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Cohesity vs OwnBackup

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Cohesity

Software

Protect, secure, and gain insights into your enterprise data

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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OwnBackup

Software

Leading backup for Salesforce and SaaS platforms

From
$5/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Cohesity no prices are shown for the Core, Enterprise or Advanced editions; buyers get a 30 day trial or must contact sales for a quote, per cohesity.com, August 2026; OwnBackup own states its products are officially part of Salesforce, and routes pricing to Salesforce's Cloud Data Security page rather than publishing a figure of its own

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cohesity and OwnBackup actually diverge.

Attributes where Cohesity and OwnBackup differ
AttributeCohesityOwnBackup
Starting priceOn request$5/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
FoundedUnknown2015

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Cohesity

Nothing recorded that OwnBackup does not also cover.

Only in OwnBackup

  • Automated backup
  • Instant recovery
  • Proactive monitoring
  • Data seeding
  • Sandbox management
  • Compliance archiving
  • Salesforce
  • ServiceNow

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Cohesity

No use cases recorded yet. See the Cohesity review.

OwnBackup

  • Data protectionnot Cohesity
  • Disaster recoverynot Cohesity
  • Business continuitynot Cohesity
  • Ransomware protectionnot Cohesity
  • Compliancenot Cohesity

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Cohesity

  • No prices are shown for the Core, Enterprise or Advanced editions; buyers get a 30 day trial or must contact sales for a quote, per cohesity.com, August 2026

OwnBackup

  • Own states its products are officially part of Salesforce, and routes pricing to Salesforce's Cloud Data Security page rather than publishing a figure of its own

Pricing, plan by plan

Cohesity

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Cohesity review.

OwnBackup

$5/month
  • OwnBackup$5/month
    • Daily backup
    • Instant recovery
    • Proactive monitoring

Which should you pick?

Choose Cohesity if

Nothing in the data separates Cohesity from OwnBackup on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Cohesity review

Choose OwnBackup if

  • You need automated backup.
  • You also want instant recovery.
OwnBackup review

Questions people ask

Is Cohesity or OwnBackup better?
Neither clearly leads. Cohesity starts at On request and OwnBackup at $5/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cohesity or OwnBackup?
Cohesity starts at On request and OwnBackup at $5/month.
Does Cohesity or OwnBackup run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What can Cohesity do that OwnBackup cannot?
OwnBackup covers Automated backup, Instant recovery, Proactive monitoring, Data seeding.
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