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Cohesity

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★★★★☆ 4.4 / 5 on G2 · 4.5 on Capterra (54 G2 reviews)
4.4 / 5
G2 rating, 54 reviews [source]
2013
Founded [source]
Scale out
Data management [source]
Cyber resilience
+ analytics [source]

Quick facts

CategoryData management and backup
Founded2013
HeadquartersSan Jose, California
Starts atPer capacity quote
Best forConsolidated data management
DeploymentAppliance, software, cloud
Free planNo (demo)
IntegrationsBroad, cloud, SaaS, security, apps
G2 rating4.4 / 5
Capterra rating4.5 / 5

What is Cohesity?

Cohesity is a scale out data management and backup platform that consolidates backups and secondary data, with cyber resilience and analytics, suited to enterprises wanting to unify data protection and management. Founded in 2013, it provides backup and recovery across data center, cloud and SaaS on a web scale, scale out platform, and goes further by consolidating secondary data, backups, files, objects, test and dev copies, onto one platform, with cyber resilience (immutability, anomaly detection, clean recovery), analytics and applications that run on the data. Suited to enterprises wanting to unify and manage data protection and secondary data at scale, rather than just back up, Cohesity combines backup with broader data management. For consolidated data management and backup, Cohesity is a leading choice.

Cohesity's distinction is consolidating backup and secondary data management on one scale out platform, with cyber resilience. Beyond backup, it unifies secondary data, backups, files, objects, dev and test, and lets analytics and apps run on it, reducing silos and fragmentation, with cyber resilience built in, which suits enterprises wanting to manage data, not just back it up. That consolidation, scale out design and data management focus set it apart.

Cohesity at a glanceCohesity is a scale out data management and backup platform consolidating backups and secondary data [Cohesity]. It holds a 4.4 out of 5 rating across 54 reviews on G2 and 4.5 on Capterra, suited to consolidated data management.

Who Cohesity is best for

Cohesity is best for enterprises that want to consolidate and manage backup and secondary data on one scale out platform, with cyber resilience and analytics, reducing data silos and fragmentation. It suits consolidated data management and backup. It is a weaker fit for SMBs and mid market wanting simpler, cheaper backup, where Veeam, NAKIVO or Acronis fit, those wanting the broadest traditional coverage, where Commvault fits, or fully managed SaaS only backup, where Druva fits.

Key features

The core strengths are backup and recovery across data center, cloud and SaaS on a scale out platform, consolidation of secondary data (backups, files, objects, dev and test), cyber resilience (immutability, anomaly detection, clean recovery), and analytics and apps on the data. Cohesity offers web scale architecture and unified management. Its consolidation, scale out design, cyber resilience and data management are its defining advantages.

Cohesity pricing

Cohesity is priced by capacity (and nodes) and quoted, reflecting its scale out data management platform, a significant enterprise investment, with appliance, software and cloud options. Pricing suits enterprises consolidating data and is negotiated. Costs scale with capacity. Get details via the Cohesity site.

Integrations and ecosystem

Cohesity integrates across data center, cloud and SaaS workloads, security tools for cyber resilience, and a marketplace of applications that run on its platform, with APIs. Its broad integrations and application marketplace, which let enterprises consolidate, protect and derive value from secondary data, support its data management positioning.

Cohesity and consolidation

Consolidating backup and secondary data management is the signature strength: Cohesity unifies backups and secondary data, files, objects, dev and test, on one scale out platform with cyber resilience and analytics, reducing silos and letting enterprises manage data, not just back it up. For enterprises wanting that consolidation, this is the main reason to choose Cohesity.

Ease of use and support

Cohesity is well rated for its scale out platform, consolidation, cyber resilience and ease relative to legacy tools, with good support. Its G2 reviews praise consolidation, scale and ease, with cost and enterprise focus the main considerations versus simpler tools.

Is Cohesity worth it?

For enterprises that want to consolidate and manage backup and secondary data on one scale out platform, with cyber resilience and analytics, Cohesity is a strong choice. The main caution is cost and enterprise focus, so SMBs and mid market may prefer Veeam, NAKIVO or Acronis, those wanting broadest traditional coverage Commvault, and SaaS only backup Druva, but for consolidated data management and backup Cohesity leads.

Pricing

Cohesity DataProtect

Capacity
quote
  • Backup and recovery
  • Scale out
  • Cyber resilience

Cohesity Data Cloud

Capacity
quote
  • Secondary data consolidation
  • Analytics and apps
  • Unified management

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Consolidates backup and secondary data
  • Scale out, web scale platform
  • Cyber resilience built in
  • Analytics and apps on data
  • Reduces data silos

Cons

  • Enterprise priced (capacity based)
  • More than SMBs need
  • Less broad traditional coverage than Commvault
  • Best for data consolidation focus

Cohesity alternatives

These backup & disaster recovery tools come up most often against Cohesity.

Veeam

Data resilience, backup and recovery market leader

Commvault

Enterprise data protection and cyber resilience

Rubrik

Cloud data management and cyber recovery

Cohesity FAQ

What is Cohesity used for?
Cohesity is used for data management and backup: backing up and recovering data center, cloud and SaaS on a scale out platform, and consolidating secondary data, backups, files, objects, dev and test, with cyber resilience and analytics, so enterprises manage data, not just back it up.
How much does Cohesity cost?
Cohesity is priced by capacity (and nodes) and quoted, a significant enterprise investment reflecting its scale out data management platform, with appliance, software and cloud options. Get details via the Cohesity site.
What makes Cohesity different from backup software?
Cohesity goes beyond backup to consolidate secondary data, backups, files, objects, dev and test, on one scale out platform with cyber resilience and analytics, so enterprises reduce data silos and manage data, which traditional backup software does not do as broadly.
Cohesity vs Rubrik, which is better?
Cohesity emphasises consolidating backup and secondary data management on a scale out platform, while Rubrik emphasises cyber resilience and clean recovery. Both are modern platforms; Cohesity suits data consolidation and management, Rubrik suits cyber resilience focus.
Does Cohesity offer cyber resilience?
Yes. Cohesity includes cyber resilience, immutability, anomaly detection and clean recovery, alongside its backup and data management, helping enterprises protect against and recover from ransomware as part of its scale out platform.
Is Cohesity for large enterprises?
Yes. Cohesity's scale out, web scale platform and data consolidation suit large enterprises wanting to unify and manage backup and secondary data at scale, with cyber resilience, rather than SMBs wanting simple, cheap backup.

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