Why Commvault Cloud Outperforms Cohesity in Multi-Cloud Environments: Complete Workload Coverage vs. Limited Protection

In hybrid enterprises, comprehensive multi-cloud protection has become essential for cyber resilience. As organizations distribute workloads across on-premises data centers, multiple public clouds, and SaaS applications, maintaining consistent protection across these environments is critical. Commvault Cloud offers significant advantages over Cohesity in workload coverage across multi-cloud environments.

The Multi-Cloud Reality

Modern enterprises operate in complex IT environments that span multiple platforms. According to the Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report, 70% of respondents embrace hybrid cloud strategies, using at least one public and one private cloud. This fragmentation creates potential protection gaps, particularly in multi-cloud deployments where native tools may create inconsistent protection and security postures.

Commvault vs. Cohesity: Workload Coverage Comparison

When evaluating multi-cloud protection platforms, workload coverage is a key differentiator. Commvault offers broader workload support than Cohesity in several areas:

Critical Cloud Workloads Coverage

Commvault provides protection for several critical workloads:

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Commvault provides integration with OCI for protection of applications and databases in Oracle’s cloud environment.
• Cloud-native databases: Commvault supports a wide range of cloud database services across major cloud providers, including Amazon RDS, Azure SQL, and Google Cloud SQL.
• S3 object storage: Commvault’s platform includes enterprise-grade protection for large-scale object storage deployments across cloud providers, supporting petabyte-scale environments.

Commvault’s platform provides comprehensive protection across these environments, while Cohesity’s public documentation shows more limited coverage in these specific areas.

Analyst Recognition

Industry analysts have recognized Commvault’s comprehensive workload coverage. Commvault received recognition in the Forrester Wave™ for Data Resilience Solutions (Q4 2024), with high scores in several criteria, including SaaS platform support and cloud infrastructure protection.

Cloud Integration Capabilities

Beyond basic backup, Commvault offers integration with various cloud-native services:

• Storage tier integration: Support for various cloud storage tiers like Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, Azure Archive Storage, and Google Cloud Storage Archive.
• Database service integration: Direct integration with managed database services for application-consistent protection with minimal performance impact.
• Security framework integration: Connections with cloud security services to enable coordinated security responses and improved cyber resilience.

Unified Management Experience

Commvault’s Cloud Command provides a single interface for managing protection across all environments, eliminating the need for multiple management consoles when protecting diverse cloud resources. This unified approach reduces management complexity and improves operational efficiency.

Data Mobility Capabilities

Commvault facilitates data movement between cloud environments for:

• Disaster recovery across cloud platforms.
• Workload migration between clouds.
• Optimization of storage costs through intelligent tiering.
• Meeting data sovereignty requirements in global deployments.

Cost Advantage

Warm site recovery:

• Commvault’s intelligent disaster recovery approach eliminates the financial burden of maintaining duplicate cloud infrastructure for non-critical workloads. Unlike traditional methods that pre-provision expensive “always-on” failover environments, Commvault delays full VM creation until actual disaster scenarios through its meta-data driven replication.
• For enterprises managing multi-cloud environments, this translates to millions of dollars in annual savings through optimized cloud consumption and eliminated idle capacity costs.
• The solution also enables flexible cross-cloud failover strategies without vendor lock-in – a critical advantage in a hybrid cloud landscape.¹

On-demand cloud-native cleanroom recovery:

• Zero infrastructure tax: Unlike legacy solutions requiring dedicated on-premises environments, Commvault provisions isolated recovery spaces in Azure on demand – eliminating 100% of idle infrastructure costs. Organizations pay only for active recovery/testing cycles, converting fixed CapEx into variable OpEx.
• Continuous resilience validation: Automated weekly recovery testing (vs. costly quarterly manual drills) reduces breach-related downtime costs. Integrated AI identifies “known good” recovery points, accelerating response while minimizing forensic labor expenses.
• Multi-cloud financial agility: Commvault’s any-to-any recovery architecture prevents vendor lock-in penalties, enabling cost-optimized failovers across AWS/Azure/GCP. Contrast this with rigid single-cloud solutions that incur premium pricing during surge events.²

The Cohesity-Veritas Integration

The merger between Cohesity and Veritas presents potential integration challenges for customers. Industry publications have discussed the time required to integrate these different platforms, with full integration expected to take 18 to 24 months. In contrast, Commvault offers an already-integrated platform designed for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Complete Multi-Cloud Protection

For organizations requiring comprehensive protection across diverse cloud environments, Commvault Cloud offers significant advantages in workload coverage breadth. With support for critical cloud services, deep native integration, and unified management, Commvault provides the complete protection that modern multi-cloud enterprises require.

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¹ https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/essential/warm_site_recovery_for_replication_groups.html

² https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/essential/cleanroom_recovery.html