Cove Data Protection

Score8.5 out of 10

66 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cove Data Protection?

Cove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.

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Backup to the cloud
Ability to store and back up data to the cloud
Category average: 8.2
Deduplication and file compression
Integrated deduplication and compression capabilities
Category average: 8.7
Snapshots
Ability to take regular snapshots to ensure that Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is met
Category average: 8.4

Platform support
Product supports multiple operating systems and applications
Category average: 8.6
Multiple backup destinations
Multiple backup destinations is the ability to backup data to more than one location
Category average: 8.5
Universal recovery
Universal recovery is the ability to restore backups to any machine regardless of the platform
Category average: 8.3

Most Frequent Users

Top 1 industries using Cove Data Protection.

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Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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Verified User

Employee in Research & Development (51-200 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cove Data Protection is our go-to solution for quick deployment of Cloud Backups for Servers. Especially the minimal bandwidth it uses for incremental backups is very impressive compared to other (non cloud-native) backup solutions. It integrates well with our RMM platform (N-Central) for Deployment and Monitoring. The options to do scheduled Disaster Recovery testing on their end also provides a upsell to our customers.

Pros

Optimised Incremental Backups (Very small upload sizes)
Deployment is very fast and easy, no "complex" infrastructure required
Easy to use UI which and centralized management and monitoring
Always CloudBased backup which cannot be deleted on the endpoints which adds a great layer of security.

Cons

While being very impressive at upload sizes it comes with the downside that backups itself are a bit slower
Bare Metal Recovery is more involved than other Image Based Solutions
Bare Metal Recovery of Cloud VM's (Azure) are not possible.

Return on Investment

Very fast / scripted installations means it is very fast to deploy without much effort/time from Techs
Good Pricing structure

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Data Platform, Acronis Advanced Backup, Cloudberry, Arcserve ShadowProtect and BackupAssist

Other Software Used

Veeam Data Platform, Arcserve ShadowProtect, Acronis Advanced Backup

Scott Brewster

Chief Technology Officer in Information Technology at DNA Solutions and Consulting (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a managed services provider (MSP), we strive to provide the best in breed solutions for our clients. Cove Data Protection addresses the need to take quality backups of many different devices, prove that a restoration is possible, and prove we can have it joined back to the network in case of an actual loss of the hardware for any number of reasons. Users range from non-profits to retail, healthcare, and others. It meets the compliance needs of these industries.

Pros

Successful backups
Successful restoration
Integrates back into the network from a restore

Cons

Prettier reports
Use a different login instead of SSO from the rest of the n-Able platform for security purposes
I don't know

Return on Investment

My tech spends very little time troubleshooting, so saving hours
The monthly cost for us is less than when we used other platforms
Customers are happier

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Datto ALTO, Datto SIRIS, Datto SaaS Protection and Infrascale

Other Software Used

N-able Passportal, Huntress, NinjaOne

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cove to backup a majority of our workstations that we support in our MSP business.
Cove not only backs up workstation files and system state, but is also leveraged to backup 365 tenants, including email, calendars, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data.
We additionally use Cove to backup servers and network folders.

Pros

File-based backups
Backup of a majority of all Microsoft 365 data
Making restores of data easy

Cons

Some of the settings that need to be configured per install need to be done manually
Some reporting of failed backups doesn't fit our workflow
Linux support is there, but minimal compared to other operating systems

Return on Investment

Cove provides an affordable backup solution for our clients
Storage costs are done in a manageable and fair manner
Overages are well communicated and are easy to spot / resolve

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Veeam ONE

Lucas Burnett View profile

Sales Director in Sales at Impact ICT (1-10 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cove to handle all of our Office 365 backups, along with some workstation and server related backups. This provides both ourselves and customers piece of mind that their critical data is being backed up and is safe.

Cove offers multiple backups per day with a long 7 year retention timeframe

Pros

Office 365 Backups
Restoration Options
Simple to setup

Cons

The UI could do with some work

Return on Investment

Cove has a positive effect on our business with an almost instant ROI. Great margins

Other Software Used

HaloPSA, NinjaOne

Scott Beukelman View profile

Network Engineer in Information Technology at Santel Communications Cooperative (11-50 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cove data protection as an MSP for over 200 servers and over 100 workstations for our managed clients. Cove helps us greatly to make sure customer machines are backed up a regular basis. Also disaster recovery is well taken care of with this product and we have no worries about doing a file restore or a full disaster image restore. We even use this product to migrate servers to other locations at times.

Pros

Disaster Recover
Test restores
quick backups

Cons

Errors with system state backups

Return on Investment

Positive impact helping customers know their backup is taken care of

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