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Cohesity vs Spanning Backup

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Cohesity

Backup & Disaster Recovery

Protect, secure, and gain insights into your enterprise data

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Spanning Backup logo

Spanning Backup

Backup & Disaster Recovery

SaaS backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

From
$4/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; Spanning Backup cloud-only deployment; no on-premise or self-hosted options available

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cohesity and Spanning Backup actually diverge.

Attributes where Cohesity and Spanning Backup differ
AttributeCohesitySpanning Backup
Starting priceOn request$4/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWebCloud SaaS
FoundedUnknown2010

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 Spanning Backup does not also cover.

Only in Spanning Backup

  • Automated daily backup
  • Point-in-time restore
  • Cross-user restore
  • eDiscovery
  • Unlimited storage
  • Admin delegation
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft 365

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.

Spanning Backup

  • Cloud-to-cloud backup and disaster recovery for Microsoft 365 applicationsnot Cohesity
  • Data protection and compliance management for Google Workspace and Salesforcenot 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

Spanning Backup

  • Cloud-only deployment; no on-premise or self-hosted options available

Pricing, plan by plan

Cohesity

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Cohesity review.

Spanning Backup

$4/month
  • Spanning Backup$4/month
    • Daily backup
    • Point-in-time restore
    • Unlimited storage

Which should you pick?

Choose Cohesity if

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

Cohesity review

Choose Spanning Backup if

  • You need automated daily backup.
  • You work on Cloud SaaS.
  • You also want point-in-time restore.
Spanning Backup review

Questions people ask

Is Cohesity or Spanning Backup better?
Neither clearly leads. Cohesity starts at On request and Spanning Backup at $4/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cohesity or Spanning Backup?
Cohesity starts at On request and Spanning Backup at $4/month.
Does Cohesity or Spanning Backup run on more platforms?
Cohesity runs on Web. Spanning Backup runs on Cloud SaaS.
What can Cohesity do that Spanning Backup cannot?
Spanning Backup covers Automated daily backup, Point-in-time restore, Cross-user restore, eDiscovery.
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