We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik 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. Rubrik is praised for its automated policy enforcement and efficient ransomware detection. 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. Rubrik could expand compatibility with open-source databases, improve documentation, and strengthen its ability to back up remote sites.
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. Rubrik customers appreciate the support team's expertise and fast response.
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. Rubrik's setup is simple, and users say the support team was available to assist as needed.
Pricing: Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable. Some users find Rubrik's pricing expensive, but many say it’s justified by its encryption and security features. Rubrik's license includes both software and hardware without any additional costs.
ROI: Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval. Rubrik provides peace of mind and some cost savings, but users say that quantifying the ROI is difficult.
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. Users like Rubrik’s advanced ransomware features, excellent support, and automated policy enforcement. However, some had issues with its remote backup abilities and high price tag.
"A robust, verifiable backup with a restore solution, which decreases our backup and has a restore window."
"The ability to essentially instantly recover a VM and have it run on the Cohesity Platform while all those bits are technically being recovered in the background is useful to us."
"Cohesity's web-scale architecture enables us to scale up as needed."
"The dashboard is very easy to use."
"Instant recovery options are a big benefit for urgent restores, as we don't need to wait for hours or days for a restore to complete before being able to access the files."
"Cohesity is extremely easy to use and intuitive."
"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 four independent node cluster architecture is redundant. It maintains data integrity and load balancing."
"The web interface is user-friendly, clean, and it provides a good summary of what you're protecting at a glance."
"Product support team is excellent, with issues typically being resolved on the same day."
"It has a good interface which is simple to navigate and utilize."
"Rubrik is highly scalable and is easy to do."
"Rubrik is an easy and automatic solution that needs no manual intervention."
"The system is able to determine when it is the best time to do backups. This is SLA-driven, and if it is not possible to maintain this SLA, the system will tell you too."
"The live mount reduces complexity."
"A reduced infrastructure complexity and fast to rack and go."
"Their documentation could be refined."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"We would like it to have more capabilities for different kinds of PaaS or SaaS services in the Azure cloud, such as Azure SQL or Azure Cosmos DB."
"Cohesity cluster upgrades have not been as easy as a single button click. They are a manual process that requires upgrading each node into a cluster individually."
"Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"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."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"If I could take a snapshot from a physical and be able to stand it up as a virtual immediately without the need to rebuild an entire system and restoring files, that would be HUGE."
"The reporting in the dashboard and reporting for extractions both need improvement. I would suggest making them easier to understand and use, not just out-of-the-box. We should also be able to customize them."
"It would be nice if they could work on the pricing a bit."
"It needs to support more applications natively, like MySQL/MariaDB."
"With multiple Rubrik clusters setup in an environment, it becomes painfully obvious that this product needs a central management console."
"Rubrik is expensive."
"The solution needs to be more secure and needs to better protect against ransomware."
"The only thing that can be improved is catering for open source databases because at the moment it doesn't cater for Mongo, MySQL, and Postgres."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Rubrik is ranked 4th in Backup and Recovery with 83 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Rubrik is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rubrik writes "Easy to use with minimal training required, innovative, good support". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Rubrik is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Zerto, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Azure Backup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Rubrik report.
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