Cohesity vs. Dropbox

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cohesity
Score 8.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Cohesity offers AI-powered data security and management. Cohesity protects critical data workloads across on-prem, cloud-native, and SaaS with backup and recovery, threat intelligence, cyber vaulting, files and objects, and recovery orchestration.N/A
Dropbox
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Dropbox is a cloud storage solution, equipped with features that help users to save time, improve productivity, and collaborate with others. Users can edit PDFs, share videos, sign documents, and collaborate with stakeholders without leaving Dropbox.
$9.99
per month
Pricing
CohesityDropbox
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Plus
$9.99
per month
Essentials
$18
per month
Business
$20
per month per user
Business Plus
$26
per month per user
Basic
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CohesityDropbox
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CohesityDropbox
Features
CohesityDropbox
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Cohesity
8.6
59 Ratings
0% below category average
Dropbox
-
Ratings
Universal recovery8.050 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery8.152 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification8.148 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.148 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.151 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification8.153 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.142 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression8.154 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots9.151 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment8.456 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard9.754 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support9.155 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options10.055 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption8.151 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Cohesity
8.5
7 Ratings
0% above category average
Dropbox
-
Ratings
Continuous data protection8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics8.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Cohesity
-
Ratings
Dropbox
8.0
1336 Ratings
4% below category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.11110 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings7.91092 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings8.2988 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings7.81162 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.41234 Ratings
File search00 Ratings7.61280 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings8.31230 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Cohesity
-
Ratings
Dropbox
8.5
1265 Ratings
1% below category average
User and role management00 Ratings8.41130 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings8.41246 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings8.61110 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Cohesity
-
Ratings
Dropbox
8.3
1255 Ratings
4% below category average
Performance00 Ratings7.81244 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings8.91251 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings8.2954 Ratings
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User Ratings
CohesityDropbox
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(70 ratings)
8.6
(1348 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(3 ratings)
8.1
(41 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(7 ratings)
8.1
(496 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
7.8
(27 ratings)
6.6
(38 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(4 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CohesityDropbox
Likelihood to Recommend
Cohesity
Cohesity has been awesome. The performance (speed) that it has been able to provide has actually given me back time every month. I have to test my backups monthly, and the Cloning process that Cohesity has available from it's backup has given me days back each month. It just a few minutes I can have VMs restored for testing and documentation. This took a couple days with the previous vendor.
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Dropbox
Let me describe a scenario that happened recently in our organization's marketing team storing thousands of images videos and pdfs and Dropbox is done a great perfomer in this situation by the product features which is very helpful for the team, such as smart sync reduces disc usage, preview support for many media formats & Integrate with Adobe Creative Cloud.
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Pros
Cohesity
  • Easy to use and setup new backup and restore jobs.
  • Extremely fast recovery time, can spin a VMware backup VM up in well under a minute.
  • Granular recovery search options, easy to find specific files or systems to recover (or SQL DB).
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Dropbox
  • I can share projects I need feedback on.
  • I can make projects available to editors so that they can do their work.
  • Dropbox is a place where I can store files that I can access from anywhere, even if I don't have my laptop with me at the time.
  • I have an old friend who is an acting professor in Tokyo. He loves the dialogue that I write in my novels. He converts chapters into scenework for his acting students. They get very excited when there's new material!
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Cons
Cohesity
  • Reporting could always be better- executive-style reports have to be generated from data at multiple points.
  • Some tasks that could be brought to the UI that today we have to call support on (for example when an NFS mount is still active but we cannot see it from the UI)
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Dropbox
  • I’d like to be able to hover over an image/document and have it expand/enlarge without actually opening it
  • I’d love to see a carousel that lets me thumb through more quickly
  • I’m almost always in thumbnail view. I’d like to see them re-organize automatically when something is moved or deleted instead of leaving an empty space.
  • AI options for photo editing.
  • Easier pdf markups
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Likelihood to Renew
Cohesity
We have been very pleased with this backup solution. It is fast and reliable, and supports our VMware infrastructure. The company's support has been great, including proactively replacing our nodes when the flash memory was reporting high wear. Support is offered on-shore as well. We plan on continuing to use this product for the foreseeable future.
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Dropbox
Dropbox is a user-friendly, easy tool which requires little to no skill and they offer a free version with a good amount of storage available. There are other file sharing tools available however at a cost. Dropbox free version I have used for years and it serves every purpose I need.
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Usability
Cohesity
