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Cohesity

Cohesity is a data security and management company providing backup, disaster recovery, archive, and cyber resilience capabilities across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS workloads. Following the merger with Veritas, the combined company protects enterprise data while powering automation, orchestration, and AI- driven recovery. The Cohesity developer surface centers on the Cohesity REST API, exposed both per-cluster (DataProtect/cluster API) and via the Helios global control plane, with versioned v1 and v2 endpoints, API-key authentication, and SDKs for Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, and ServiceNow.

Cohesity publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Automation, Backup, Cyber Resilience, Data Management, and Data Protection.

Cohesity’s developer surface includes API reference, GitHub presence, documentation, support, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

30.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
2 APIs
AutomationBackupCyber ResilienceData ManagementData ProtectionData SecurityDataProtectDisaster RecoveryHeliosOrchestration

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 30.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cohesity Helios REST API

Helios is Cohesity's SaaS-based control plane that manages a fleet of Cohesity clusters from a single global pane of glass. The Helios REST API authenticates via an apiKey gener...

Cohesity DataProtect REST API

The DataProtect REST API is the per-cluster RESTful interface exposed by every Cohesity cluster, providing programmatic control over data management operations including backups...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cohesity Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cohesity Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: cohesity
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cohesity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Cohesity
tags:
- Automation
- Backup
- Cyber Resilience
- Data Management
- Data Protection
- Data Security
- DataProtect
- Disaster Recovery
- Helios
- Orchestration
type: Index
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cohesity.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Consumer
description: Cohesity is a data security and management company providing backup, disaster recovery, archive, and cyber resilience
  capabilities across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS workloads. Following the merger with Veritas, the combined company protects
  enterprise data while powering automation, orchestration, and AI- driven recovery. The Cohesity developer surface centers
  on the Cohesity REST API, exposed both per-cluster (DataProtect/cluster API) and via the Helios global control plane, with
  versioned v1 and v2 endpoints, API-key authentication, and SDKs for Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, and ServiceNow.
apis:
- aid: cohesity:helios-rest-api
  name: Cohesity Helios REST API
  tags:
  - Automation
  - Cluster Management
  - DataProtect
  - Helios
  - Orchestration
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://helios.cohesity.com/irisservices/api/v1/public/
  humanURL: https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/helios-getting-started
    type: GettingStarted
  - url: https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
    type: APIReference
  description: Helios is Cohesity's SaaS-based control plane that manages a fleet of Cohesity clusters from a single global
    pane of glass. The Helios REST API authenticates via an apiKey generated from the Helios UI and passed in the request
    header, supports both v1 and v2 endpoint families, and lets customers list and operate registered clusters, run protection
    jobs, manage policies, and access reporting and analytics globally.
  x-features:
  - apiKey-based authentication via Helios UI
  - v1 and v2 API surfaces under /irisservices/api/
  - Manage protection groups, policies, and recovery operations
  - Reporting and global analytics across clusters
  - Multi-cluster operations from a single endpoint
  x-use-cases:
  - Centralize backup and recovery automation across many Cohesity clusters
  - Drive policy and SLA enforcement from CI/CD pipelines
  - Trigger or schedule recoveries from external orchestration tools
  - Export reporting data into SIEM or BI dashboards
- aid: cohesity:dataprotect-rest-api
  name: Cohesity DataProtect REST API
  tags:
  - Backup
  - DataProtect
  - Disaster Recovery
  - Per-Cluster
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://developers.cohesity.com/page/api-reference
    type: APIReference
  description: The DataProtect REST API is the per-cluster RESTful interface exposed by every Cohesity cluster, providing
    programmatic control over data management operations including backups, restores, replication, archival, cloud tiering,
    and storage domain management. Authentication is performed via API keys for automation users or username/password for
    interactive sessions.
  x-features:
  - Per-cluster REST endpoint
  - API key and session authentication
  - Backup, restore, replication, and archive operations
  - Storage domain and view management
  - Versioned API generations available concurrently
  x-use-cases:
  - Automate cluster registration and configuration
  - Trigger ad-hoc backups and recoveries from runbooks
  - Integrate with vRealize, ServiceNow, Ansible, and Terraform workflows
  - Build custom dashboards over per-cluster operational data
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cohesity-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cohesity
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cohesity.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.cohesity.com/
- type: Developers Site
  url: https://developers.cohesity.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/cohesity
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cohesity.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.cohesity.com/support/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cohesity.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cohesity.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cohesity.com/agreements/website-terms-of-use/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.cohesity.com/marketplace/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developers.cohesity.com/llms.txt
- url: https://www.cohesity.com/feed/
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Global System Integrators
- name: Security Partners
- name: Cloud Alliances
- name: Managed Service Providers
- name: Join Cohesity Aces
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'