Cohesity

What Cohesity does

Cohesity is a private, AI-powered data security and management company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, founded in 2013 by Mohit Aron (also founder of Nutanix). Its flagship platform, the Cohesity Data Cloud, is a hyperconverged, software-defined platform built on a proprietary distributed file system (SpanFS) that consolidates backup, recovery, cyber resilience, data security posture management, file/object services, and AI-driven insights across 1,000+ hybrid cloud and SaaS workloads. The product portfolio spans Cohesity DataProtect (backup and recovery with hash-based threat scanning and Instant Mass Restore), Cohesity NetBackup (inherited from the December 2024 ~$7 billion acquisition of Veritas Technologies' enterprise data protection business), Cohesity Gaia (a patented RAG-based conversational AI search platform), Cohesity FortKnox (managed cyber vaulting), Cohesity DSPM powered by Cyera, Cohesity Maestro (a headless MCP-based architecture integrating Data Cloud with external AI platforms), and the Cohesity Alta SaaS product line.

The company generates revenue through subscription/SaaS contracts (Cohesity Data Cloud, Cloud Protection Services, FortKnox, Alta SaaS Protection), one-time hardware appliance sales (C5200/C6000/CX8000 series and NetBackup Flex/Flex Scale appliances), perpetual software licenses, professional services and support tiers, and managed services delivered through the Aspire MSP Program. Pricing is not publicly disclosed for enterprise products; a 30-day free trial of the Data Cloud and GSA OneGov discounts of up to 72.25% for federal agencies (through September 2027) are available. Cohesity distributes through direct enterprise sales, global channel partners (Carahsoft, TD SYNNEX, Axiz, HPE, Cisco), the Aspire MSP Program, and leading cloud marketplaces (AWS, Google Cloud), and is backed by NVIDIA and SoftBank following a series of funding rounds totaling over $700M since 2020, including a $150M round from IBM and NVIDIA in April 2024.

Cohesity serves 13,600+ enterprise customers globally, including 70% of the Global 500, across verticals such as financial services (Nasdaq, NH Nonghyup Bank, Nationwide), healthcare (Bethany Childrens Health Center, Sky Lakes Medical Center), manufacturing (Conagra, Clarios), federal and state government (City of Detroit, GSA OneGov agencies), retail, energy, and technology (Salesforce, JSR Corporation, Infra Fürth). Its largest employee base is in India (~2,200 employees across Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, and Delhi, tripled from ~700 the prior year following the Veritas acquisition), supported by a $1 billion five-year India investment announced in December 2025. International revenue has grown from 20% to over 50% of global revenue under CEO Sanjay Poonen, with Europe software sales growing 177% year-over-year in the period that earned HPE Cohesity's FY25 Europe OEM Partner of the Year award.

Name

Cohesity

Legal name

Cohesity, Inc.

Website

https://cohesity.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Cohesity is a private, AI-powered data security and management company that offers a hyperconverged software-defined platform (Cohesity Data Cloud) consolidating backup, recovery, cyber resilience, and AI-driven insights across 1,000+ hybrid cloud and SaaS workloads for 13,600+ enterprise customers including 70% of the Global 500.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Data Protection & Cyber Resilience Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

User Lifecycle Provisioning & SCIM Automation (HDAEAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hybrid Cloud DR/BC & High Availability (HDABAMAI), Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Managed Services (BPAEADAJ)

Keywords

• Enterprise data protection
• Cyber resilience platform
• Backup and recovery
• AI data security
• Cloud data management

