Cohesity DataProtect

Hyperconverged secondary data protection

As of 30 August 2026, Cohesity DataProtect's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Cohesity DataProtect consolidates backup, disaster recovery, and data management on a single hyperconverged platform. Softwr lists it under Backup. Cohesity DataProtect is made by Cohesity, launched in 2013, available on Self-hosted, Web.

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Overview

What Cohesity DataProtect does

Cohesity DataProtect consolidates backup, disaster recovery, and data management on a single hyperconverged platform. It eliminates backup silos, reduces TCO, and provides instant mass restore capabilities with global search and AI-powered insights.

What people use it for

Data protection
Disaster recovery
Business continuity
Ransomware protection
Compliance

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Cohesity DataProtect.

Primarily focused on enterprise customers; less suitable for small businesses
Requires significant IT expertise to optimize deduplication and retention policies
High upfront infrastructure costs for on-premises deployment

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Cohesity DataProtect

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Capabilities

Features

Hyperconverged architecture
Instant mass restore
Global deduplication
Global search
Ransomware protection
Cloud tiering
VMware
Integration with VMware
Hyper-V
Integration with Hyper-V
AWS
Integration with AWS
Azure
Integration with Azure
Pure Storage
Integration with Pure Storage
Cisco
Integration with Cisco

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Questions people ask

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What is the main benefit of Cohesity DataProtect's instant recovery?

Cohesity uniquely reduces downtime by enabling instant mass restoration of any number of VMs, large volumes of unstructured data, and Oracle databases to any point in time.

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How much can Cohesity reduce data protection costs?

Cohesity DataProtect reduces data protection costs by 70% or more through unified management and deduplication.

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What platforms and workloads does Cohesity DataProtect support?

Cohesity DataProtect protects on-premises systems, multiple cloud environments, and SaaS applications through a single unified platform.

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Does Cohesity use security best practices for backup protection?

Yes. Cohesity DataProtect uses multilayered security architecture designed to minimize the risk of backups becoming a ransomware target.

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Behind it

Who makes Cohesity DataProtect

Company: Cohesity
Based in: San Jose, California
Founders: Mohit Aron

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