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Commvault vs Druva

Druva is SaaS only: there are no backup servers or storage to run, and it's strong on laptops and SaaS apps. Commvault offers SaaS too, but also runs as software or appliances, which matters for large on-premises systems, fast local restores and FedRAMP High.

Which to pick

Pick Druva if…

  • You want no backup infrastructure at all, and a small IT team.
  • Laptop and endpoint backup is a big part of the job: it's where Druva started.
  • You protect Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 as much as servers.
  • Per-user or credit-based licensing fits your budget better than capacity.

Pick Commvault if…

  • Large on-premises databases or file systems need fast local restores rather than pulling everything back from the cloud.
  • You need FedRAMP High: Druva's government cloud is FedRAMP Moderate.
  • You want the option to run some of it yourself, or to keep copies on storage you own.
  • You run older platforms such as IBM i, AIX or Solaris.

Side by side

Company

Commvault

Public (NASDAQ: CVLT), with audited SEC filings.

Druva

Private, founder-led, valued at over $2B (Druva's figure).

How it's delivered

Commvault

SaaS (Commvault Cloud), software you run on your own servers or cloud account, or Commvault Grid appliances, managed from one console.

Druva

SaaS only, built on AWS. Since March 2025 customers can choose Azure Storage as the backup target.

US government

Commvault

Commvault Cloud for Government is FedRAMP High (agency authorization, May 2024). Its crypto library holds FIPS 140-3 certificate #4989.

Druva

Druva GovCloud runs on AWS GovCloud and is FedRAMP Moderate, covering Microsoft 365, endpoints and data center workloads. It supports Microsoft 365 GCC High in a separate tenant.

Workloads

Commvault

Virtual machines, physical servers, databases, Kubernetes, SaaS apps (Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Entra ID), AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, plus older platforms such as IBM i, AIX and Solaris.

Druva

VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix and Proxmox; SQL Server, Oracle, NAS and files; Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce and Dynamics 365; AWS and Azure; endpoints; Entra ID, Active Directory and Okta.

Isolated copies

Commvault

Commvault AirGap: isolated cloud storage that Commvault runs for you, plus immutable locks on storage you own.

Druva

Backups sit in Druva's cloud, separate from your environment, with air-gapped storage.

Clean recovery

Commvault

Commvault Cleanroom recovers into an isolated cloud environment, for tests or after an attack. Cloud Rewind rebuilds cloud applications.

Druva

Curated Recovery builds a 'golden snapshot' from the latest clean copy of each file.

Threat detection

Commvault

Threat Scan checks backups for malware and encrypted files, anomaly detection flags unusual backup activity, and Threatwise places decoys.

Druva

Anomaly detection for unusual change rates, deletions and encryption, and DruAI agents.

Licensing

Commvault

Licensed per capability, by capacity or per user depending on the product. There's no single published price list.

Druva

Per user for SaaS apps with pooled storage, or consumption credits (1 credit is 1 TB of deduplicated data for one month).

Analysts

Commvault

A Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for the 15th time; first in five of six use cases in the 2026 Critical Capabilities.

Druva

A Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant.

Our take

As a Commvault MSP

We run Commvault for a living, so weigh this accordingly. Druva does one thing very well: it takes backup infrastructure off your plate entirely. For a lean IT team with lots of laptops and SaaS apps, that's hard to beat.

The trade-off shows up with large on-premises systems. Restoring a multi-terabyte database from the cloud takes longer than restoring from local storage, and some organizations need copies on storage they own. Commvault does both SaaS and local, and its government cloud is authorized at FedRAMP High.

Questions

Yes, at Moderate. Druva GovCloud runs on AWS GovCloud and has held a FedRAMP authorization since 2017. Commvault Cloud for Government is authorized at High.

It's built on AWS, but since March 2025 customers can choose Azure Storage as the backup target.

Yes, Commvault protects endpoints too. Druva is the more established choice when endpoints are most of the job.

Usually, yes. DFARS 252.204-7012 expects cloud services that hold CUI to meet FedRAMP Moderate or equivalent.

Sources

Checked in November 2026. Vendors update products often, so their own documentation has the final word. Work at Druva and see something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.

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