Cohesity Helios is very easy to use and the web up is simple to navigate and the main dashboard presents a very good and clear overview summary of protection status, capacity and other vital metrics. If you have multiple clusters you can get a single pane view of overall status which is awesome.
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Dropbox
It works extremely well, and we have never had any issues with connecting or sharing files. It's very easy to use, and any team member can share, add, and delete files to a virtual drive. This is extremely helpful, and it's an amazing tool to use, ensuring everyone can connect and work together effectively.
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Reliability and Availability
Cohesity
No answers on this topic
Dropbox
I really recommend the product for the Dropbox availability is a great having very very less downtimes, they errors are less I have been faced yet, due to connectivity sometimes we are getting errors. Only sometimes the limitations of some features show some errors.
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Performance
Cohesity
No answers on this topic
Dropbox
Dropbox is really useful, you can access any file from anywhere and you can upload and even edit files online, but, sometimes it can be slow. Downloading, uploading, and syncing is a bit slow, it can take several minutes. Furthermore, the search engine for large amounts of data can be slow too and it is not powerful.
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Support Rating
Cohesity
Support is quick to respond but lacks that ongoing responsiveness if the issue is not simple. There will be large gaps in replies if they need to resort to escalation and when there are timezone differences between yourself and the person who picked up the ticket.
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Dropbox
They immediately responded like in an example that I gave where one of our staff members accidentally deleted the whole Special Hope Network Dropbox, we immediately contacted Dropbox they walked us through the steps of how to retrieve the information and luckily enough we were able to retrieve the entire Dropbox and we have had back and forth with Dropbox on what to do when an employee leaves how to remove them how to add another employee.
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In-Person Training
Cohesity
No answers on this topic
Dropbox
The person for corporate product dealing and knowledge of the product explore and better and secure use are properly handover to us. Also provide full software and tool training from the basic to the pro level with each and every possible explanation. Provide many sessions regarding every doubt. Also Guide better suitable options for our business to migrate and integrate for the expansion in all places employee smoothly.
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Online Training
Cohesity
content was good and hands on lab to get the live feel of the application
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Dropbox
I did not personally take any training for Dropbox so I am self taught but I know when our Vice President selected Dropbox, he personally did do some training modules on it and I'm assuming it was very easy and simple to understand since he now acts like he is a pro at it!
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Implementation Rating
Cohesity
No answers on this topic
Dropbox
I needed to stay current in improving my daily operations. Dropbox
was suggested to me by a former colleague two-years ago and I've been using it just fine ever since.
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Alternatives Considered
Cohesity
We looked at Veeam and although it's a great product when we priced out the licensing of both primary and disaster datacenters it became much too expensive. Rubrik is a great product and very similar to Cohesity. In the end, Cohesity had a secondary storage play as well as a better UI and better compatibility with lower tier cloud storage. We also like the way Cohesity did protection jobs vs Rubrik's virtual machine centric backup. CommVault is a product we still use today due to its massive features and the ability for bare metal backups. Cohesity does a much better job in the area of UI simplicity, virtual backup ease, and ease of management.
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Dropbox
I prefer the layout and visual aspect of Dropbox as it mirrors my files on my computer. I feel that I am more organized, and it's easier to find my files in Dropbox than it was with Google Drive.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Cohesity
No answers on this topic
Dropbox
I would recommend to this product directly to the sales team of Dropbox for the best deal provide to my referred person and provide the best service to them.
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Scalability
Cohesity
No answers on this topic
Dropbox
It's easy to integrate with the systems of Windows and Linux, easy to have web versions accessible, which provide the web login credentials. Also, it can be installed for individuals for the best autosync features.
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Professional Services
Cohesity
Overall Cohesity professional services like the rest of Cohesity are brilliant. We had some poor advice around how to carve up our Netapp protection jobs which has set us back but it has been acknowledged that a mistake was made by Cohesity and they promise for future engagements with new customers the lessons learnt with us will be integrated into their planning workshop for NAS onboarding.
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Dropbox
Their services are highly rated for moving massive, complex data sets from legacy on-premise servers to the cloud with minimal downtime.
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Return on Investment
Cohesity
  • We've a few occasions where Outlook items have been permanently deleted. Cohesity Backup had mulitple backups allowing us to restore the lost items.
  • Can be managed by O365 Security Groups meaning offboarding is easier and ensuring licences aren't take unneccesarily
  • Backup of Sharepoint and Teams has been very helpful.
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Dropbox
  • When it works (usually if a client already has Dropbox, so they don't get the solicitation to sign up), it works flawlessly.
  • I've had multiple clients not see the "continue with download only" at the bottom and email me to resend the media another way because they don't have a Dropbox account.
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ScreenShots

Cohesity Screenshots

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Dropbox Screenshots

Screenshot of the action bar, that sits across the browser page can be used to record the screen, edit PDFs, upload files, create folders, get signatures, or send and track documents.Screenshot of Dropbox Replay, that lets collaborators leave frame-accurate feedback and markups directly on project files.Screenshot of Dropbox Capture, which can be used to take screen recordings, screenshots, and GIFs with one click and share them with a link.Screenshot of the interface where Dropbox lets users upload, edit, send, and sign PDFs in one place.