Arpio vs Cohesity: cloud disaster recovery compared
Arpio scores 71.1 and Cohesity scores 59.0 on this site's weights, so Arpio ranks higher overall. Arpio wins on infrastructure coverage, recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, drift and change history and pricing transparency; Cohesity wins on restore as code and data protection.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Verdict by criterion
| Criterion | Arpio | Cohesity | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 72 | 55 | Arpio |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 90 | 70 | Arpio |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 90 | 65 | Arpio |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 35 | 30 | Arpio |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 25 | 55 | Cohesity |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 78 | 92 | Cohesity |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 90 | 20 | Arpio |
| Weighted total | 71.1 | 59.0 | Arpio |
Arpio wins 5, Cohesity wins 2, ties 0
- DATA
- Restored Continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min.
- CONFIG
- Restored Replicates infrastructure with dependency mapping.
- NETWORK
- Partial or not itemized Complex networking support listed in Enterprise.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Restored Continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min.
- Configuration
- Restored Replicates infrastructure with dependency mapping.
- Network
- Partial or not itemized Complex networking support listed in Enterprise.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- DATA
- Restored EC2, RDS, S3 backup and recovery.
- CONFIG
- Partial or not itemized Cloud Rebuild for select AWS workloads with existing IaC.
- NETWORK
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Restored EC2, RDS, S3 backup and recovery.
- Configuration
- Partial or not itemized Cloud Rebuild for select AWS workloads with existing IaC.
- Network
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not itemized on pages reviewed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
How do Arpio and Cohesity differ in approach?
Arpio is ranked in the cloud DR orchestration category, with the ranking note "Best for orchestrated failover with published pricing". Cohesity is ranked as a data security and backup platform, with the ranking note "Best for data recovery with clean-room investigation".
Arpio
- Automated cloud disaster recovery orchestration for AWS and Azure, covering outages and ransomware.
Source: Arpio home page · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Cross-account and cross-region failover on AWS; cross-subscription orchestration on Azure.
Source: Arpio home page · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Dependency mapping across services and resources, and failover testing without disrupting production.
Source: Arpio home page · Reviewed Sep 2026
Cohesity
- Cloud Rebuild restores infrastructure, configurations and data so applications run correctly after outages or cyberattacks.
Source: Cohesity: Cloud Rebuild · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Cloud Rebuild uses validated IaC definitions to discover dependencies and restore, and is stated for select AWS workloads in Terraform-provisioned environments.
Source: Cohesity: Cloud Rebuild · Reviewed Sep 2026
- AWS protection covers EC2, RDS and S3, self-managed or as a managed service, with cross-region recovery and an isolated recovery environment in AWS.
Source: Cohesity: AWS · Reviewed Sep 2026
Where does each one score higher?
Arpio
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 72 vs 55. Replicates infrastructure and data with dependency mapping on AWS and Azure; a full list of covered resource types is not published on the pages we reviewed.
- Recovery automation: 90 vs 70. One-click testing and failover in every tier, automated failback in Premium, and orchestrated ransomware recovery in Enterprise.
- Cross-region and cross-account rebuild: 90 vs 65. Cross-account and cross-region failover on AWS and cross-subscription orchestration on Azure are stated on the home page.
- Drift and change history: 35 vs 30. Drift detection and a configuration change history are not published.
- Pricing transparency: 90 vs 20. All three tiers are on the pricing page, with Standard at $12k single-cloud and Premium at $36k single-cloud per year.
Cohesity
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 55 vs 25. Uses your validated IaC definitions as the source of truth rather than generating new code.
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 92 vs 78. Broad data protection for EC2, RDS and S3 in self-managed or managed form, a clean room for investigation, and the combined Cohesity and Veritas business since December 2024.
What does each one cost?
| Vendor | Published pricing | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Arpio | Billed annually. Standard: $12k single-cloud or $18k multi-cloud, 25 core resources. Premium: $36k single-cloud or $54k multi-cloud, 50 core resources. Enterprise: custom, 100+ core resources. No storage charges from Arpio; cloud provider costs apply. All three tiers are on the pricing page, with Standard at $12k single-cloud and Premium at $36k single-cloud per year. | Source: Arpio pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
| Cohesity | Contact sales. No public price; Contact sales. | Source: Cohesity pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
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Which should you choose?
Choose Arpio if you want the rebuild to run with as little manual work as possible during an incident, or you must be able to rebuild into another region or a clean account after ransomware. Arpio scores 90 on recovery automation and 90 on cross-region and cross-account rebuild.
Choose Cohesity if protecting the data inside the environment, such as volumes, databases and object storage, is your main gap, or you want recovery to produce infrastructure as code your team can review and keep. Cohesity scores 92 on data protection and 55 on restore as code.
Frequently asked questions
Is Arpio or Cohesity better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Arpio scores higher (71.1 vs 59.0). Cohesity is ahead on restore as code and data protection. Which fits better depends on how much those criteria matter to you; the calculator lets you re-weight them. Open the calculator.
Do Arpio and Cohesity publish their prices?
Arpio: Billed annually. Standard: $12k single-cloud or $18k multi-cloud, 25 core resources. Premium: $36k single-cloud or $54k multi-cloud, 50 core resources. Enterprise: custom, 100+ core resources. No storage charges from Arpio; cloud provider costs apply. Cohesity: Contact sales.
Do Arpio and Cohesity back up data?
Arpio: Restored, continuous replication; RPO as low as 15 min. Cohesity: Restored, EC2, RDS, S3 backup and recovery. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.