Firefly vs Cohesity: cloud disaster recovery compared
Firefly scores 73.5 and Cohesity scores 59.0 on this site's weights, so Firefly ranks higher overall. Firefly 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 | Firefly | Cohesity | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure coverage beyond data COV 20% | 86 | 55 | Firefly |
| Recovery automation AUTO 16% | 84 | 70 | Firefly |
| Cross-region and cross-account rebuild XREG 14% | 82 | 65 | Firefly |
| Drift and change history DRIFT 12% | 92 | 30 | Firefly |
| Restore as code (IaC generation) IAC 10% | 94 | 55 | Firefly |
| Data protection depth and cloud DR track record DATA 18% | 30 | 92 | Cohesity |
| Pricing transparency PRICE 10% | 55 | 20 | Firefly |
| Weighted total | 73.5 | 59.0 | Firefly |
Firefly wins 6, Cohesity wins 1, ties 0
- DATA
- Not covered or not published Does not document backing up data contents.
- CONFIG
- Restored Resource configuration restored as Terraform.
- NETWORK
- Restored VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, WAF in coverage table.
- IAM
- Restored IAM roles, policies and users in coverage table.
- DNS
- Restored Route 53 and Azure Private DNS zones in coverage table.
What the vendor's public material says it restores. Not a test result. Hatched = partial or not itemized.
- Data
- Not covered or not published Does not document backing up data contents.
- Configuration
- Restored Resource configuration restored as Terraform.
- Network
- Restored VPC, subnets, security groups, NACLs, WAF in coverage table.
- IAM
- Restored IAM roles, policies and users in coverage table.
- DNS
- Restored Route 53 and Azure Private DNS zones in coverage table.
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 Firefly and Cohesity differ in approach?
Firefly is ranked as an infrastructure recovery platform, with the ranking note "Top ranked: rebuilds cloud infrastructure as code". Cohesity is ranked as a data security and backup platform, with the ranking note "Best for data recovery with clean-room investigation".
Firefly
- Backup policies select applications by tag and run On-Demand, Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup & DR · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Firefly captures the dependencies an application needs, such as VPC, subnet and IAM instance profile, and restores by generating Terraform code rather than making direct cloud changes.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup & DR · Reviewed Sep 2026
- Documented limitation: restoration depends on Terraform provider support.
Source: Firefly docs: Applications Backup & DR · 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?
Firefly
- Infrastructure coverage beyond data: 86 vs 55. Docs list backup coverage for 190 AWS resource types across 48 services and 86 Azure resource types across 14 services, including IAM, Route 53, VPC, security groups, EKS and AKS; GCP is not in the coverage table.
- Recovery automation: 84 vs 70. Backup policies run on demand, daily, weekly or monthly and capture dependencies automatically; restore is a guided Terraform flow rather than a single failover button.
- Cross-region and cross-account rebuild: 82 vs 65. Firefly documents cross-region and cross-account rebuild, including into a clean, isolated region or account after ransomware.
- Drift and change history: 92 vs 30. Drift detection, mutation logs and a configuration history are core product features, not add-ons.
- Restore as code (IaC generation): 94 vs 55. Restores are generated as Terraform code, and codification covers Terraform, Pulumi and CloudFormation, so the recovered state is code the team keeps.
- Pricing transparency: 55 vs 20. Essential is published at $2,499 a month billed annually, but Backup and DR sits in the Enterprise tier, which is custom priced.
Cohesity
- Data protection depth and cloud DR track record: 92 vs 30. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Firefly | 14-day free trial with all capabilities, no credit card. Essential: $2,499 per month billed annually, up to 20,000 assets. Enterprise (includes Infrastructure Backup and DR): custom pricing. Essential is published at $2,499 a month billed annually, but Backup and DR sits in the Enterprise tier, which is custom priced. | Source: Firefly 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 Firefly if you want recovery to produce infrastructure as code your team can review and keep, or you need a continuous record of what changed and drift detection against a known-good state. Firefly scores 94 on restore as code and 92 on drift and change history.
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 30 for Firefly.
Frequently asked questions
Is Firefly or Cohesity better for cloud disaster recovery?
On this site's weights Firefly scores higher (73.5 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 Firefly and Cohesity publish their prices?
Firefly: 14-day free trial with all capabilities, no credit card. Essential: $2,499 per month billed annually, up to 20,000 assets. Enterprise (includes Infrastructure Backup and DR): custom pricing. Cohesity: Contact sales.
Do Firefly and Cohesity back up data?
Firefly: Not covered or not published, does not document backing up data contents. Cohesity: Restored, EC2, RDS, S3 backup and recovery. Most teams pair an infrastructure recovery tool with a data backup product.