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscription / SaaS: Recurring subscription revenue from Cohesity Data Cloud, Cohesity Cloud Protection Services, Alta SaaS Protection, and SaaS offerings such as FortKnox; includes a 30-day free trial funnel.
2. Hardware Appliance Sales: One-time and refresh revenue from Cohesity-branded backup appliances and NetBackup Flex/Flex Scale appliances (e.g., C5200, C6000, CX8000, 5x60 series, 3x60 series).
3. Perpetual Software Licenses: Perpetual software license revenue from Cohesity Data Cloud editions and legacy NetBackup / Cohesity on-premises software deployments.
4. Professional Services & Support: Professional services, enhanced support services, and technical support subscriptions (Basic Maintenance, Essential Support, Extended Technical Support, Verified Support).
5. Managed Services (via Aspire MSP Program): Managed service revenue channeled through Cohesity's Aspire MSP Program, enabling partners such as Sangfor to resell Cohesity products worldwide as a managed service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Cohesity provides AI-powered data security and management through its Cohesity Data Cloud platform, a hyperconverged, software-defined system that consolidates enterprise backup, rapid recovery, cyber resilience (ransomware detection, cyber vaulting, identity resilience), and AI-driven conversational insights (Cohesity Gaia) on a unified SpanFS file system across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. The platform protects 1,000+ hybrid cloud and SaaS workloads and is sold to enterprises via subscription, perpetual licenses, hardware appliances, and professional services.

Product overview

Cohesity offers a single, unified core platform — the Cohesity Data Cloud — that protects 1,000+ hybrid cloud and SaaS workloads and under which it bundles several flagship product modules: Cohesity DataProtect (enterprise backup and recovery with hash-based threat scanning, Instant Mass Restore, and the Cohesity RecoveryAgent cyber breach recovery tool), Cohesity NetBackup (the enterprise backup and recovery solution inherited from the late-2024 Veritas Technologies acquisition, integrated with Cohesity's SpanFS file system via Direct I/O architecture), and Cohesity Gaia (the AI-powered RAG-based conversational search platform protected by U.S. Patent No. 12,619,501). Add-on modules within the Data Cloud include Cohesity FortKnox (managed cyber vaulting, now on Google Cloud), Cohesity SmartFiles (unstructured file/object data), Cohesity DataHawk, Cohesity DSPM powered by Cyera (data security posture management with AI-native classification), Cohesity Threat Protection (AI-powered ransomware anomaly detection with Sophos-powered next-gen malware scanning), Cohesity Identity Resilience (Active Directory / Entra ID protection and recovery), Cohesity IT Analytics / NetBackup IT Analytics (reporting and ESG insights), Cohesity Cloud Protection Services (SaaS-based cloud-native protection), and Cohesity NetInsights Console (centralized management). The newest layer, Cohesity Maestro (announced June 17, 2026), is a headless data security architecture that exposes the Data Cloud's cyber resilience operations, telemetry, autonomous agents, and the Gaia search engine to external AI platforms (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini) via the open Model Context Protocol. Cohesity also offers the Cohesity Alta product line (Alta Data Protection, Alta SaaS Protection, Alta Recovery Vault, Alta View) inherited from the Veritas acquisition, the Cohesity Essentials simplified packaging for midsize organizations, Cohesity Gaia Catalog (upcoming zero-copy analytics access for Databricks and Microsoft Fabric), and certified protection for SAP HANA, Oracle, VMware, Nutanix AHV, Kubernetes, Microsoft 365, Slack, Google Workspace, and other enterprise workloads, all running on Cohesity's underlying SpanFS file system and exposed through Python-based Cohesity App SDK and Management SDK developer tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cohesity Data Cloud: Main cloud data management platform unifying data protection, security, and insights across cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.
• Cohesity Gaia
• Cohesity DataProtect
• Cohesity NetBackup
• Cohesity FortKnox
• Cohesity Alta
• Cohesity RecoveryAgent
• Cohesity SmartFiles
• Cohesity SpanFS
• Cohesity Maestro
• Cohesity Essentials

