We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and Microsoft DPM 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."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."
"The ability to essentially instantly recover a VM and have it run on the Cohesity Platform while all those bits are technically being recovered in the background is useful to us."
"Backups are quick and painless to set up."
"Cohesity has simplified backups and has cut our costs tremendously."
"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."
"It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"The most valuable aspect for me is that I don't have to deal with media in terms of tapes like our existing system does."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
"The initial setup is quite straightforward."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"We are highly dissatisfied with the level of support and functionality provided for HANA within the Cohesity product."
"We aren't missing any features. In terms of the solution overall, it's so far so good."
"Better support for legacy platforms would be nice, but we should be moving off those anyway."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"The error handling could be improved."
"I'd like to be able to pause a backup while it's running and have it resume when I tell it to resume."
"The GUI is in need of improvement."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement."
"Additional Hyper-V knowledge would be great."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"Management reporting could be improved."
"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."
Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 8th in Backup and Recovery with 69 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 28th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Data Platform and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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