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Comparison

Cohesity vs DRBD

No leader: the top candidate DRBD has only 0.26 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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Cohesity29
DRBD36
Score
Vioscale score
Cohesity29 / 100low · 42%
DRBD36 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Cohesity✗
DRBD✓
Model
Cohesitycommercial
DRBDfreemium
Price level
Cohesityunknown
DRBDhigh
Starting price
Cohesity–
DRBD$500
Transparent
Cohesity✗
DRBD✗
Integrations
Count
Cohesity4
DRBD13
Security
Fedramp
Cohesity✓
DRBD–
Gdpr
Cohesity✓
DRBD–
Iso27001
Cohesity✓
DRBD–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Replication method
CohesitySnapshot
DRBD-
Rpo granularity
CohesityMinutes
DRBD-
Orchestrated failover
Cohesity-
DRBD-
Non disruptive testing
Cohesity✓
DRBD-
Immutable storage
Cohesity-
DRBD-
Isolated recovery environment
Cohesity✓
DRBD-
Multi cloud target
Cohesity✓
DRBD-
Kubernetes native
Cohesity-
DRBD-
SLA guaranteed rto rpo
Cohesity-
DRBD-
Deployment
Cohesity-
DRBD-
SOC2
Cohesity-
DRBD-
Iso22301
Cohesity-
DRBD-
Pricing model
CohesityUsage/per source server hour
DRBD-

What each one is

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

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

DRBD

An open-source kernel-based storage driver that continuously replicates data volumes across multiple systems to ensure redundancy and uninterrupted service availability.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Cohesity

Subscription

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

as of verify ↗

DRBD

from $500/node/yrHybridFree tier

From $1,000/2 nodes/year for Starter tier. Plus and Enterprise tiers available with quote.

  • LINBIT Starter$1,000/2 nodes/year
    • Official repository access
    • Community/self-service support
    • Latest software updates
    • GUI support
    • Kubernetes integration
  • PlusContact sales
    • All Starter features
    • Feature updates
    • Next business day package requests
    • Annual health checks
    • Email/phone support (business hours)
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • All Plus features
    • 24-hour new package requests
    • RDMA license for Infiniband replication
    • Performance tuning
    • Dedicated support engineer
    • +5 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cohesity✓
DRBD✗
Windows
Cohesity✗
DRBD✓
Linux
Cohesity✗
DRBD✓
CLI
Cohesity✗
DRBD✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cohesity✓
DRBD✓
Self-hosted
Cohesity✓
DRBD✓
On-premise
Cohesity✓
DRBD✓
Hybrid
Cohesity✓
DRBD✓

Integrations

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

Cohesity

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

DRBD

13 total
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • OpenStack
  • Proxmox
  • OpenNebula
  • CloudStack
  • Pacemaker
  • KVM
  • RHEL
  • Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
  • DRBD Reactor
  • NFS
  • Linux Cluster Suite
Independently observed

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