We compared Cohesity DataProtect and Veeam Backup for Office 365 across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: Cohesity DataProtect is highly regarded for its simple installation process, extensive capabilities, and user-friendly interface. It offers immediate recovery, a live VM environment, and effortless setup of SMB shares. However, it may have limitations when it comes to older platforms, and its pricing is considered to be on the higher side. Veeam Backup for Office 365 is praised for its uncomplicated setup, reliability, and user-friendliness. It provides reliable backup services for Microsoft 365 and offers scalability and affordability. Nevertheless, it lacks integration with solutions such as SharePoint and exhibits inconsistent performance.
"The SQL Backup and Restore is very easy."
"By using their Helios Cloud service, you have all your clusters, no matter where they are located, in one web portal."
"Cohesity DataProtect is a reliable solution for performing backups within a suitable timeframe, and its forever incremental model is particularly effective for the customer's needs. Additionally, the solution handles instant recovery and file-level recovery from a VMware image backup seamlessly."
"The restores are easy to do and have made it so that we can incorporate restores into our troubleshooting processes."
"I found value in the instant recovery with DataMove. I found value in the protection group model for applying policies to VMs. And in the overall UI navigation and the way that the application is laid out in the web browser."
"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 support is awesome. They are very fast, competent and friendly."
"No longer does it take several hours to backup a VM or troubleshoot a backup issue."
"Veaam technical support, from my perspective, is one of the best technical support I've ever engaged with."
"I have used the technical support a few times and they've been reasonably helpful."
"The feature that I like the most is the system backup recovery from OneDrive."
"The scalability is good."
"The solution helps reduce our workload."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the scalability and the free license of up to ten VMs."
"It’s amazing how the solution helps restore old data."
"It is very simple to set up."
"Reporting is quite limited and not customizable."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
"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."
"We are waiting on the AIX agent to be released."
"Many of the reports are basic, at most, and at times we had to open a support ticket to help find or develop a report for our needs."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"We have had our share of minor bugs over the past two years and a few bigger ones."
"The GUI is in need of improvement."
"If you use a device to back up with compression and duplication, the solution doesn't work."
"The solution could improve by having the ability to back up without an agent installed on the system."
"Veeam's performance is inconsistent."
"The solution should provide more integration with Teams and SharePoint Online to perform other tasks."
"The solution needs to introduce more features."
"Veeam Backup for Office 365 can improve by reducing the time it takes for backups. I have mentioned this to Veeam and hopefully, in the next version, it will be a faster backup."
"Veeam Backup for Office 365 can improve by adding more features with Microsoft teams. We have many files that we are working on with Microsoft teams and there should be more integration and features."
"When you are working in the Cloud security is very important."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 7th in Cloud Backup with 67 reviews while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is ranked 6th in Cloud Backup with 57 reviews. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 writes "Safe storage, reliable, and easy to use". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Azure Backup, whereas Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is most compared with AvePoint Cloud Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Cirrus Backup, Commvault Cloud and Rubrik. See our Cohesity DataProtect vs. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 report.
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