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Cohesity

Cohesity Data Cloud

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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What is Cohesity Data Cloud?

Designed on Google-like principles, Cohesity simplifies data protection by converging backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery on a single, hyperconverged, cloud-native platform. Gain unparalleled app and data mobility with a software-defined solution that spans from your core to the cloud and edge.

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Cohesity Data Cloud Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cohesity Data Cloud?

6% Negative

6% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Effective Service
Security Protects
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 79

File Explorer Granular Restore

Data Deduplication

Auto-Discovery

Backup Verification and Testing

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Integration With Storage Arrays

Integration with Security Software

Physical and Virtual Machines Protection

Application-Aware Processing

Continuous Data Protection

Embedded Cybersecurity

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Cohesity Data Cloud Reviews

Ryan C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Telecommunications
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Features never disappoint and easy to install

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cohesity Data Cloud from other similar products?

GUI is easy to use and navigate around

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

GUI and integration with Ops Center

What do you dislike most about this product?

Have more features accessible through the GUI

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Consider size of environment and scalability of this product

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Bogdan B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

fairly reliable, somewhat expensive

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates Cohesity Data Cloud from other similar products?

converged appliance, runs Netbackup data protection platform

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

the hardware of the appliance is fairly reliable

What do you dislike most about this product?

I am not very comfortable with using NetBackup data protection since the software is limited and somewhat unreliable and also fairly time consuming to administer

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The main thing is the backup solution...if NetBackup is desired, then the appliance would be a good choice

Pros

Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Generous
Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation

Bogdan B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

somewhat unreliable, difficult to implement

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates Cohesity Data Cloud from other similar products?

more complex and ineffective deduplication mechanism than commvault or emc software, less reliable. very good knowledgebase for issues on the other hand

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

complete knowledge base allowing admins to quickly identify the issue

What do you dislike most about this product?

unreliable, difficult to use

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

puredisk deduplication not as reliable/effective

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Cons

Less Reliable
Commodity Features
Less Generous

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Cohesity Data Cloud Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cohesity Data Cloud?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

File Explorer Granular Restore Individual files can be located and restored from backup media without the need for full system mounting and restore.

Data Deduplication Deduplication of redundant data blocks is implemented by the solution. Deduplication can be at source, target, or globally (source and target).

Auto-Discovery Automatically discovers physical and virtual machines as they come online, move, or change, and adds them to existing backup/replication schedules based on pre-

Backup Verification and Testing Verifies backups (e.g., completion, accuracy, not corrupted) and enables non-disruptive restore testing (e.g., in a non-production environment).

Backup Monitoring and Reporting Backup and replication are continually monitored for status and effectiveness. Detailed reporting is available on successful and unsuccessful operations.

Integration With Storage Arrays Integrates with APIs from major storage vendors (NetApp, HP, Dell EMC) to leverage capabilities in these arrays such as data snapshots and replication.

Integration with Security Software Service will integrate with existing security systems, such as firewalls, SOAR, SIEM, endpoint security, or other security components.

Physical and Virtual Machines Protection Back up and restore multiple types of physical machines (servers, storage systems, etc.), server platforms (Windows, Linux, HCI, etc.), and VMs (VMware, Hyper-V

Application-Aware Processing Ensure a consistent application state and support granular restore for application data from core applications such as MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, SharePoint

Continuous Data Protection For selected systems, changed data is replicated continuously to enable near-zero data loss (i.e., less than 30 seconds).

Embedded Cybersecurity Cybersecurity features including anomaly detection (for source data and backups), four eyes principle (require 2 administrators to approve changes), and threat

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Cohesity Data Cloud Reviews

Ryan C.

Features never disappoint and easy to install

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bogdan B.

fairly reliable, somewhat expensive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Bogdan B.

somewhat unreliable, difficult to implement

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

File Explorer Granular Restore

Data Deduplication

Auto-Discovery

Backup Verification and Testing

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

Integration With Storage Arrays

Integration with Security Software

Physical and Virtual Machines Protection

Application-Aware Processing

Continuous Data Protection

Embedded Cybersecurity

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization