Comet Backup Reviews

My experience with Comet Backup has been awesome, we are using it from almost 3 years and have not faced any challenges in any matter.
they are super helpful and super Comet Backup works vey well with our systems. its compatible with almost all cloud solutions such as AWS, Azure etc.

There are many things that i like about Comet Backup some of them are.
Good user interface, clean dashboards, user friendly software as well as very much cost effective.

They are headed in the right direction, I don't feel any improvements needs to be done here.

I have been using around 7 to 8 months and its reliable for keeping my data safe. It could use some improvements but its still a solid choice.

Comet Backup is easy use and offers great features automatic backups and strong data encryption it works well with various platforms and cloud storage options, making it perfect for my needs.

The reporting could be better i'd like more real time backup status updates the pricing might be a bit high for startup businesses.

I've set up Comet for multiple clients and it works well. It's a good solution for MSPs as it's easy to manage multiple tenants and the software allows you to rebrand it with your own logo.

-Easy to deploy and manage
-Client software is customizable and allows you to rebrand it with your own name and logo - great for MSPs
-Easy to understand for end users

-Some settings are ambiguous, however support is pretty responsive and it hasn't been a big problem

Excellent backup solution that is competitive, feature rich and easy to use. I have tried many different backup solutions and this is by far the best one.

Feature rich, easy to use and allows you to manage your own infrastructure so that you can make use of your own storage server.

Slightly difficult to set up if you use the self managed option.

Comet Backup is a flexible and secure solution with fast recovery and customizable storage. However, its initial setup can be complex for beginners. Overall, it offers great value for its price.

What I liked most about Comet Backup is its flexibility and security. The customizable storage options and fast recovery process make it a reliable solution for data protection.

What I liked least about Comet Backup is its complex initial setup. It requires some technical knowledge to configure properly.

It is a great backup platform for MSPs. Comet is easy to use and easy to deploy. Runs on just about anything.

I like the ability to host my own server. Easy to setup and supports a wide range of operating systems including NAS vendors.

The API is aggravating and complicated. I can see why few things integrate with it. Cannot restore images to smaller drives.

The problems about the backup issues are resolved with an excellent service and even the lightweight framework of the applications acts as an icing on the cake. The incremental backup was very useful during the archival processes as it reduced bandwidth and usage of the storage. The flexible pricing feature makes it affordable.

The application provides a very easy way to back up with enough flexibility in the customization. The implementation and ease of use is very efficient and makes the features work better. It even integrates seamlessly with other cloud providers like azure.

The User Interface of application looks very clean and simple. But the UI part can be made more intuitive and better as the critical features demand an attractive UI.

Great experience overall. Few missing M365 in start that was fixed in a few months of onboarding. Great support.

The support has been great to deal with. Some bugs were found and they were quick to mitigate them. Backup works great. Easy API.

How to calculate billing for each tenant could have been made easier.

The Windows Image Backup feature allows users to create a full system backup, ensuring that all files, settings, and applications are securely stored. This is particularly useful for disaster recovery, as it enables quick restoration in case of system failure, hardware issues, or accidental data loss. The process is straightforward, though it may take some time depending on the size of the system. Overall, it’s a reliable and essential tool for maintaining system integrity and preventing data loss.

The Windows Image Backup feature allows users to create a full system backup, ensuring that all files, settings, and applications are securely stored. This is particularly useful for disaster recovery, as it enables quick restoration in case of system failure, hardware issues, or accidental data loss. The process is straightforward, though it may take some time depending on the size of the system. Overall, it’s a reliable and essential tool for maintaining system integrity and preventing data loss.

Can be time-consuming, especially for large backups.
Requires significant storage space.
No flexibility to back up individual files or folders separately.
Restoration can be slow and may require booting from recovery media.

There are no issues using this product. Setup is easy and quick. Backup and restore works great and fast.

Comet is available for almost anything you can think of. Windows, Linux, MacOS. You can also backup information from Microsoft 365. The software works fine, there are plenty of storage options.

The pricing model has some issues. For Microsoft 365 backup all users are counted, including guest users, where other solutions count only regular users, making Comet more expensive in some cases. Also, starting this year you have to pay an additional fee for servers hosted in your own datacenter, apart from the normal licenses.

Overall, I am very happy with the product. It was installed and configured once, and since then, there have been no issues—only checking the logs and applying updates as needed.

First of all, I chose this product because it had all the features I needed and was relatively affordable.

Second, I’ve been using it for several years now, and there haven’t been any major issues—whenever something did come up, support was always quick to help.

