We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veritas Backup Exec 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."Converged system. It makes much more sense to have the backup server running on the same hardware as the storage for backup and recovery."
"A robust, verifiable backup with a restore solution, which decreases our backup and has a restore window."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"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."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"The dashboard is very easy to use."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is ease of use."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"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 GUI is in need of improvement."
"In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"They could include backup functionality for enterprise environments."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"The pricing could be improved."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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