Products and services

• Cohesity Data Cloud
• Cohesity DataProtect
• Cohesity NetBackup
• Cohesity Gaia
• Cohesity FortKnox Managed cyber vault SaaS solution providing air-gapped backup copies for clean recovery in worst-case attack scenarios. Now available on Google Cloud Marketplace and integrates Google Threat Intelligence and Google Private Scanning for malware detection in backup data.
• Cohesity Maestro
• Cohesity RecoveryAgent AI-driven cyber breach recovery and orchestration tool that enables enterprises to recover and rebuild systems in clean environments after adversaries are eliminated, rather than simply restoring to last known good snapshots. Introduced in the December 2025 DataProtect release and also referenced as an autonomous agent in Cohesity Maestro.
• Cohesity SmartFiles Software-defined file and object services for hybrid cloud unstructured data management, optimizing cost, scale, and efficiency for unstructured data management, security, and use.
• Cohesity Cloud Protection Services SaaS-based cloud-native data protection services for protecting workloads in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, with cloud-isolated recovery capabilities.
• Cohesity DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) powered by Cyera Data Security Posture Management offering powered by Cyera's AI-native data discovery and classification, using agentless scanning and AI-powered classification delivering up to 95% precision across petabytes of data in minutes; continuously discovers, classifies, and monitors sensitive data within the Cohesity Data Cloud.
• Cohesity Identity Resilience (Active Directory & Entra ID) Identity resilience solution for protecting and recovering Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID, including advanced identity threat detection and response capabilities announced January 21, 2026.
• Cohesity Alta Data Protection The Veritas Alta portfolio rebranded as Cohesity Alta (Alta Data Protection, Alta SaaS Protection, Alta Recovery Vault, Alta View), providing SaaS-based backup and data protection inherited from the 2024 Veritas acquisition.
• Cohesity Alta Recovery Vault SaaS-based cloud recovery vault for air-gapped, low-cost object storage of backup data across multiple clouds, with deduplication and snapshot backups.
• Cohesity Alta View for Data Protection Reporting and visibility SaaS application for Cohesity Alta data protection deployments.
• NetBackup IT Analytics (Cohesity IT Analytics) Visibility, reporting, and IT analytics across heterogeneous storage, backup, and cloud environments from a single agnostic view. Supports ESG and sustainability reporting including internal carbon pricing.
• NetBackup Flex Scale Appliances Hybrid cloud NetBackup hardware appliances providing scalable, cluster-wide backup data storage with built-in intelligent load balancing and automated metadata scaling.
• NetBackup Flex Appliances NetBackup hardware appliances (Flex 5260, 5340, 5350, 5360) for hybrid cloud data protection deployments.
• Cohesity Backup Appliances (C5200/C6000/CX8000 series) Cohesity's native backup hardware appliance series for enterprise data protection deployments.
• Cohesity Essentials Simplified Cohesity Data Cloud packaging tier bringing enterprise-grade data protection to midsize organizations.
• Cohesity Threat Protection Threat protection capability within the Cohesity Data Cloud featuring AI-powered ransomware anomaly detection, event-triggered malware scanning (including Sophos-powered next-generation malware scanning for zero-day, polymorphic, and fileless threats), and granular recovery.

Quantifiable outcome

• Origin Property shortened nightly backup windows by 85% (from 20 hours to under 3 hours) and recovered all data within 3 hours of a ransomware attack, avoiding a ransom payout.
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration25 records

AI capability12 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered regional, core and flagship.

