Cohesity Data Cloud vs pCloud comparison

Cohesity and pCloud are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Cohesity is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.5, while pCloud is ranked #49. Cohesity holds a 0.7% mindshare in CB, compared to pCloud’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cohesity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of pCloud users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

pCloud and Cohesity Data Cloud compete in data management and storage solutions. Cohesity Data Cloud has the upper hand with its comprehensive features, despite pCloud's pricing advantage.

Features: pCloud offers easy file sharing, media playback, and strong security, appealing to personal and small business users. Cohesity Data Cloud provides scalability, broad integration, and reliable data recovery, making it suitable for enterprises.

Room for Improvement: pCloud can enhance its enterprise-level offerings, scalability, and advanced data protection features. Cohesity Data Cloud could improve user-friendliness, reduce the complexity of its setup process, and offer more competitive pricing options for smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: pCloud features straightforward deployment and excellent customer service, ideal for less tech-savvy users. Cohesity Data Cloud's setup is more involved due to its complexity but includes comprehensive support for large-scale deployments.

Pricing and ROI: pCloud provides competitive pricing with strong ROI for small businesses due to low setup costs. Cohesity Data Cloud offers extensive features that justify its higher cost, delivering value in large-scale data management environments.

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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)

pCloud

Ranking in Cloud Backup

49th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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 pCloud is 0.7%, up from 0.1% 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%
pCloud	0.7%
Other	98.6%

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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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it_user1027515

Photographer at MS Solutions Ltd.

Enables me to access my files from all kind of devices and operating systems

I trust pCloud to store my business and personal files like photos, videos, university books, etc. pCloud is always there when I need it I can access my files from all kind of devices and operating systems. I do not need any more external flash drives. I can even edit my files directly in the…

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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

"I find the most important feature to be data protection."

"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."

"My favorite feature of Cohesity Data Cloud is the setup, as it is very fast compared to other solutions; I have worked in different clouds, and Cohesity Data Cloud stands out as superior."

"Our data center size occupancy for Cohesity appliance is reduced by 70% when we installed Cohesity."

"The clone feature is very nice. You can restore workloads onto Cohesity's storage, which is also nice to have when you don't have enough space to restore on the server."

"It has excellent integration for virtualization, which means we can easily protect VMs, virtual machines, which consists mainly of snapshot backups that are quite easy to recover."

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

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"I can access my files from all kind of devices and operating systems. I do not need any more external flash drives. I can even edit my files directly in the cloud using pCloud Drive."

"The sync process has been quick, and the software correctly maintains the same file structure as in File Explorer."

Cons

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

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

"The downside of Cohesity Data Cloud is that it is not supporting a legacy environment."

"The only concern I have with cloud implementation is that if you have a presence on-premises, trying to use the cloud may become a performance challenge."

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

"They still have quite some way to go for improving their agents."

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

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"My recommendation is that support could be better, even though sometimes things can be technically complicated."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"It's priced properly for the market."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

Government

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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	7
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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Also Known As

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

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Overview

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

Cohesity

pCloud is a personal cloud space where you can store all your files and folders. It has a user-friendly interface that clearly shows where everything is located and what it does. The software is available for almost any devices and platforms – iOS and Android devices, Mac, Windows, and Linux. By installing pCloud on your computer (through its desktop application pCloud Drive), the app creates a secure virtual drive which expands your local storage space. Every change you make in your pCloud can be seen immediately on your computer, phone or tablet. All your devices are instantly synchronized and you have direct file access to any update you make.

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Sample Customers

Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

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