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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

79 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
Continually Improving Product
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Auto-Discovery

Embedded Cybersecurity

File Explorer Granular Restore

Data Deduplication

Integration with Security Software

Physical and Virtual Machines Protection

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

AI-Enabled Support

Backup Verification and Testing

Integration With Storage Arrays

Application-Aware Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Cohesity Data Cloud Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Not great features as compare to other product

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Transparent
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Less Inspiring

Prashant S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Cohesity transformed the way we manage our backups

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Cohesity Data Cloud from other similar products?

Ideal for safeguarding VMware workloads in our on-premises setup, while also enabling the long-term archiving of backups in cost-effective public cloud storage. The user-friendly interface and policy-based backup system simplify the protection of extensive environments.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Setting up backup jobs, restoring files and VMs, and searching for these items are fast and straightforward. The installation and implementation process can be completed in half a day, depending on the size of your environment. Restoring a 100GB VM from Cohesity was finished and operational in under 10 minutes.

What do you dislike most about this product?

At times, they release new features to the market before they are fully refined or complete.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The web GUI simplifies backup management, providing easy access from anywhere.

Pros

Appreciates Incumbent Status
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Efficient Service

Hitesh G.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2025

Cohesity data protect for data security and backup

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cohesity Data Cloud from other similar products?

As a user for me it provided me with data protection, backup of my data,handling disaster recovery, and file storage into a single platform rather than indulging in multiple aspects. It kept it's service to one subject that is security and backup which is what I was looking for.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is global, provides high availability for your data and is quite ease to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Needs to work on more advanced features as to compete with the market competitor's like fast and enhanced integrations, Advanced yet easily usable AI features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

As a user concerned for security, cohesity is an investible option.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

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Cohesity Data Cloud Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

79 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

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-

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

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).

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

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

AI-Enabled Support Includes AI-enabled features such as an AI assistant, AI-generated analytics, etc.

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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

Not great features as compare to other product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Prashant S.

Cohesity transformed the way we manage our backups

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hitesh G.

Cohesity data protect for data security and backup

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Auto-Discovery

Embedded Cybersecurity

File Explorer Granular Restore

Data Deduplication

Integration with Security Software

Physical and Virtual Machines Protection

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

AI-Enabled Support

Backup Verification and Testing

Integration With Storage Arrays

Application-Aware Processing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization