Backup & Disaster Recovery · head to head
Keepit vs Cohesity
Keepit
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Independent cloud backup for SaaS workloads
- From
- $3/month
- Rated
- -
Cohesity
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Protect, secure, and gain insights into your enterprise data
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Keepit search functionality is very limited with restrictive search strings and poor filter options; 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
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Keepit and Cohesity actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 Keepit
- Vendor-independent storage
- Immutable backup
- Blockchain verification
- Unlimited retention
- Granular restore
- API access
- Microsoft 365
- Google Workspace
Only in Cohesity
Nothing recorded that Keepit does not also cover.
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Keepit
- Data protectionnot Cohesity
- Disaster recoverynot Cohesity
- Business continuitynot Cohesity
- Ransomware protectionnot Cohesity
- Compliancenot Cohesity
Cohesity
No use cases recorded yet. See the Cohesity review.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Keepit
- Search functionality is very limited with restrictive search strings and poor filter options
- Download speeds during restoration are slow, particularly for mailbox restorations
- Console interface is complex and unintuitive, making file retrieval time-consuming
- Limited support for advanced features like Power Automate flows and manual backup job initiation
- Primarily targets SaaS applications and is not a single platform for on-premises workloads, VMs, or endpoint backup
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
Pricing, plan by plan
Keepit
$3/month- Keepit Business$3/month
- Immutable backup
- Unlimited retention
- Blockchain verification
Cohesity
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Cohesity review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Cohesity if
Nothing in the data separates Cohesity from Keepit on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Keepit or Cohesity better?
- Neither clearly leads. Keepit starts at $3/month and Cohesity at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Keepit or Cohesity?
- Keepit starts at $3/month and Cohesity at On request.
- Does Keepit or Cohesity run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Keepit best used for?
- Keepit is most often used for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection. Of those, data protection and disaster recovery are not what Cohesity is typically brought in for.
- What can Keepit do that Cohesity cannot?
- Keepit covers Vendor-independent storage, Immutable backup, Blockchain verification, Unlimited retention.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Keepit: What SaaS applications does Keepit protect?
Keepit provides backup for Microsoft 365 workloads (Teams, Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, Groups, Public Folders), Microsoft Entra ID, Google, Salesforce, and 15 SaaS applications total as of 2026, with plans to add more.
SourceKeepit: How is Keepit priced?
Keepit uses custom pricing starting at $5 per seat monthly. Enterprise plans are custom quoted, with median annual contracts around $60,270. The pricing includes unlimited data storage.
SourceKeepit: Does Keepit guarantee immutability?
Yes, Keepit's architecture runs on secure, private infrastructure offering data immutability to prevent ransomware and accidental deletion.
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