• CrowdStrikeregionalTechnology or Integration · 10 June 2026Cohesity-CrowdStrike partnership highlighted as expanding threat hunting capabilities for the global threat hunting market.
• DatabrickscoreTechnology or Integration · 10 June 2026Cohesity committed to the Databricks Software-Defined Storage (SDS) Ecosystem, using the open-source OpenSharing protocol to connect hybrid and on-premises storage platforms to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform without data migration.
• CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 May 2026Voluntary partnership establishing a framework for cybersecurity information sharing and collaboration. CISA and Cohesity exchange threat intelligence, threat alerts, analysis reports, and coordinate on detecting and mitigating cyber risks affecting critical infrastructure.
• HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2026Seven-year strategic alliance expanded with new mutual resell agreements in May 2026: Cohesity will resell HPE Zerto for continuous data protection, while HPE will resell Cohesity DataProtect and Cohesity NetBackup. Includes deeper integration with HPE Alletra, StoreOnce, and HPE Morpheus VM Essentials (planned for mid-2026). Cohesity named HPE as its FY25 Europe OEM Partner of the Year, reflecting 177% year-over-year growth in software sales. Joint work on the DISA federal hybrid cloud modernization contract.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2026AWS Resilience Competency partner with validated solutions available through AWS Marketplace, including multi-currency transactions across regions. Cohesity recognized AWS as its Cloud Cyber-Resilience Modernization Partner of the Year. Joint solutions address cyber recovery, ransomware protection, and data resilience for critical AWS workloads.
• NutanixcoreTechnology or Integration · 9 April 2026Collaboration with Nutanix to develop cyber recovery clean rooms for joint customers. Nutanix AHV support is featured among Cohesity's enterprise data protection solutions.
• Carahsoft Technology Corp.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 26 March 2026Carahsoft recognized as the North American Distribution Partner of the Year for FY2025 for distributing Cohesity's AI-powered data security solutions and supporting the public sector.
• SophoscoreTechnology or Integration · 18 March 2026Native integration of Sophos-powered next-generation malware scanning into Cohesity Data Cloud Enterprise Edition. Detects zero-day, polymorphic, and fileless threats that evade signature-based tools, included without requiring a separate Sophos license. Addresses reinfection risk during recovery from ransomware and supply-chain attacks.
• Singtel RE:AIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2026Partnership to launch an AI-driven, sovereign data security and management service. Aligns with Cohesity's sovereign cloud strategy to address data residency and regulatory requirements in APAC.
• AntemetAregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 11 March 2026Sovereign cloud partnership addressing regulatory and data residency requirements across jurisdictions, as part of Cohesity's broader sovereign cloud ecosystem expansion announced alongside Singtel and Micrologic.
• ServiceNowflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2026Strategic partnership to deliver real-time recovery and resilience for enterprise AI agents. Combines ServiceNow's AI Agent Control Tower with Cohesity Data Cloud to enable organizations to restore AI agents and their data to a trusted state when disruptions occur (corrupted data, misconfigurations, or malicious prompt injections). Integrated capabilities expected to be available later in 2026. Builds on Cohesity's broader Enterprise AI Resilience strategy.
• GleancoreTechnology or Integration · 10 March 2026Federated semantic search integration enabling Glean to access governed Cohesity backup data securely via the Model Context Protocol as part of Cohesity's Enterprise AI Resilience strategy.
• DatadogcoreTechnology or Integration · 8 March 2026Strategic integration announced to enhance AI agent resilience through enterprise-grade observability and rapid data recovery. Combines Datadog's real-time observability with Cohesity's automated point-in-time recovery, providing a closed-loop safety net for AI workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments.
• CyeracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 March 2026Strategic partnership powering Cohesity Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). Combines Cyera's AI-native data discovery and classification with Cohesity's cyber resilience platform to deliver up to 95% precision classification across petabytes of data in minutes using agentless scanning. Enables enterprises to prioritize critical data for ransomware recovery and reduce storage costs by eliminating redundant data.
• Sangfor TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 3 March 2026Global strategic partnership joining the Cohesity Aspire MSP Program, enabling Sangfor to resell Cohesity's data security products worldwide for the first time. Combines Sangfor's virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), and AI storage with Cohesity's data security portfolio for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Builds on prior Veritas NetBackup integration via the XBSA SDK in 2024.
• MicrologiccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 18 February 2026Canadian sovereign cloud partnership offering Cohesity-powered data protection that keeps customer data exclusively under Canadian jurisdiction, shielded from U.S. laws such as the CLOUD Act and FISA. Micrologic recently qualified for Public Services and Procurement Canada's SaaS catalogue and is executing a $150 million pan-Canadian expansion.
• MicrosoftflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2026Strategic partnership covering data protection, cyber resilience, and data security. Cohesity presented Microsoft with its Marketplace Growth Partner of the Year Award. Joint solutions include Microsoft 365 Copilot & Cohesity Gaia integration and the Cohesity-FortKnox on Microsoft Azure stack used by NH Nonghyup Bank.
• AxizregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 11 January 2026South African IT distributor partnership delivering AI-powered data security solutions and NetBackup capabilities to enterprise organisations across South Africa.
• NVIDIAflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 December 2025Cohesity is profiled as an In-Q-Tel portfolio company and partners with NVIDIA on generative AI products powered by NVIDIA AI Enterprise. Cohesity Gaia leverages NVIDIA RAG technology, and NVIDIA publicly congratulated Cohesity on its successful acquisition of Veritas and a 2025 partner award.
• Google CloudflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025Multi-year strategic partnership focused on AI, cybersecurity, and data protection. Plans to embed Google Cloud's Vertex AI Search and Gemini Enterprise into Cohesity Gaia, integrate Google Threat Intelligence into the Cohesity Data Cloud, and offer Cohesity FortKnox cyber vault on Google Cloud. Cohesity certified as a Google Cloud Ready – Regulated & Sovereignty Solutions partner. Includes joint go-to-market and co-selling programs. Threat detection enhancements with Google Threat Intelligence views and Google Private Scanning announced February 2026.
• SemperiscoreTechnology or Integration · 12 December 2025Partnership to accelerate identity resilience, supporting Cohesity's identity threat detection and response capabilities.
• CiscocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 December 2025Cisco recognized Cohesity as its 'Top Durable Growth and Innovation Partner, FY25' in the Cisco SolutionsPlus Program. Solution partners resell Cohesity products through Cisco's global channel, supporting data security and management deals.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 December 2023Cohesity partnered with TCS in 2023 to expand its Data Security Alliance, offering integrated cyber-defense solutions to enterprise customers.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Commvault: Direct enterprise data protection and cyber resilience peer; competes across hybrid cloud backup, disaster recovery, and increasingly AI-driven data management — historically Cohesity's primary incumbent competitor.
• Rubrik: Direct competitor in AI-powered data security and cyber recovery for enterprise and mid-market; public company (NYSE: RBRK) with overlapping Data Protection, Cyber Resilience, and AI-search offerings and the same hyperscaler-aligned GTM motion.
• Veeam Software: Direct competitor in backup, recovery, and ransomware protection across virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS workloads; strong mid-market presence and a direct rival in the data protection category.

