We performed a comparison between Actifio and Cohesity DataProtect 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."They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"The solution helps reduce costs."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"Cohesity is a cost-effective storage designed for secondary or archival data. It also integrates well with a number of other systems, like VMware, Pure Storage, or AWS with its large array of APIs available to the user."
"The system automatically takes down the nodes one at a time and performs the upgrade and brings the node back up before proceeding to the next. Upgrades can now be done at any time with a high level of confidence."
"The spin-up of a VM within a test environment for backup testing along with quick restores."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easy to deploy and operate."
"The dashboard is very rich and provides details needed for a moderator."
"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 DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection."
"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."
"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."
"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."
"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."
"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."
"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."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"The support is pretty bad."
"The support team could do a better job. Sometimes finding the correct person is cumbersome and time consuming."
"Physical RDMs on virtual machines could be a bit easier to configure and plan out."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"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 product is still young and is continually improving. There have been a couple of buggy releases in the software that have caused us minor issues, so possibly some better QA before releasing would prove to be useful. We have also been inquiring about new app and functionality via the Marketplace that was teased months back but has yet to come to fruition."
Actifio is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication and Commvault Cloud, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup. See our Actifio vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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