# Cohesity vs restic

| Attribute | Cohesity | restic |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 29.4 (42% (low)) | 40 (28% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 20 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 35,740 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Free and open source backup program supporting Linux, macOS, Windows and other systems, with ability to store backups to multiple backends including self-hosted and cloud services. |
| features.capabilities | `{"backup_method":"snapshot","pricing_model":"usage/per-source-server-hour","rpo_granularity":"minutes","deployment_model":"hybrid","instant_recovery":true,"multi_tenant_msp":true,"multi_cloud_target":true,"replication_method":"snapshot","multi_cloud_support":true,"non_disruptive_testing":true,"dr_orchestration_failover":true,"isolated_recovery_environment":true}` | - |
| integrations.count | 4 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Pure Storage FlashArray"},{"name":"Amazon Web Services"},{"name":"Google Cloud"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Pure Storage FlashArray//M"}]` | `[{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure Blob Storage"},{"name":"SFTP"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | BSD-2-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","summary":"Pay-per-use consumption model; no fixed commitment required","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cohesity.com/newsroom/press/cohesity-launches-consumption-based-subscription-pricing-for-its-rapidly-expanding-global-network-of-managed-service-provider-partners/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T21:47:21.549Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://restic.net","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:34:25.252Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 77 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.19.1","date":"2026-07-05T08:13:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2026-06-09T17:06:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.18.1","date":"2025-09-21T18:24:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2025-03-27T19:34:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.3","date":"2024-11-08T19:52:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.2","date":"2024-10-27T15:55:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.1","date":"2024-09-05T19:41:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2024-07-26T09:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.5","date":"2024-07-01T19:42:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.4","date":"2024-02-04T19:18:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.3","date":"2024-01-14T19:36:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.2","date":"2023-10-29T19:05:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.1","date":"2023-10-24T18:20:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2023-07-31T18:39:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.15.2","date":"2023-04-24T18:40:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.15.1","date":"2023-01-30T20:10:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.15.0","date":"2023-01-12T20:08:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.14.0","date":"2022-08-25T18:14:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.13.1","date":"2022-04-10T09:34:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.13.0","date":"2022-03-26T19:37:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.13.0"}]` |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.3 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frestic%2Frestic&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Backup Recovery)

| Capability | Cohesity | restic |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Backup method | Snapshot | - |
| Immutable storage | - | - |
| Air gapped copy | - | - |
| Dr orchestration failover | ✓ | - |
| Instant recovery | ✓ | - |
| Ransomware anomaly detection | - | - |
| Granular item recovery | - | - |
| Kubernetes backup | - | - |
| Multi cloud support | ✓ | - |
| Deployment model | Hybrid | - |
| Multi tenant msp | ✓ | - |
| Deduplication compression | - | - |
| Licensing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:27:46.047Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*