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Clumio vs Cohesity Data Cloud comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Clumio
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
16th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
11th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
SaaS Backup (3rd), AI IT Support (8th)
Cohesity Data Cloud
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
15th
Ranking in Cloud Backup
16th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Data Management Platforms (DMP) (8th), AI Data Analysis (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Clumio is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cohesity Data Cloud1.1%
Clumio1.1%
Other97.8%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Devin Mehta - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager Infrastructure & Security at VISBY MEDICAL, INC.
Secure backups have simplified compliance and now provide immutable protection for cloud workloads
The best features that Clumio offers are the ability to know when a backup has completed, to know how to restore both files at the file level and also restore EBS backups, point-in-time restores, as well as snapshots. Clumio has positively impacted our organization by providing us with the peace of mind of knowing that all of our EC2 instances are securely backed up. This peace of mind has translated into measurable outcomes as we adhere to NIST 800 compliance, and with that, we need immutable backups and the ability to have backups that do not exist within our existing tenants. Clumio fixes that problem for us.
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Senior Manager Advisory Services at Optimum Online (Cablevision Systems)
Has provided strong data protection and unified access while streamlining backup operations
Cohesity Data Cloud is not unique in this area. There are a couple of other vendors who are playing in the same area. They provide some sort of isolation for the protected data that makes it very difficult, almost impossible to tamper with once it is stored on the platform. One of the major issues of ransomware attacks is that they happen in the background and it is too late after being hit. Giving a hard time for bad actors to access the data provides more immunity for your data from ransomware attacks. All organizations are very interested in as-a-service model where they do not pay upfront costs, but only get the services and pay for what they use. Converting from CapEx to OpEx is the ultimate goal for any financial manager in any organization. The model uses some sort of object storage for the backup data and contents, which gives a better level of safety than the traditional file system because normally the object storage is not subject to alteration. The only concern I have with cloud implementation is that if you have a presence on-premises, trying to use the cloud may become a performance challenge. It is a perfect situation for workloads that live in the cloud. The way I design things is we should not send data across the WAN to the cloud if it is a large volume that could potentially affect performance. A cloud solution is ideal for a cloud workload from Cohesity Data Cloud perspective. It is best to have some sort of local presence of a repository to do the backup using LAN performance. Then we can always send or upload the data to the cloud without impacting the actual backup window. Support for additional platforms and the option to do multi-tier performance would be beneficial. For example, if I have three types of workloads - SAP database, Oracle database, and SQL database - each with different backup window requirements, the ability to tier performance to meet these specific needs would be perfect for the actual workload and meeting the availability requirements of each application domain. The general perception is if it is not broken, do not fix it. In most cases, organizations do not see value for security until they are hit with something bad. With ever-increasing threats and risks of ransomware and data theft, the problem is becoming more obvious. Looking at what is happening in the market and seeing organizations being hit by security threats, the level of loss of services and client dissatisfaction makes security investment worthwhile. There is no real tangible ROI for security, but considering the potential of losing data forever or having it exposed unnecessarily to the market, it is worth the investment. The bad actors and risks are always reinventing themselves, so we must reinvent our security posture.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Clumio has a straightforward setup"
"Working with the Clumio/Commvault team has been a very good experience."
"We now have the peace of mind knowing that our entire AWS infrastructure is fully backed up into an air-gapped environment."
"We have been able to safely and securely save our backups off of AWS."
"Clumio has positively impacted our organization by providing us with the peace of mind of knowing that all of our EC2 instances are securely backed up."
"Clumio proved to be the most cost-effective option."
"Clumio gave us a genuinely isolated vault that sits outside our AWS Organization's blast radius."
"It has improved our disaster recovery footprint; previously, backups were only stored on premises, and having an offsite backup improves our reliability and security."
"One of the most outstanding features is forever incremental, which provides immutable backups."
"The clone feature is very nice. You can restore workloads onto Cohesity's storage, which is also nice to have when you don't have enough space to restore on the server."
"Cohesity Data Cloud comes with a different flavor where they provide global deduplication across multiple platforms, which provides a tremendous return on investment from a storage perspective because if you have a segment that can be deduplicated in one box and you have multiple boxes, you cannot repeat the deduplication function across different hardware."
"Our data center size occupancy for Cohesity appliance is reduced by 70% when we installed Cohesity."
"I find the most important feature to be data protection."
"Now I have got one platform that is doing my backup to disc, it is doing my data protection, it is doing my cloud archive, and it is doing my NAS protection."
"Cohesity Data Cloud is user-friendly, and anyone can use this tool; the support is really good, especially the web support, and the dashboard and everything are good."
"Cohesity DataProtect is a great product and has reduced my backup window and jobs significantly."
 

Cons

"They need to improve their SQL backup services"
"More alignment with Clumio and Commvault branding would have helped us understand the product better during the discovery phase."
"It would be beneficial to show when backups are available and to receive alerts if there are any issues with the backups."
"The credit system can be confusing, but if you talk to your account manager, they can help alleviate those concerns."
"The account onboarding process deploys around 20 IAM roles per account, which is heavy."
"We are still exploring the areas where improvements might be needed."
"I was not a fan of the buy-up-front model due to the scaling of data size."
"One of the worst situations occurred when the sizing team did not get the correct subscription, usage, and capacity from Cohesity."
"Their documentation portal is not up to date for newer releases and I strongly recommend Cohesity to increase their efforts on the documentation portal."
"They still have quite some way to go for improving their agents."
"The pricing of the Cloud is on the higher side, and it should be cost-effective enough to compete with native solutions."
"The primary drawback is the need to transfer large amounts of data to the cloud via an internet connection, requiring significant bandwidth."
"That lack of tier-one capability is the only pain point or area for improvement, but they are working on that."
"It has never been touted as a tier-one storage platform, and that would be a benefit. They are currently working on solving that issue."
"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Competing products sometimes use deceptive marketing to make their products seem a lot cheaper. Comparing apples-to-apples, DataPlatform wins out."
"It's priced properly for the market."
"Regarding pricing, it's very costly and I rate it a four."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Clumio?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was smooth; we received pricing that was cheaper than N2W, and it was a smooth transition from N2W to Clumio.
What needs improvement with Clumio?
I cannot think of any features that could make Clumio better. The only other tweaks I would like to see with Clumio are that it provides more granular reporting and dashboards for showing what is b...
What advice do you have for others considering Clumio?
I rate Clumio a 10 overall. I chose a 10 for Clumio because it is a secure, cloud-based backup solution that we do not have to host; it is hosted externally, and the backups are immutable, in addit...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohesity DataPlatform?
All organizations are very interested in as-a-service model where they do not pay upfront cost, but they only get the services and pay for what they use as they use it. Converting from CapEx to OpE...
What needs improvement with Cohesity Imanis Data?
Cohesity Data Cloud is not unique in this area. There are a couple of other vendors who are playing in the same area. They provide some sort of isolation for the protected data that makes it very d...
What is your primary use case for Cohesity Imanis Data?
I have been in a relationship with Cohesity Data Cloud for more than five years now. I have used Helios in the past.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios
 

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Sample Customers

Cava Restaurants, Pacific Dental Services, Defiance Digital, Frogslayer, Motion Picture Associations, Point Loma, Club Assist, Immigrant Services Calgary (ISC), Lakeside Process Controls, Maple Reindeers
Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto
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