Comet Backup Reviews

Summary: 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!

Positive: 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.

Negative: 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).

Summary: 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.

Positive: 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.

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

Summary: 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.

Positive: 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.

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

Summary: 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.

Positive: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summary: 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.

Positive: 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.

Negative: 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.

Summary: 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.

Positive: -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

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

Summary: 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.

Positive: 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.

Negative: 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.

Summary: 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!

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

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

Summary: 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.

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

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

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

Positive: 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.

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

Summary: A reliable, full featured yet simple to deploy and manage backup solution at a very reasonable price too

Positive: I have been using CometBackup since 2020 to provide a managed backup service for over 600 servers over S3. It is a reliable backup software yet simple to deploy and manage through a self-hosted web portal and at a very reasonable price.
I love the API with allowed me to implement some automation in provisioning new customers.
New features are regularly implemented.

Negative: Although the product is very well documented and the team provides a 24/7 support, advanced support is in New Zealand and, when you work in France as i do, i means a 12hours wait in between questions/answers.
The licences credit is prepaid but i wish i could purchase more than 10k € at a time.

Summary: I could not be happier with Comet and strongly recommend it to MSPs, internal IT teams, and even tech-savvy users looking for more control over their data backups. Comet has never let me down and has me as a customer for life!

Positive: Comet's support team is fantastic I've only had to reach out a handful of teams and was blown away each time. The backup server is very easy to setup, use, and maintain - I've yet to have an outage caused by finicky updates or software bugs (knock on wood, lol). Comet backup gets frequent updates with both a "bleeding edge" and "stable" branch with clear and easy accessible changelogs to view changes and note any additional maintenance needed on my end. Documentation for the server and client is light years ahead of just about all other software I've used! I'm extremely happy Comet supports hosting everything yourself while also offering hosted options - usually when companies do this, the self-hosted option is scarcely supported or is feature-crippled. This has never been an issue for me with Comet; as a self-hosted user, I feel like Comet cares about me as much as their hosted customers.

Negative: UI can feel a little clunky at times; sometimes I need to go three or four windows deep when configuring backup jobs to get the scheduling setup well (that's mostly because I micromanage backup jobs, though. The average user probably won't run into this). I'm a little frustrated with how Comet handles laptops - my server manages roughly 20 clients, ranging from 24/7 desktops in businesses to sporadically-used residential laptops, and backup jobs fairly frequently get "stuck" because a laptop was closed while the job was running. There have been several updates to address these concerns, though.

Summary: 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.

Positive: 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.

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