Third, the bulk update feature is especially useful, as it updates all the clients, so there’s no need to do it manually or set up additional automation.

We use it with another storage service. The error messages are not always clear, though this may depend on the storage provider, so we end up contacting support more often.

Comet has been a great product. The backups are very quick. I needed support for a novice mistake and they were very timely in their response and provided helpful information to resolve my issue issue. The interface is really nice and they make it easy to get support. I came from another product and the backups took twice as long and their support was horrible. Comet has been a great choice for use!

Very easy to submit a support ticket via the control panel. I was notified of ticket updates via email almost instantly. Support was friendly and knowledgeable.

Honestly, there was no cons. They did exactly what they needed to do. The response time was good and they provided the information needed to resolve the issue quickly (which wasn't really and issue, it was more a novice mistake).

Overall the software is better than others that I have tried and I think it's a good value for the money.

I like the ease of use as well as the ability to see what is going on quickly with my end points. Since it works with my MSP software I can get reports and such through there.

There isn't much that I don't like, but selecting what needs to be backed up and retention can be a little confusing.

Very Good Online Backup Solution. Easy to navigate the online portal. Some error messages can be confusing - but, support is good at helping sort through them.

White Label Setup.
Prompt Support.
Frequent Product Updates.
Easy to Use Web Interface (both Client Side & Admin Side).

Somewhat pricey depending on number of users...
No 'auto-update' for Synology Client.

The product as a whole is amazing, the software is lightweight and sets up very easy and quickly - probably one of the best backup solutions I've seen so far!

So easy to setup - extremely easy to use interface and even the whole server setup is easy. Very lightweight too!

Nothing we didn't like really - expected this to be great and it is!

Our experience with Comet Backup has been one of the best! We switched to it almost straight away, and their API that allows us to build the product into our own control panel was just the icing on the cake!

We have no plans to move elsewhere or even look around for different backup software.

We've moved our installation to different servers over time, and more recently switched back to self-hosted so we can house our own resellers.

The support we get couldn't be better either - fast responses, and very knowledgable!

A must have for every IT professional!

Comet was simple from day 1 for us. Up an running in a matter of minutes, and a decision made shortly after testing.

There is nothing I can think of right now that we do not like about Comet. It's an all-round excellent product.

Comet Backup has provided a way for our MSP to keep some costs low while offering a cloud backup solution for our clients critical workstations and servers. We generally bolt this on top of an on-prem solution to provide for risk mitigation for theft, fire, flood, electrical/physical damage. We self host this on a Linux VM in our office, and provide a Network Attached Storage device as the target for the backup storage. In general the software works great, and we really like using it. I also like that there is continued development, so new features are added, and bugs are quashed quarterly. Comet has lots of other options that we're not using today (like image backups, or backups of VMs, backups of SQL databases), but it's nice to know it supports it. If you're in the market for a self-hosted backup platform with lots of flexibility, consider Comet Backup for sure.

- Easy to Use.
- Easy to Deploy with RMM/GPO.
- Easy to Setup.
- Quick Support Response.
- Very customizable/brandable.
- Cross Platform (Win/Mac/Linux/Synology).
- Low Cost in Comparison to Other Vendors.
- Consistent Development of the Server and Agent, and not just bug fixes, new community voted features are added every quarter.

- Various hiccups with backup jobs can require manual intervention.
- Deduplication and/or Reindex operations can take some hours or even days to complete, even when the storage is on a RAID array.
- Lowest cost option requires self hosting and bring your own storage.
- There's add-on costs for many items like SQL Backups, Hyper-V/VMWare Backups, etc.. which can feel a little nickel and dimey.

Would not recommend this product. It has a steep learning curve and is buggy whether you are use the self-hosted server or their cloud hosted server.

+ Potential for a backup solution that works well for MSP
+ Promise of VM backups
+ Potential for centralized backups and reporting

- Poor explanation of billing
- Lack of functional software that allows for VSS failure workarounds
- Non-existent customer support
- Reporting is lackluster

It's not bad to use and easy to recover files when i do, wish there was a quicker way to just download the file rather then just choosing the location to recover and it can be confusing.

Easy to use.
Can create multiple users.
Client run in background.
Logs are easy to read and access.
Overall good.

Can't back up when files in use.
Should have a download button rather then restore to location.

I would recommend Comet Backup for MSPs and individuals due to its ease of use and affordability. The technical support when issues arise is very good.

Easy to use and deploy.
Inexpensive.
Interfaces with multiple cloud storage providers and local storage option.
Ability to do bare metal backup.
Great support when I encounter issues.

I can't think of things I do not like with this product.