We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Nakivo 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. Nakivo is praised for its offsite backup to Synology NAS and seamless cloud integration. 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. Nakivo could benefit from improvements in its remote upgrade capabilities, SNMP features, and application backup.
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. Nakivo's support is praised for being quick, considerate, and attentive.
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. Nakivo's setup was described as straightforward. A few users said the deployment was somewhat complex but not excessively difficult.
Pricing: Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable. Nakivo offers lower licensing costs and a flexible pricing structure. Nakivo provides cost-efficient backups at a competitive price and even offers a free license for one year for up to five VMs.
ROI: Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval. Nakivo ensures a favorable return on investment with a reasonable total cost of ownership and reduced testing expenditures.
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. Nakivo is a powerful, cost-effective solution that seamlessly integrates with the cloud, but it could use some enhancements in its SNMP features and remote upgrading functionality.
"It makes our administrators' lives much easier to combine backup, archiving, and services like hosting file shares in one central system with only one user interface."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"With the ability to stage an entire lifecycle through versioning, integrated with AWS, it has made it possible to protect our corporation from end to end."
"Cohesity's web-scale architecture enables us to scale up as needed."
"We are saving valuable datacenter rack space, which is critical as we evaluate co-location options."
"I have found that the speed of restores, especially files and folders, are extremely fast. This bodes well for us, and our end users are always amazed at how fast you can get them their files."
"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."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"This is a user-friendly solution that has a lot of certifications and documentation for the Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure."
"The solution offers reliable copying and fast recovery."
"The updates are problem-free, so we can keep Nakivo up to date on the server and NAS too."
"This solution was surprisingly easy to configure."
"With Nakivo, I have the peace of mind that all of my production environment is safely backed up and can be restored safely, easily, and quickly with a few clicks."
"We are able to take backups on a regular interval and restore data/VMs as we choose making the process work as advertised."
"The back-up and restore functions work great and it's easy to use."
"The virtual appliance for VMware vSphere is easy to deploy, easy to manage, and we have no need for additional Windows licenses."
"I would like to see Microsoft Exchange DAG supported as soon as possible."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"Their UI requires a manual refresh. It doesn't seem like it updates itself sometimes when you're moving from screens or waiting for a change to take effect, so you have to manually refresh."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"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."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"I need no more valuable features for backs-up. I have not yet tried the latest release, however, I have all the features that I need."
"The first implementation is a bit difficult but once is up and running is rock solid and extremely easy to manage."
"It is missing the file and folder backup; however, this product is meant for virtual machine backup and recovery, so that is really outside of the scope of the software."
"The only thing we have encountered that we would like to see improved in the future are error messages. They could be more detailed and helpful, without the need to send logs to support. Failing that, the part of the log related to the error could be displayed alongside the error message, so I can investigate the error without looking through all of those logs that I'm able to download."
"Right now we know that Nakivo has the ability to back up as an incremental process and restore backups across several criteria. However, it would be good if we had the ability to backup a system like PostgreSQL."
"The interface might be improved, but the interface of every product might be improved."
"My first thought was maybe the GUI could be improved, although it works."
"There are some errors requiring support to correct and bugs and glitches should be addressed."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is ranked 6th in Backup and Recovery with 84 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while NAKIVO Backup & Replication is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NAKIVO Backup & Replication writes "Good deduplication, easy to configure, and offers a free version". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas NAKIVO Backup & Replication is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. NAKIVO Backup & Replication report.
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