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Commvault vs HYCU

Commvault sells Commvault Cloud, a platform that unifies data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery at enterprise scale. HYCU sells a platform that protects 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure. CISO Tribune files both under Backup and cyber recovery. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Commvault vs HYCU: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CommvaultCommvault sells Commvault Cloud, a platform that unifies data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery at enterprise scale.commvault.comHYCUHYCU sells a platform that protects 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure.hycu.com
What it sells
  • Commvault Cloud Unity[6]A cloud-native platform for data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery.
  • Commvault Cloud Threat ScanScans backup files for malware and quarantines infected files.
  • Commvault AirGap[11]A fully managed cloud storage target with air-gapped, immutable copies.
  • Commvault Geo Shield[14]A unified platform to protect sovereign data.
  • Commvault Cloud Compliance[8]Risk governance capabilities for eDiscovery and compliance.
  • Backup & Recovery for Databases[8]Protects enterprise and cloud native databases.
  • HYCU[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]A platform protecting 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure.
  • HYCU R-Cloud[5][9]HYCU Data Resiliency Cloud (R-Cloud) is offered as Data Protection as a Service.
  • aiR[3][4][6]With aiR, backup data becomes searchable and explainable to a security team, auditors and AI.
  • HYCU for Google Workspace[10]HYCU for Google Workspace provides protection for emails, Shared Drive, My Drive, Contacts, Calendars and Tasks.
Categories
Headquarters
Tinton Falls, United States[3]Boston, United States[1]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2018[1]
Ownership and funding
Public (NASDAQ: CVLT)[1][5][14][17]Privately held[1][5][7]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • April 28, 2026Commvault announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.[16]
  • May 14, 2026HYCU announced HYCU aiR (AI Resilience), a product that uses backup data from many applications to give security, compliance and IT teams information they can act on.[3]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Commvault sells mainly to organizations running hybrid and multi-cloud workloads that want protection and clean recovery under one control plane. Commvault addresses regulated organizations through Dedicated Instance. Commvault addresses organizations with data sovereignty needs, aligned with regional and regulatory expectations. Teams responsible for Active Directory and Entra ID in hybrid environments are a further audience for its identity recovery offering. Commvault customer stories describe a healthcare organization facing compliance and patient privacy demands and an events business that cannot afford downtime.HYCU addresses business-critical SaaS apps and cloud services. HYCU offers disaster recovery for business-critical applications on-premises and in the public cloud. HYCU names admins and users as people who protect and restore critical data with role-based access controls. HYCU names a security team and auditors as groups for whom backup data becomes searchable and explainable with aiR.
Last verified
September 27, 2026November 2, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Backup and cyber recovery is the primary category of both Commvault and HYCU.
  • Both are headquartered in the United States.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Commvault is also filed under Directory backup and recovery.
  • Commvault lists Commvault Cloud Unity, Commvault Cloud Threat Scan, Commvault AirGap, Commvault Geo Shield, Commvault Cloud Compliance and 1 more. HYCU lists HYCU, HYCU R-Cloud, aiR and HYCU for Google Workspace.
  • Commvault is headquartered in Tinton Falls, United States. HYCU is headquartered in Boston, United States.
  • HYCU was founded in 2018.
  • Commvault is a public company listed on NASDAQ as CVLT. HYCU is privately held.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files both Commvault and HYCU under Backup and cyber recovery as the primary category, and files Commvault additionally under Directory backup and recovery. Commvault is headquartered in Tinton Falls, United States, and is a public company listed on NASDAQ as CVLT. HYCU is headquartered in Boston, United States, was founded in 2018, and is privately held.

Commvault sells Commvault Cloud Unity, a cloud-native platform for data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery. Its other products include Commvault Cloud Threat Scan, which scans backup files for malware and quarantines infected files, and Commvault AirGap, a managed cloud storage target with air-gapped, immutable copies. Commvault also sells Commvault Geo Shield for sovereign data and offers recovery of Active Directory and Entra ID environments. HYCU sells a platform that protects 100+ workloads across AI systems, SaaS applications, cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure. HYCU R-Cloud is offered as Data Protection as a Service, and HYCU for Google Workspace covers emails, Shared Drive and My Drive among other items. HYCU also offers agentless disaster recovery that enables failover to public cloud. Both companies address backup and recovery across hybrid and multi-cloud estates, while only Commvault's facts describe identity directory recovery and only HYCU's describe a Google Workspace product.

