We compared Azure Backup and Cohesity DataProtect based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Azure Backup is commended for its scalability, comprehensive security options, and non-disruptive backup process. Users also like its seamless integration with various Azure services. Cohesity DataProtect offers instant recovery and built-in integration with Office 365 and Active Directory. Azure Backup needs to improve its backup and file-level restoration procedure. 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.
Service and Support: Azure's customer service is generally considered helpful and proactive, but a few users have reported longer wait times and slow issue resolution. 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.
Ease of Deployment: Azure Backup's setup is easy, quick, and can be completed with minimal user involvement. Most users consider the setup process for Cohesity DataProtect to be easy, although a few found it more complex than other products.
Pricing: Azure Backup is a cloud-based solution, so its pricing depends on factors like storage and data consumption. Azure offers competitive pricing and is considered more cost effective than many competing solutions. Cohesity's pricing is higher than its competitors, although some customers consider it affordable.
ROI: Azure Backup offers a solid return on investment with its affordable pricing and low initial costs, particularly when upgrading solutions. Cohesity DataProtect provides security against ransomware and efficient file retrieval.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup is an affordable, scalable solution that features an effortless deployment and native integration with Azure services. While reviews of Azure Backup’s features were generally positive, some users reported unsatisfactory experiences with Azure support. Cohesity DataProtect 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.
"The solution helped us use R2 RBO to back up frequently."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"The most valuable feature is the ease in which it backs up our data."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"The MARS agent makes it easy to use."
"The deployment process is quite easy in Azure."
"Cohesity's web-scale architecture enables us to scale up as needed."
"Cohesity customer service is the best that I have ever used. They are extremely fast in responding to cases, fixed all issues, and answered every question in a very timely manner."
"Cohesity has very simple reports to help you stay in the know of which servers are being backed up or not."
"One of the most valuable features is the restore functionality that they offer."
"It has a lightning fast restore."
"The solution is stable."
"Cohesity has simplified backups and has cut our costs tremendously."
"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 solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"Azure lacks sufficient solutions for a particular scenario, we may need to resort to using third-party applications. In such cases, these applications can be employed to facilitate backup, replication, and the efficient utilization of internet connectivity and bandwidth. They enable us to effectively manage and transfer data while ensuring optimal utilization of network resources. However, it would be a benefit if we did not have to use third-party applications for these operations."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"Initial setup can be complex if you need to change IP addresses. Hopefully, they improve that in a future release."
"I would like to see the management of multiple nodes inside a tenant. If you want to manage a Cohesity environment, you either go on a per-node base, and you can hop from one node to the other, or you need to implement their SaaS capability but it always needs an internet connection. We would really like to have some kind of local management entity so that we can see all the Cohesity nodes in a customer environment and manage those nodes centrally. That's something that we would really like, and they are really working on it."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"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."
"Quality testing of upgrades should be somewhat improved."
"Features I would like to see include a more visible data lifecycle monitoring tab, and an easier to read backup status dashboard."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Microsoft DPM, whereas Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and IBM Spectrum Protect. See our Azure Backup vs. Cohesity DataProtect report.
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