Cohesity Data Cloud vs Datto Cloud Continuity comparison

Cohesity and datto are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Cohesity is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.5, while datto is ranked #21 with an average rating of 9.0. Cohesity holds a 0.7% mindshare in CB, compared to datto’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cohesity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of datto users who would recommend it.

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Datto Cloud Continuity

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Datto Cloud Continuity and Cohesity Data Cloud compete in the data protection and management space. Datto may have the upper hand with its competitive pricing and straightforward deployment, making it a stronger choice for budget-sensitive businesses, while Cohesity's advanced features justify its higher cost for comprehensive solutions.

Features: Datto Cloud Continuity includes easy data recovery, automatic backups, and disaster recovery solutions to minimize downtime. Cohesity Data Cloud provides scalable data management, analytics, and ransomware protection along with cloud archiving. Datto focuses on straightforward recovery, whereas Cohesity offers extensive management and protection options.

Room for Improvement: Datto Cloud Continuity could improve in handling complex recovery scenarios, offering broader integration options, and enhancing advanced data analytics. Cohesity Data Cloud might improve by streamlining its deployment process, offering more competitive pricing, and reducing the complexity of its advanced features for quicker adoption.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Datto Cloud Continuity offers a fast, user-friendly deployment model with reliable customer service, appealing to businesses that prioritize quick setup and support. Cohesity Data Cloud, while offering substantial support resources, involves a more complex deployment due to its comprehensive features, which can be challenging.

Pricing and ROI: Datto Cloud Continuity is known for its cost-effective setup options leading to quick positive ROI, suitable for budget-conscious businesses. Cohesity Data Cloud involves a higher initial investment but offers a robust ROI through comprehensive capabilities, ideal for larger enterprises needing detailed data management.

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Cloud Backup

15th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (17th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (3rd)

Datto Cloud Continuity

Ranking in Cloud Backup

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (17th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Datto Cloud Continuity is 1.0%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cohesity Data Cloud	0.7%
Datto Cloud Continuity	1.0%
Other	98.3%

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Shiva Kinnera

Technical Lead at Cognizant

Support and connection issues affect user experience

I currently work at TCS in a different domain using AWS and Azure cloud backup. I switched from Cognizant to TCS four months ago, where I previously used Cohesity Data Cloud and Cohesity tools. I prefer Cohesity Data Cloud over AWS. While cloud functionality is similar across platforms, Cohesity Data Cloud's console, options, and web console are superior to AWS. The pricing of Cohesity Data Cloud depends on the data volume and retention period. Compared to alternatives, Cohesity Data Cloud is somewhat expensive. Regarding technical aspects, connection issues need to be addressed promptly. I would rate it eight out of ten, as these issues require immediate resolution to meet client requirements. Overall review rating: 9/10.

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JasonGrant

Founder at The Automated Method

The vendor offers a complete turnkey solution for managed service providers

Datto's only shortcoming is RMM. They have a portal-based connection service like ConnectWise, but it does backups and keeps things running. Datto purchased Backupify and Kaseya bought Datto. If they upped the ante in their RMM, I could see them dominating the MSP space. At the end of the day, MSPs are responsible for networks, software, devices, and backup. Datto covers all these functions so they could offer a turnkey MSP solution. There are so many IT companies out there because there are so many ways to become a managed service provider. Datto does it all—RMM, security, network hardware, backup—so you could white-label it, come up with some weird logo on Canva, and open a LinkedIn account, then you're a managed service provider overnight.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cohesity Data Cloud is user-friendly, and anyone can use this tool; the support is really good, especially the web support, and the dashboard and everything are good."

"One of the most outstanding features is forever incremental, which provides immutable backups."

"The hyper-converged architecture and scalability are hugely important for growing service companies."

"Cohesity Data Cloud comes with a different flavor where they provide global deduplication across multiple platforms, which provides a tremendous return on investment from a storage perspective because if you have a segment that can be deduplicated in one box and you have multiple boxes, you cannot repeat the deduplication function across different hardware."

"I rate the Cohesity Data Cloud solution a ten out of ten. It's an easy-to-use product that provides substantial value and security."

"It's very regimented and fast. It does local backup, cloud backup, long-term coverage, and disaster recovery."

"I definitely recommend this tool to others due to its simplicity, security, features, and flexibility."

"It is easy to install and use."

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"The product's initial setup phase is easy."

