Commvault Cloud Rewind vs Cohesity: cloud disaster recovery compared
Commvault Cloud Rewind scores 70.7 and Cohesity scores 59.0 on this site's weights, so Cloud Rewind ranks higher overall. Cloud Rewind wins on infrastructure coverage, recovery automation, cross-region and cross-account rebuild, drift and change history, restore as code and pricing transparency; Cohesity wins on data protection.
Ranking current as of September 2026 · By the Cloud Resilience Vendors research desk
Verdict by criterion
| Criterion | Cloud Rewind | Cohesity | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 84 | 55 | Cloud Rewind |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 88 | 70 | Cloud Rewind |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 78 | 65 | Cloud Rewind |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 50 | 30 | Cloud Rewind |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 60 | 55 | Cloud Rewind |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 80 | 92 | Cohesity |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 25 | 20 | Cloud Rewind |
| Weighted total | 70.7 | 59.0 | Cloud Rewind |
Cloud Rewind wins 6, Cohesity wins 1, ties 0
- DATA
- Restored Point-in-time, in-sync copies of workloads.
- CONFIG
- Restored Protects configurations across compute, storage and databases.
- NETWORK
- Restored Networking named; security groups and load balancers per G2 description.
- IAM
- Partial or not itemized Security resources named; IAM not itemized.
- 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 Point-in-time, in-sync copies of workloads.
- Configuration
- Restored Protects configurations across compute, storage and databases.
- Network
- Restored Networking named; security groups and load balancers per G2 description.
- IAM
- Partial or not itemized Security resources named; IAM not itemized.
- 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 Cloud Rewind and Cohesity differ in approach?
Cloud Rewind is ranked in the cloud application recovery category, with the ranking note "Best for application rebuild inside a Commvault estate". Cohesity is ranked as a data security and backup platform, with the ranking note "Best for data recovery with clean-room investigation".
Cloud Rewind
- Positions Cloud Rewind for complete application recovery across compute, storage, networking, databases and security.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Captures point-in-time, in-sync copies of AWS and Google Cloud workloads and discovers Azure resources to protect configurations.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Markets the product as a way to skip complex infrastructure as code.
Source: Commvault: Cloud Rewind · 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?
Cloud Rewind
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 84 vs 55. Covers compute, storage, networking, databases and security on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud; the G2 description adds containers, Kubernetes clusters, security groups and load balancers.
- Recovery automation: 88 vs 70. Automated point-in-time capture and one-step recovery of multi-layer application stacks are the core of the product.
- Cross-region and cross-account rebuild: 78 vs 65. Restores to the production VPC or to isolated recovery environments; cross-account steps are not detailed on the product page.
- Drift and change history: 50 vs 30. Point-in-time copies give a history, but drift detection against a known-good state is not published.
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 60 vs 55. Commvault says recovery environments are programmed with IaC, while marketing the product as a way to skip IaC; a Terraform export is not published.
- Pricing transparency: 25 vs 20. No public price; available through the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces, otherwise Contact sales.
Cohesity
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 92 vs 80. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Rewind | Contact sales. Listed on the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces. No public price; available through the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces, otherwise Contact sales. | Source: Cloud Rewind 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 Cloud Rewind if you want the rebuild to run with as little manual work as possible during an incident, or you need the widest capture of cloud infrastructure beyond data: networking, identity, DNS and SaaS configuration. Cloud Rewind scores 88 on recovery automation and 84 on infrastructure coverage.
Choose Cohesity if protecting the data inside the environment, such as volumes, databases and object storage, is your main gap. Cohesity scores 92 on data protection against 80 for Cloud Rewind.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cloud Rewind or Cohesity better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Cloud Rewind scores higher (70.7 vs 59.0). Cohesity is ahead on 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 Cloud Rewind and Cohesity publish their prices?
Cloud Rewind: Contact sales. Listed on the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces. Cohesity: Contact sales.
Do Cloud Rewind and Cohesity back up data?
Cloud Rewind: Restored, point-in-time, in-sync copies of workloads. Cohesity: Restored, EC2, RDS, S3 backup and recovery. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.