Why Are Cloud Teams Upgrading from Cohesity to Eon in 2025?

Eon is the intelligent, cloud-native way to do backup—and more.

  • Built-in cost savings from deduped storage, no infra, and zero lock-in
  • Always-on cloud backup posture management (CBPM) with no scripts or manual configs
  • Recovery at the file, record, or table level
  • Backups stored in open, analytics-ready formats
  • Transparent pricing based on usage—no shelfware or hardware bundles
  • Immutable backups with built-in ransomware detection

Feature Comparison:Eon vs. Cohesityvs. Eon

Deployment & Architecture
Eon vs. Cohesity
Eon
Agentless deployment
Extra infrastructure to deploy, manage, and pay for
Multi-cloud support (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
Limited
Backup Posture Management
Eon vs. Cohesity
Eon
Manual tagging required
Autonomous resource discovery
Backup posture validation during backup
Built-in compliance alignment (HIPAA, GDPR)
Recovery & Access
Eon vs. Cohesity
Eon
Instant record-/file-level restore
Global snapshot search
Full DB restore required
Recovery latency
High (rehydration-based)
Low (instant)
Ransomware Protection
Eon vs. Cohesity
Eon
Immutable backups
Cloud resource detection
Anomaly monitoring
Clean snapshot hold
Snapshot rollback + clean restore tools
Cost & Efficiency
Eon vs. Cohesity
Eon
Incremental S3 backup (no versioning)
Cross-region deduplication
Transparent, usage-based pricing
Built-in data classification/search
Transform backups into a data lake

1. Deployment & Architecture

Cohesity’s virtual cluster nodes must be deployed inside your cloud, where they require ongoing maintenance, scaling, and patching. You also foot the bill for those nodes, including compute, storage, and all operational overhead.

Eon skips all of that:

  • Fully agentless and SaaS-based
  • No provisioning or scaling required
  • Zero customer compute

2. Backup Posture Management

Cohesity users still manage backup scope via tagging and static policies, which don’t scale well in dynamic multi-account environments.

Eon introduces full Cloud Backup Posture Management (CBPM):

  • Auto-discovers workloads, databases, volumes, and storage
  • Classifies resources by compliance tier
  • Applies protection policies automatically
  • Flags under-protected data at backup time, not just at restore

3. Recovery & Access

Cohesity offers strong snapshot capabilities, but often at the VM or full-volume level. Recovery is limited by appliance speed and rehydration latency.

Eon enables:

  • Instant restore of files, RDS records, EC2 images, and S3 objects
  • Searchable snapshot index across clouds
  • Sub-minute RTO with no full-system restore
  • Live exploration of backup contents before recovery
  • Restores across clouds, giving hybrid and multi-cloud teams unprecedented agility without retooling

4. Ransomware Protection

Cohesity emphasizes immutability, but its capabilities are limited beyond that. Eon adds intelligence:

  • Anomaly detection based on data entropy and config drift
  • Alerts for unusual backup behavior
  • Clean snapshot preservation beyond policy limits
  • Smart rollback with point-in-time restore from known good versions

5. Cost & Operational Efficiency

Cohesity adds cost through infrastructure, versioning-based storage, and licensed ransomware modules.

Eon reduces spend across the board:

  • True incremental S3 backup
  • No object rounding or versioning waste
  • Deduplication across regions
  • Handles massive data volumes without rehydration delays or proxy sprawl
  • No upcharges for posture, detection, or query features
  • Makes backups usable for more than just recovery (data lakes)

Cohesity modernized backup. Eon modernizes operations.

Cohesity doesn't scale for cloud-native teams. Eon protects more, recovers faster, and operates smarter — without the storage bloat or legacy carryover.

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