Comparison

Cohesity vs Velero

No leader: the top candidate Velero has only 0.16 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
Velero54
Score
Vioscale score
Cohesity29 / 100low · 42%
Velero54 / 100low · 16%
Pricing
Free tier
Cohesity
Velero
Model
Cohesitycommercial
Price level
Cohesityunknown
Velerofree
Transparent
Cohesity
Velero
Integrations
Count
Cohesity4
Velero
Security
Fedramp
Cohesity
Velero
Gdpr
Cohesity
Velero
Iso27001
Cohesity
Velero
Adoption
Dependent repos
Cohesity
Velero0
Github stars
Cohesity
Velero10,254
Activity
Commits last 30d
Cohesity
Velero100
Release
Cadence days
Cohesity
Velero15
History
Cohesity
Velero20 items
License
Spdx
Cohesity
Language
Primary
Cohesity
VeleroGo
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

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

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

Velero

A community-driven platform that provides backup, disaster recovery, and cluster migration capabilities for Kubernetes resources and persistent volumes, deployable on cloud infrastructure or on-premises.

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 ↗

Velero

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Cohesity
Velero
CLI
Cohesity
Velero
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cohesity
Velero
Self-hosted
Cohesity
Velero
On-premise
Cohesity
Velero
Hybrid
Cohesity
Velero

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

Velero

Not documented yet.

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