We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Backup Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Both products received high marks from users. However, Cohesity DataProtect users found deployment to be easier, and consider it to be more affordable than do users of Veeam Backup Replication.
"The dashboard is very easy to use."
"It is also very easy to determine which VMs are being backed up and which ones aren't. This is helpful to make sure nothing is being missed."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It's stable."
"Cohesity DataProtect is a reliable solution for performing backups within a suitable timeframe, and its forever incremental model is particularly effective for the customer's needs. Additionally, the solution handles instant recovery and file-level recovery from a VMware image backup seamlessly."
"Its flexibility is the most valuable. Being a cloud version, it has more flexibility, and it allows me to incorporate different workloads and consolidate all the data in one place. It has good high availability, and it is also easy to maintain."
"The most valuable features are the rapid VM restores and the ability to quickly find files and download them directly to my desktop so that I can put them where I need them to be."
"It works well with backup virtual machines and SQL services we have been using."
"The encryption password is used to protect the backup files. Even if someone gains access to the backup job or files, they won't be able to utilize them without the password."
"Veeam Backup Replication's snapshotting and cloning are the most valuable features."
"It's relatively easy to use and the ability to recover in a short period of time has been great."
"The most valuable feature is that I can back up the whole machine and then restore it relatively fast."
"The most important part is that you actually know you have a backup of the whole virtual server."
"The main feature for Veeam is that it's built primarily for virtualization, such as VMware or Hyper-V."
"Vendor integration for many of the enterprise features have allowed for us to have greater performance from our storage vendors further improving on our commitments to protect our clients' data."
"It's got a very good user-friendly interface. It's easy to use."
"A little more documentation on standard faults would help, as new features are being released quite often."
"For Oracle DBs, we have observed a few bugs. This can be done better."
"If someone were to change an admin account password, I would like an alert raised for that, which is not available at the moment."
"The tool could benefit from further improvements in AI features, particularly in areas such as a generative AI chat interface. This feature could help answer queries about the data being protected. One feature that would greatly improve our experience with the product is the ability to identify data redundancies through a central console. This feature would help us reduce storage costs by managing redundant data."
"Reporting is one area that isn't as robust as it could be."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"Cohesity DataProtect can improve in the area of databases. We have had some challenges with both Cohesity and Rubrik being able to effectively back up in a timely manner the SQL Oracle workloads."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"The Veeam backup application interface is application-based and not web-based."
"The integration with other solutions should be improved."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It could be simpler to use."
"The pricing model could be improved. It can be made cheaper."
"The virtual sandboxes seem complex to setup, so I have not invested time in leveraging this feature. It would be nice if this feature was more user-friendly."
"It would be beneficial to have enhanced solutions for database backup, particularly for Oracle databases in the context of SAP systems."
"Some support replies for a broken backup task have been "rebuild the job from scratch" and this is a bad thing to do if you have many VMs and repositories."
"I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup and Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Dell Avamar. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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