Cohesity DataProtect Reviews and Pricing

reviewer693465

Senior Information Technology Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Jun 29, 2017

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Backup tasks and test development environment.

Pros and Cons

"We were looking for a robust solution that gives us scalability and recovery."

What is most valuable?

Backup tasks and test development environment.

How has it helped my organization?

Speed and functionality.

What needs improvement?

Mature at a good pace.

For how long have I used the solution?

About six months.

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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service:

10 out of 10.

Technical Support:

10 out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were looking for a robust solution that gives us scalability and recovery.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user683748

Director, Administrative & Residential Information Technology at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jun 21, 2017

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Fantastic product and the team developing it are top notch. Very excited for future releases from Cohesity.

Pros and Cons

"Fantastic product and the team developing it are top notch."

What is most valuable?

SnapTree

Cloud Replication

File Services and Restoral

How has it helped my organization?

All production backup data is replicated daily to Azure and AzureGov for offsite DR

What needs improvement?

Multi-Tenant for single cluster

For how long have I used the solution?

6 months

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Yes, but they were very quickly resolved

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Technical Support:

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Compellent with Dell Compellent and Nimble storage was way too expensive.

How was the initial setup?

Very much so.

What about the implementation team?

Vendor team and I would rate them as a 10.

What was our ROI?

Still calculating.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Very simple pricing and purchase process

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Yes, Veeam

What other advice do I have?

Fantastic product and the team developing it are top notch. Very excited for future releases from Cohesity!

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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it_user684759

Manager of Information Services Infrastructure Team at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jun 21, 2017

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The features are still maturing but this solution allows any admin to backup and restore files. The dedupe and compression is very impressive.

Pros and Cons

"We removed multiple backup systems and replaced with Cohesity."

"Faster backup and restores, reduced costs of backups."

What is most valuable?

Unified backup solution.

How has it helped my organization?

We removed multiple backup systems and replaced with Cohesity.

What needs improvement?

Faster backup and restores, reduced costs of backups.

For how long have I used the solution?

3 Months

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Few bugs in the interface but support resolved quickly.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I had hardware issues with one of the nodes before we went production but Cohesity quickly replaced it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Excellent!

Technical Support:

Very good

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes we did but it could not backup complete environment, multiple systems.

How was the initial setup?

Very straightforward, simple console, I don't need a ton of options to backup data.

What about the implementation team?

We purchased though Intergris (http://thinkintegris.com/); they did a great job providing us this solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Since it is storage and software, you will save on costs.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

What other advice do I have?

The features are still maturing but this solution allows any admin to backup and restore files. The dedupe and compression is very impressive.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user624039

Works at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

Mar 15, 2017

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Has the ability to add nodes on the fly to increase storage needs.

Pros and Cons

"Because of the excellent data reduction, we are able to back up all of our systems for the first time and use less space than our old backup appliance."

"Cannot exclude certain drives from VMs."

What is most valuable?

It just works.
Backup times are very fast.
The UI makes sense, it is responsive, and it is easy to setup jobs.
The ability to add nodes on the fly to increase storage needs is invaluable.
You get a product engineer to set up the appliance with you and they continue to follow-up with you, making sure to answer all of your questions.

How has it helped my organization?

Because of the excellent data reduction, we are able to back up all of our systems for the first time and use less space than our old backup appliance.
We always have current backups; our old system would sometimes take days to back up larger systems.

What needs improvement?

Cannot exclude certain drives from VMs.
Cannot back up just directories.
You have to reboot physical servers after installing the backup agent BUT this is because of the CBT driver that it installs. I totally understand the need, but I figure it is worth pointing out.
Only archive options are to the cloud or tape; would like to have a disk option.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for a month.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had an issue backing up a large VM with a crazy configuration the second time, but support quickly adjusted a setting and it has been working flawless ever since.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It has been rock solid!

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used to use Unitrends and wanted to get away from the following issues:

Slow backup times
Jobs randomly failing
Poor and unresponsive UI
Forklift upgrades (space issues)

Cohesity was able to resolve all of the above issues, no problem.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very quick and easy. We had an engineer on site to answer any questions that popped up during first-time configuration.

What about the implementation team?

The vendor came on site, set up the appliance and worked with us to answer any questions we had.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

reviewer2316069

Cloud Solution Architect at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 6, 2023

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A highly scalable solution that can be used for data protection and data management platforms

Pros and Cons

"Cohesity DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection."

"The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors."

What is our primary use case?

We use Cohesity DataProtect mainly for our data protection and data management platform. We are evaluating Cohesity DataProtect against a few other solutions in the market.

What is most valuable?

Cohesity DataProtect is more of a unified solution, which is also trying to expand for ransomware protection. Given the market landscape around the cybersecurity portfolio, it would be really interesting to see how it evolves.

What needs improvement?

The solution's dashboard or UI can be enhanced and made more user-friendly than its competitors.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Cohesity DataProtect for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Cohesity DataProtect an eight out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Cohesity DataProtect a nine out of ten for scalability.

How are customer service and support?

As far as I can remember, my team did not face many issues with the solution's technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution’s initial setup was pretty straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

I didn't install the solution myself. Another team, consisting of two to three engineers, installed the solution smoothly without any issues. The solution's deployment should not take more than a day or two.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate Cohesity DataProtect an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

reviewer2215383

Technical Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

May 21, 2025

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Empowers organizations to efficiently manage data retention and compliance

Pros and Cons

"How do you use Cohesity DataProtect to streamline data backup and recovery in your organization? How do you and your clients use AI to improve data?"