Backup & Disaster Recovery · head to head
Cohesity vs Paragon Backup & Recovery
Cohesity
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Protect, secure, and gain insights into your enterprise data
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Paragon Backup & Recovery
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Professional-grade backup for Windows
- From
- $50/year
- Rated
- -
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; Paragon Backup & Recovery the free Community Edition is licensed for non-commercial use only
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cohesity and Paragon Backup & Recovery actually diverge.
| Attribute | Cohesity | Paragon Backup & Recovery |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $50/year |
| Pricing model | quote | subscription |
| Platforms | Web | Windows |
| Founded | Unknown | 1994 |
Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Backup & Disaster Recovery).
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 Paragon Backup & Recovery does not also cover.
Only in Paragon Backup & Recovery
- Full disk backup
- File-level backup
- Incremental/differential
- Recovery media
- Virtual disk mount
- UEFI support
- Windows
- Network shares
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.
Paragon Backup & Recovery
- Full disk and partition backup on Windowsnot Cohesity
- Bare metal recovery from an imagenot Cohesity
- Scheduled incremental backups for a home machinenot Cohesity
- Migrating an installation to a new drive on the paid editionsnot 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
Paragon Backup & Recovery
- The free Community Edition is licensed for non-commercial use only
- Windows only, and specifically Windows 10 x64 from 1809, Windows 11 x64 and Windows 11 Arm64
- Volume and OS copying, partition management and email notifications need the Advanced edition
- Windows Server support requires the Business edition
- Paid edition prices are not shown on the product page
Pricing, plan by plan
Cohesity
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Cohesity review.
Paragon Backup & Recovery
$50/year- Community Edition$50/year
- Full disk backup
- File-level backup
- Recovery media
Which should you pick?
Choose Cohesity if
Nothing in the data separates Cohesity from Paragon Backup & Recovery on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Paragon Backup & Recovery if
- You need full disk backup.
- You work on Windows.
- You also want file-level backup.
Questions people ask
- Is Cohesity or Paragon Backup & Recovery better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cohesity starts at On request and Paragon Backup & Recovery at $50/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cohesity or Paragon Backup & Recovery?
- Cohesity starts at On request and Paragon Backup & Recovery at $50/year.
- Does Cohesity or Paragon Backup & Recovery run on more platforms?
- Cohesity runs on Web. Paragon Backup & Recovery runs on Windows.
- What can Cohesity do that Paragon Backup & Recovery cannot?
- Paragon Backup & Recovery covers Full disk backup, File-level backup, Incremental/differential, Recovery media.