Comparison

BorgBackup vs Cohesity

On the evidence we track, BorgBackup leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★BorgBackup58
Cohesity32
Score
vioscaleAI score
BorgBackup58 / 100medium · 60%
Cohesity32 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
BorgBackup✓
Cohesity✗
Model
BorgBackupopen_source
Cohesitycommercial
Price level
BorgBackupfree
Cohesityunknown
Transparent
BorgBackup–
Cohesity✗
Integrations
Count
BorgBackup–
Cohesity5
Security
Fedramp
BorgBackup–
Cohesity✓
Gdpr
BorgBackup–
Cohesity✓
Iso27001
BorgBackup–
Cohesity✓
Scorecard
BorgBackup6.6
Cohesity–
Adoption
Dependent repos
BorgBackup83
Cohesity–
Github stars
BorgBackup13,837
Cohesity–
Activity
Commits last 30d
BorgBackup100
Cohesity–
Release
Cadence days
BorgBackup25
Cohesity–
History
BorgBackup20 items
Cohesity–
Language
Primary
BorgBackupPython
Cohesity–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
BorgBackup4 items
Cohesity6 items

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Backup method
BorgBackupAgent
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
BorgBackupOn prem
CohesityHybrid
Multi tenant msp
BorgBackup-
Cohesity✓
Deduplication compression
BorgBackup✓
Cohesity-
Licensing model
BorgBackupOpen source
Cohesity-

What each one is

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

BorgBackup

Leader

An open-source backup utility that reduces storage through content-based deduplication while providing strong encryption and compression for secure, efficient data protection.

Independently observed

Cohesity

A data protection and management platform that consolidates fragmented backup, archive, file, and analytics infrastructure into a unified, cloud-scale system. Provides disaster recovery, snapshot-based protection, and multi-cloud data tiering for enterprises and managed service providers.

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

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Cohesity

Usage-based

Consumption-based pay-per-use subscription model; customers pay monthly for services used

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✓
On-premise
BorgBackup✓
Cohesity✗

Integrations

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

BorgBackup

Leader

Not documented yet.

Cohesity

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