Commvault names UNC Health, Bilthoven Biologicals, Wealthsimple, Gong and Pragya Systems among its customers. HYCU states that 4,800+ organizations in 78 countries use it. On April 28, 2026, Commvault announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. On May 14, 2026, HYCU announced HYCU aiR (AI Resilience), which uses backup data from many applications to give security, compliance and IT teams information they can act on.

What it sells: Commvault

What Commvault Cloud Unity does[6]
Commvault Cloud Unity is described as a cloud-native platform that unifies data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery at enterprise scale. It is built on Metallic AI, which Commvault describes as an automation engine.
What Commvault Cloud Threat Scan does
Commvault Cloud Threat Scan automatically scans backup files for malware, detects data anomalies and enables fast, clean recovery. Infected files are automatically quarantined from the backup content and skipped during recovery.
What Commvault AirGap does[11]
Commvault AirGap is a fully managed cloud storage target. It offers Frequent, Infrequent Access and Archive storage tiers. Data copies are isolated in an air-gapped, immutable security domain.
What Commvault Geo Shield does[14]
Commvault Geo Shield is a single platform across private cloud, multi-cloud and on-premises, designed to protect sovereign data wherever it resides. It enables configurable controls across data.
What Commvault Cloud Compliance does[8]
Commvault Cloud Compliance helps deliver risk governance capabilities for eDiscovery purposes. It provides a means to quickly collect electronically stored information (ESI).
What Backup & Recovery for Databases does[8]
Cloud Backup & Recovery for Databases is designed to protect both enterprise and cloud native databases from ransomware and other threats. It delivers SaaS resilience and recovery capabilities for multi-cloud environments.

What it sells: HYCU

What HYCU does[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
HYCU builds data protection specifically for each backup source with deep API integration. HYCU says zero agents are required for VMs, applications and servers. HYCU states that customers own their data and can choose any storage, both on-premises and in the cloud.
What HYCU R-Cloud does[5][9]
HYCU R-Cloud has a single pane of glass dashboard that provides a bird's eye view of the data estate. HYCU supports granular recovery of elements across the data estate.
What HYCU for Google Workspace does[10]
HYCU for Google Workspace supports GDPR compliance and Legal holds, storing audit-ready backups. HYCU performs granular and full recovery of Shared Drive and My Drive files. HYCU describes HYCU for Google Workspace as true SaaS with zero agents.

Questions about Commvault and HYCU

What do Commvault and HYCU sell?
Commvault sells Commvault Cloud Unity, Commvault Cloud Threat Scan, Commvault AirGap, Commvault Geo Shield, Commvault Cloud Compliance and 1 more. HYCU sells HYCU, HYCU R-Cloud, aiR and HYCU for Google Workspace.
Are Commvault and HYCU in the same category?
Yes. Backup and cyber recovery is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Where are Commvault and HYCU headquartered?
Commvault is headquartered in Tinton Falls, United States. HYCU is headquartered in Boston, United States.
When were Commvault and HYCU founded?
HYCU was founded in 2018.
Who owns Commvault and HYCU?
Commvault is a public company listed on NASDAQ as CVLT. HYCU is privately held.
Who are Commvault and HYCU sold to?
From its own pages, Commvault sells mainly to organizations running hybrid and multi-cloud workloads that want protection and clean recovery under one control plane. HYCU addresses business-critical SaaS apps and cloud services.
What have Commvault and HYCU announced recently?
April 28, 2026: Commvault announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2026. May 14, 2026: HYCU announced HYCU aiR (AI Resilience), a product that uses backup data from many applications to give security, compliance and IT teams information they can act on.

