Cohesity vs Veeam: cloud disaster recovery compared
Cohesity scores 59.0 and Veeam scores 52.0 on this site's weights, so Cohesity ranks higher overall. Cohesity wins on infrastructure coverage, recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, drift and change history and restore as code; Veeam wins on data protection and pricing transparency.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Verdict by criterion
| Criterion | Cohesity | Veeam | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 55 | 35 | Cohesity |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 70 | 62 | Cohesity |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 65 | 60 | Cohesity |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 30 | 15 | Cohesity |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 55 | 10 | Cohesity |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 92 | 94 | Veeam |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 20 | 70 | Veeam |
| Weighted total | 59.0 | 52.0 | Cohesity |
Cohesity wins 5, Veeam wins 2, ties 0
- 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.
- DATA
- Restored Widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking.
- CONFIG
- Partial or not itemized Amazon VPC and Azure Virtual Networks listed; detail not published.
- NETWORK
- Partial or not itemized Listed as services; configuration detail not published.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Restored Widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking.
- Configuration
- Partial or not itemized Amazon VPC and Azure Virtual Networks listed; detail not published.
- Network
- Partial or not itemized Listed as services; configuration detail not published.
- IAM
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
- DNS
- Not covered or not published Not listed.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
How do Cohesity and Veeam differ in approach?
Cohesity is ranked as a data security and backup platform, with the ranking note "Best for data recovery with clean-room investigation". Veeam is ranked in the cloud data backup category, with the ranking note "Best data backup depth across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud".
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
Veeam
- Veeam Backup for AWS lists Amazon EC2, EBS, RDS, VPC, S3, S3 Glacier, AWS Outposts, DynamoDB, Redshift, EFS, Aurora and FSx.
Source: Veeam: Backup for AWS · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Always-immutable, encrypted, air-gapped backups are standard.
Source: Veeam: Backup for AWS · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Veeam Backup for Azure supports Azure VMs and managed disks, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL and Azure Files, and lists Azure Virtual Networks.
Source: Veeam: Backup for Azure · Reviewed Sep 2026
Where does each one score higher?
Cohesity
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 55 vs 35. Cloud Rebuild restores infrastructure, configurations and data, but only for select AWS workloads in Terraform-provisioned environments.
- Recovery automation: 70 vs 62. Recovery orchestration (RecoveryAgent) and an isolated recovery environment in AWS; infrastructure rebuild depends on existing IaC definitions.
- Cross-region and cross-account rebuild: 65 vs 60. Cross-region recovery and an isolated recovery environment in AWS are stated; cross-account detail is not published.
- Drift and change history: 30 vs 15. Drift detection and a configuration change history are not published.
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 55 vs 10. Uses your validated IaC definitions as the source of truth rather than generating new code.
Veeam
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 94 vs 92. The widest listed data coverage in this ranking (EC2, EBS, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, EFS, FSx, S3, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Cloud SQL, Spanner) with always-immutable backups.
- Pricing transparency: 70 vs 20. The SaaS offering is published at $42 per TB per month; software pricing varies.
What does each one cost?
| Vendor | Published pricing | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cohesity | Contact sales. No public price; Contact sales. | Source: Cohesity pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
| Veeam | SaaS: $42 per TB per month. Software: price varies. The SaaS offering is published at $42 per TB per month; software pricing varies. | Source: Veeam pricing · Reviewed Sep 2026 |
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Which should you choose?
Choose Cohesity 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. Cohesity scores 70 on recovery automation and 65 on cross-region and cross-account rebuild.
Choose Veeam if protecting the data inside the environment, such as volumes, databases and object storage, is your main gap, or you need to model the cost from public pricing before a sales call. Veeam scores 94 on data protection and 70 on pricing transparency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cohesity or Veeam better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Cohesity scores higher (59.0 vs 52.0). Veeam is ahead on data protection and pricing transparency. Which fits better depends on how much those criteria matter to you; the calculator lets you re-weight them. Open the calculator.
Do Cohesity and Veeam publish their prices?
Cohesity: Contact sales. Veeam: SaaS: $42 per TB per month. Software: price varies.
Do Cohesity and Veeam back up data?
Cohesity: Restored, EC2, RDS, S3 backup and recovery. Veeam: Restored, widest listed workload data coverage in this ranking. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.