"Datto has strong competition, but they succeeded in linking their service to the device. It's easy for managed service providers to sell and upsell products using their portal and the remote monitoring and maintenance."

"The solution's reliability is one of its most valuable features...It is a very stable solution."

"The platform provides a faster backup process."

"The solution has the capability to scale well."

"The recovery time objective and recovery point objective were most valuable. It was easy to use, and it was easy to recover a file. I was the head of sales and a product evaluator for an MSSP, so I never had to deal with recovery from ransomware. However, I was confident that if ransomware had occurred, I would only lose a maximum of 59 minutes of data. The files were encrypted."

Cons

"It has never been touted as a tier-one storage platform, and that would be a benefit. They are currently working on solving that issue."

"The pricing of the Cloud is on the higher side, and it should be cost-effective enough to compete with native solutions."

"One of the worst situations occurred when the sizing team did not get the correct subscription, usage, and capacity from Cohesity."

"The limitation that I see in Cohesity is that the minimum sized node is 36 terabytes, which is more than a small customer needs."

"The primary drawback is the need to transfer large amounts of data to the cloud via an internet connection, requiring significant bandwidth."

"Their documentation portal is not up to date for newer releases and I strongly recommend Cohesity to increase their efforts on the documentation portal."

"In terms of functionality, Helios has been effective, but sometimes it doesn't show the exact cluster name for backups."

"There is limited support for legacy systems, which is something that could be improved."

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"The product's scalability features could be even better."

"The fact that Datto Cloud Continuity is not cheap is one of the aspects that I don't like about the product, making it an area where improvements are required."

"At the time I was using it, I would've focused more on signatures of malicious software in the cloud. I love Datto, and I know they're on the right path, but I probably would've focused more on the operating system update management. When you go from the desk to the cloud or from the server room to the cloud, everything changes. Everything is different. You're not in control of your servers anymore. It is from the Active Directory management perspective and not from the perspective of zero-day attacks or other similar things. At the time, more focus on zero-day attacks and business email compromise (BEC) would've been a better protection factor than just educating about how many of these attacks have occurred."

"I don't have any feedback to provide in terms of features that may be lacking."

"Datto's only shortcoming is RMM. They have a portal-based connection service like ConnectWise, but it does backups and keeps things running. Datto purchased Backupify and Kaseya bought Datto. If they upped the ante in their RMM, I could see them dominating the MSP space. At the end of the day, MSPs are responsible for networks, software, devices, and backup. Datto covers all these functions so they could offer a turnkey MSP solution."

"They are now providing the device instead of selling it, while wanting their users to sign a three-year contract, and this is something which my clients don't like...I dislike the fact that signing a three-year contract is required."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Competing products sometimes use deceptive marketing to make their products seem a lot cheaper. Comparing apples-to-apples, DataPlatform wins out."

"It's priced properly for the market."

"Regarding pricing, it's very costly and I rate it a four."

"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"As the company grew from business continuity—or what used to be called business BCDR—they brought on services. Certain services, such as SaaS protection, were a value-add, but you would expect to pay for them. They are not going to be free. It is just the life that you live when you're evaluating software vendors, partners, etc. There is going to be some form of a base offering, and then there are going to be different tiers that you need to get up to a better level."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

Government

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cohesity DataPlatform?

The pricing of Cohesity Data Cloud is good. Comparatively, compared to IBM and Commvault, Cohesity Data Cloud offers the best deal for my environment.

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What needs improvement with Cohesity Imanis Data?

They still have quite some way to go for improving their agents. As we have many snapshots which are agentless, we know that for recovery, for instance, if you want to do file recovery, an agent is...

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What is your primary use case for Cohesity Imanis Data?

The usual use cases are mainly for VMware-related backups and Nutanix backups. We have some physical servers where we perform backups and restores. It's physical as well as virtual, but mainly virt...

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What do you like most about Datto Cloud Continuity?

The product's initial setup phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Datto Cloud Continuity?

I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price.

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What needs improvement with Datto Cloud Continuity?

The fact that Datto Cloud Continuity is not cheap is one of the aspects that I don't like about the product, making it an area where improvements are required.

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Also Known As

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

Datto Cloud Continuity for PCs

Overview

Consolidate your backups, file shares, object stores and data for dev/test and analytics on a web-scale data management platform.

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Datto Cloud Continuity for PCs is much more than just cloud backup. MSPs can protect clients’ Windows-based computers from downtime and data loss and more importantly, rapidly recover data if disaster strikes.

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Sample Customers

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

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