Cohesity Data Cloud vs IBM Tivoli CDP for Files comparison

Cohesity and IBM are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Cohesity is ranked #39 with an average rating of 8.7, while IBM is ranked #75. Cohesity holds a 0.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to IBM’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Cohesity users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Cohesity Data Cloud

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cohesity Data Cloud and IBM Tivoli CDP for Files based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity Data Cloud

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

39th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (35th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (6th)

IBM Tivoli CDP for Files

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

75th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Cohesity Data Cloud is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Tivoli CDP for Files is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AmarpreetSingh

Technical Architect at Wipro Limited

Offers improved data protection and security with indirect ROI

The pricing of the Cloud is on the higher side, and it should be cost-effective enough to compete with native solutions. Currently, Cohesity Cloud seems very costly compared to native backups. Although this is an emerging tool and there is room for growth, it needs to mature further. There is an AI feature, however, it is still in the development phase and requires substantial improvements.

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reviewer1035033

Sr. Aix Admin at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Restoration and infrastructure are extremely reliable

We are currently using Tivoli to backup 15 terabytes within our Oracle Database using a RMAN backup script. The RMAN's utility and restoration has been perfect, we have yet to experience any issues. It's very reliable The restoration and infrastructure are extremely reliable. We would like to…

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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

"We use Cohesity Helios primarily in our data management strategy for backup and reporting."

"Its big data and archive data features are the features that I have found most valuable. I can use it in a big virtual environment."

"It is easy to install and use."

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

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

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

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

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

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"The restoration and infrastructure is extremely reliable."

Cons

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

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

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

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

"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 initial setup can be complex, depending on the environment."

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

More Cohesity Data Cloud cons

"We would like to have the opportunity to omit data from being backed up. For example, we have three virtual machines, each with three disks. When running the backup, it will automatically take each disk rather than allowing us to select what data we want backed."

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."

"It's expensive, but it's worth for it due to the volume of critical information within our database. We are currently paying about $22,000 per year."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

Imanis Data, DataPlatform, Cohesity Helios

Tivoli CDP for Files

Overview

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

Cohesity

IBM Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files is a continuous backup software that protects your most important files. This real-time, continuous data protection solution for file servers and user endpoints automatically backs up your most critical files the moment they are saved.

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Navis, 1st Security Bank, Brown University, WestLotto

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