Broad incumbents

• Dell Technologies (PowerProtect / Data Protection): Broad incumbent offering PowerProtect appliances, Data Domain, and integrated backup/restore as part of its broader enterprise infrastructure portfolio; overlaps with Cohesity's on-premises and appliance deployments.
• IBM (Spectrum Protect / FlashSystem): Broad incumbent in enterprise data protection and cyber resilience via Spectrum Protect and storage systems; large installed base in regulated industries that overlaps with Cohesity's financial services and federal segments.
• AWS (Backup, Amazon RDS, S3 Glacier): Hyperscaler-native data protection and archival services that compete with Cohesity's cloud-native workloads; also a strategic partner via AWS Marketplace and AWS Resilience Competency, making AWS both competitor and channel.

Emerging players

• Druva: SaaS-native data protection platform for cloud and SaaS workloads; competes with Cohesity's Cloud Protection Services and Alta lines with a 100% cloud-delivered, subscription-only model.
• HYCU: Emerging cloud-native backup and disaster recovery vendor with a focus on SaaS, cloud, and hypervisor workloads; overlaps with Cohesity's mid-market and cloud protection offerings.
• Acronis: Cyber protection platform combining backup with anti-ransomware and endpoint security; comparable to Cohesity's integrated data security and cyber resilience approach, particularly for SMB and MSP channels.
• Zerto (an HPE company): Continuous data protection and disaster recovery vendor now part of HPE; Cohesity resells HPE Zerto under the May 2026 strategic alliance while HPE simultaneously resells Cohesity DataProtect/NetBackup — a peer/partner hybrid with overlapping CDP and DR capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds12 records

Investors47 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

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