We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Dell Avamar 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. Dell Avamar earns acclaim for its scalability, data compression capabilities, swift incremental backups, and seamless integration with Data Domain and VM stacks. 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. Dell Avamar could improve its tape connectivity and bare-metal restoration. Users also requested better Azure backups and a more user-friendly interface.
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. Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary.
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. Opinions on Dell Avamar’s setup were mixed. Some users found it to be straightforward, while others considered it complex and difficult. Deployment time ranged from a few hours to a week, and assistance from Dell engineers might be necessary.
Pricing: Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable. Dell Avamar’s pricing is generally seen as reasonable, but some users think it is expensive.
ROI: Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval. Dell Avamar provides cost savings through data reduction, deduplication, and compression.
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. Dell Avamar is a scalable solution that offers excellent data compression and fast compression. However, Avamar earned mixed reviews for support, deployment, and pricing. Users also requested better Azure and bare-metal backups and restoration capabilities.
"It's stable."
"Instant volume mount and the SpanFS filesystem itself, which has great dedupe and compression across all of our backups."
"This solution is easy to manage."
"With instant DR failover using SiteContinuity, we are able to keep our files available no matter the situation."
"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."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"One of the most valuable features is the restore functionality that they offer."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"The stability is okay."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"The one area where we would like to see additional improvements is with reporting. There are very granular reports from each grid. There are also some built-in reports within Helios (SAS Management Console) that offers basic reporting. However, for complex, large-enterprise environments, a more robust reporting engine that supports detailed audit reporting and enhanced ad hoc reports would be welcome."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"Add the ability to delete View Boxes and External Targets in the GUI."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"We have had a lot of problems with the Dell EMC Avamar solution. The snapshots are not being erased after backup."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell Avamar 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 Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Azure Backup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Dell Avamar report.
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