other products.
Pricing: Reviewers say Acronis Cyber Protect is affordable, but some noted that the pricing could be more transparent. Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable.
ROI: Users say that Acronis Cyber Protect is a worthwhile investment, saving money while safeguarding critical data. Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval.
Comparison Results: Acronis Cyber Protect is a versatile solution that saves customers money and enables easy data recovery. While reviews of Cyber Protect were generally positive, there were mixed reviews about support, pricing, and setup. Users also said it could improve its SQL support and management capabilities. 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.
"The most valuable feature is its ability to back up and recover our production environment from ransomware."
"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."
"The solution is exceptional for desktop backup."
"Acronis Backup is easy to use."
"The user interface (UI) is easy to use."
"The Acronis panel is user friendly and tracking backups across a number of different devices is great. Acronis provides prompts and reminders to users if certain files are not backed up."
"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."
"Acronis Backup is valuable if your data is affected by ransomware, you are able to get it back."
"We can run test scripts on production data."
"The support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly."
"We are looking forward to the next release, so we can take advantage of the AHV backup for our Nutanix environment."
"Backups are quick and painless to set up."
"Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups."
"Its most valuable feature is its ransomware protection, so it has immutable backups."
"It's stable."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easy to deploy and operate."
"The technical support of Acronis Backup could improve. They have the depth of knowledge but the speed of the response could be quicker."
"When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear."
"Because Acronis Backup is an on-premises solution, there is extra overhead. It's harder to manage, and there's no real remote access. You have to physically log in to the machine to manage it. The reporting feature works fine, and you will be able to send out reports. However, that is where it stops. The deployment could be improved and could be through a network chain. If we need to deploy two machines that are not connected to the internet but connected to two different networks, it would be great to have a machine with dual mix that has access to the backup server and to those machines. It would be like a relay that you can install on the machine with a two-mix, and that machine can then connect to your backup server and to the other machines. You should be able to see the other machines on that network and be able to deploy to it and push jobs to it."
"On the cloud side, security could always be better."
"The solution could improve by providing more database backup features and have better integration with many different types of databases. We cannot implement it in all of our infrastructures."
"I needed tech support to straighten out an issue with cloud backup. I have troubleshooting to do with failed backups."
"The backing up of virtual machines in VMware and Nutanix needs better integration and the performance of the solution needs improvement."
"This is not a feature-rich solution."
"The support is pretty bad."
"Since it is an evolving product, there are lot of frequent releases which require upgrades to be done every other weekend."
"I would like to see the management of multiple nodes inside a tenant. If you want to manage a Cohesity environment, you either go on a per-node base, and you can hop from one node to the other, or you need to implement their SaaS capability but it always needs an internet connection. We would really like to have some kind of local management entity so that we can see all the Cohesity nodes in a customer environment and manage those nodes centrally. That's something that we would really like, and they are really working on it."
"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."
"Better documentation is needed because the lack of information has necessitated having our team depend more heavily on Cohesity support."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"The GUI is in need of improvement."
"We are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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