Comparison

BorgBackup vs Cohesity

No leader: the top candidate BorgBackup has only 0.12 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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BorgBackup76
Cohesity29
Score
Vioscale score
BorgBackup76 / 100low · 12%updating
Cohesity29 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tier
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Model
BorgBackupcommercial
Cohesitycommercial
Price level
BorgBackupfree
Cohesityunknown
Transparent
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Integrations
Count
BorgBackup
Cohesity4
Security
Fedramp
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Gdpr
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Iso27001
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Scorecard
BorgBackup6
Cohesity
Adoption
Github stars
BorgBackup13,653
Cohesity
Activity
Commits last 30d
BorgBackup100
Cohesity
Release
Cadence days
BorgBackup21
Cohesity
History
BorgBackup20 items
Cohesity
Language
Primary
BorgBackupPython
Cohesity
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for backup recovery. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Backup method
BorgBackup-
CohesitySnapshot
Immutable storage
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-
Air gapped copy
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-
Dr orchestration failover
BorgBackup-
Cohesity
Instant recovery
BorgBackup-
Cohesity
Ransomware anomaly detection
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-
Granular item recovery
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-
Kubernetes backup
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-
Multi cloud support
BorgBackup-
Cohesity
Deployment model
BorgBackup-
CohesityHybrid
Multi tenant msp
BorgBackup-
Cohesity
Deduplication compression
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-
Licensing model
BorgBackup-
Cohesity-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

BorgBackup

BorgBackup is an open-source backup program that eliminates duplicate data to reduce storage requirements and encrypts everything client-side with authenticated encryption, making it suitable for backing up to untrusted storage destinations.

Independently observed

Cohesity

A centralized data management platform that combines backup, recovery, and security analytics to safeguard diverse workloads—including 1,000+ types spanning cloud, on-premises, and SaaS applications—while providing operational visibility and threat detection.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

BorgBackup

Open source

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Cohesity

Subscription

Pay-per-use consumption model; no fixed commitment required

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
BorgBackup
Cohesity
macOS
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Windows
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Linux
BorgBackup
Cohesity
CLI
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Self-hosted
BorgBackup
Cohesity
On-premise
BorgBackup
Cohesity
Hybrid
BorgBackup
Cohesity

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

BorgBackup

Not documented yet.

Cohesity

5 total
  • Pure Storage FlashArray
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Pure Storage FlashArray//M
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.