About Commvault

Commvault sells Commvault Cloud, a platform that unifies data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery at enterprise scale. Commvault says Commvault Cloud transforms resilience from a passive backup plan into an active operating model that helps enable the AI-driven enterprise. Commvault describes ResOps as the new way to help secure, govern, and restore all your data, all the time. Commvault Cloud Unity is built on Metallic AI, which Commvault describes as an automation engine. Commvault names MCP Server and Commvault Data Activate as capabilities that extend resilience into an AI ecosystem.[4][6]

Commvault Cloud finds and classifies sensitive data across data, apps and identities. Commvault Cloud applies consistent policies for access, encryption and retention. AI-powered detection in Commvault Cloud identifies unusual activity across data and identity systems. Commvault says Commvault Cloud protects every workload that keeps a business running, from SaaS apps to AI stacks. Commvault Cloud covers SaaS platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Salesforce.[4][6]

On the backup side, Commvault Cloud unifies governed backup and cyber recovery with cleanroom testing, runbooks and audit-supporting evidence. Commvault says its unified control plane sets policy, access and visibility once across hybrid and multi-cloud. Commvault says immutable, air-gapped patterns help protect recovery points from tampering and credential abuse. Commvault describes runbooks as a way to coordinate multi-system sequencing under pressure and to recover critical services first. For hybrid estates, Commvault says a unified policy engine governs protection across cloud-native, multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge workloads. Commvault unifies protection policies across cloud-native, hybrid and multi-cloud workloads from the Command Center. Cloud Backup & Recovery for Databases is designed to protect enterprise and cloud native databases from ransomware and other threats. Commvault Cloud Compliance helps companies address their legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements, and it supports eDiscovery. Dedicated Instance combines full environment isolation with SaaS agility and is managed through a single unified control plane.[4][7][8]

For cyber recovery, Commvault defines a Cleanpoint as a backup from a point-in-time that has been scanned for threats and none have been found. Commvault tests data integrity in an isolated Cleanroom and scans data for malware before recovering it into the customer environment. Synthetic Recovery creates a curated recovery point that combines the most recent clean version of files across all backups into a single recovery point. Synthetic Recovery is integrated with Cleanroom Recovery, so a clean recovery point can be restored into a Cleanroom for observability and validation. Commvault Cloud Threat Scan automatically scans backup files for malware, detects data anomalies and enables fast, clean recovery. Threat Scan automatically quarantines infected files from the backup content and skips them during recovery. Threat Scan uses more than 100 million threat intelligence indicators to identify new threats. Threat Scan can send alerts to Splunk, Palo Alto Networks XSOAR or Microsoft Sentinel.[4][9][10]

For identity, Commvault offers recovery of Active Directory and Entra ID environments from ransomware, operational mistakes and insider threats. Commvault automates and accelerates recovery of the AD forest to a pre-attack state. Commvault provides granular recovery of missing, damaged or misconfigured objects and attributes, including users, groups, app registrations and roles. Commvault interactive comparisons identify all changes in the domain between two points in time and allow recovery of deleted objects or rollback of overwritten attributes from the report. Commvault restores compromised forests onto a new, trusted operating system to help prevent the reintroduction of malware.[2][4]

Commvault AirGap is a fully managed cloud storage target. Commvault AirGap offers Frequent, Infrequent Access and Archive storage tiers. Commvault AirGap isolates data copies in an air-gapped, immutable security domain. Commvault Data Access Governance delivers real-time, policy-based controls across hybrid environments to reduce exposure without slowing innovation or breaking workflows. Satori helps enforce who can access data, what they can see and what they can do. Satori can mask or redact fields without changing the underlying data or breaking applications. Commvault Geo Shield is designed for real-world regulation, enabling configurable controls across data while adapting to evolving customer sovereign needs in modern hybrid cloud environments. Commvault partners with STACKIT Sovereign Cloud to deliver cyber resilience for organizations across Germany and Austria. Commvault integrates with CrowdStrike’s Falcon XDR platform to detect indicators of compromise quickly and identify clean data for recovery.[4][11][12][13][15]

Commvault lists SOC 2 Type II Certified, ISO/IEC 27001 Certified and FedRAMP High Authorized status. Commvault delivered data protection for UNC Health with encryption, RBAC, immutable backups, and integrated auditing to meet HIPAA and internal governance requirements. Bilthoven Biologicals recovered from ransomware using Commvault and restored operations within days. Wealthsimple moved to a need-to-know access model for highly sensitive financial and PII data. Gong controls access to sensitive customer data across multiple platforms. Pragya Systems adopted Commvault Cloud Rewind to protect GCP environments. Commvault says customers can get started directly through the cloud provider’s marketplace.[4][7][8][13]

Commvault on the record

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Commvault full record

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HYCU full record

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