Eon vs. Commvault

Why Are Cloud-Native Teams Moving from Commvault to Eon in 2025?

Feature Comparison:Eon vs. Commvault

1. Deployment & Architecture

Commvault’s architecture requires deploying backup servers and proxies in the cloud. These components must be patched, monitored, and scaled manually. You’re also billed by your cloud provider for the compute and storage powering that infrastructure.

Eon is fully cloud-native and deploys with no infrastructure, agents, or performance impact.

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Deployment & Architecture
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Agentless deployment
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No extra infrastructure to deploy, manage, and pay for
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Media servers, proxies, agents
Multi-cloud support (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
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Partial

2. Backup Posture Management

Commvault is powerful, but it demands tagging, scripts, and oversight. Eon delivers cloud backup posture management (CBPM):

  • Maps all accounts, workloads, and resource types
  • Automatically classifies data sensitivity (PII, PHI, PCI, etc.)
  • Aligns backup policies to compliance standards
  • Flags underprotected workloads — before they cause data loss
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Backup Posture Management
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Manual tagging required
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Autonomous resource discovery
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App-aware backup for enterprise apps
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SAP, Oracle, Exchange

3. Recovery & Access

With Commvault, recovery often means a full system restore or digging through complex interfaces.

Eon gives you:

  • Instant access to files, folders, and database records
  • Full-text and structured search across all backups
  • Cross-region, cross-account, cross-cloud restore without rehydration
  • Sub-minute RTOs — no ticketing required
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Recovery & Access
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Instant record-/file-level restore
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Global snapshot search
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Limited
Application latency after restore
Low (instant)
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Cross-Cloud Backup & Recovery
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Supports Very Large Buckets & Databases
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SaaS app protection & recovery
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Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Box

4. Ransomware Protection

Commvault focuses on snapshot immutability and secure storage, but lacks active threat detection and rollback capabilities. Eon includes:

  • Anomaly and entropy-based detection
  • Built-in snapshot hold even after policy expiry
  • Smart rollback to the last clean state
  • Audit trail and EDR integration
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Ransomware Protection
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Immutable backups
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Cloud resource detection
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Anomaly monitoring
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Clean snapshot hold
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Snapshot rollback + clean restore tools
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Physically air-gapped backup option
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Available for on-prem targets

5. Cost & Operational Efficiency

Commvault introduces cost via:

  • Agent licensing
  • On-prem or IaaS media infrastructure
  • Heavy S3 use with versioning and full copies

Eon:

  • Uses true incremental backup
  • Dedupes across cloud environments
  • Enables schema-aware search on database backups (data lakes)
  • Eliminates duplicate snapshots and rehydration costs
  • Offers one all-in price — no surprise line items
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Cost & Efficiency
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Incremental S3 backup (no versioning)
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Cross-region deduplication
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Transparent, usage-based pricing
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License + infra cost
Built-in data classification/search
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Transform backups into a data lake
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Optimized for Cost Savings
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