We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 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."The customer service and support are fast and professional."
"Several features enable us to perform fast recovery, such as instant fast recovery. All our virtual machines protected with the product can be quickly restored to another healthy environment with minimal downtime for our main customers. These features have significantly improved our recovery time objectives."
"We can run test scripts on production data."
"It's stable."
"The dashboard is very easy to use."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easily manageable, and you can see every option from the user interface."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"At times, you may click the wrong server or click too fast and accidentally restore a cluster of servers. It would be very helpful to have a cancel option under restores."
"The solution has a more complex setup than Veritas and Veeam."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"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."
"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."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"Reporting is one area that isn't as robust as it could be."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"The interface is too complex."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Dell Avamar, whereas Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Veritas NetBackup. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager report.
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