| Criteria | Microsoft Windows [System Restore] | Proposed system (CACS) | Antivirus | Firewall | Spyware | Reinstall the cloud server |
| Recover error resulting from deleting software component | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Heal Replaced component that has same functionality | No. | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Heal at run time | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Generate reports of the diagnosis of the problem and the healing process | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Store the affected component for future analysis | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Methodology of repairing | Operating system dependent | Automatically Compares, analyses, diagnoses and heals the cloud application files; it returns the file to its original state similar to the manufacturer from the backup files | Only files changed by virus signature or worms | No repairing | Only files changed by virus signature or worms | Install fresh new operating system |
| State of the healing | To a specified restore point | To the manufacturer state either the original or with updates | No healing | No healing | No healing | No healing |
| Level of recovery | Full restore | Per file | Per file | No recover y | Per file | Full |
| Speed of recovery | Relatively slow at least 10 min | Fast less than 1 min (recover only the affected file) | No recovery | No recovery | No recovery | Relatively slow at least 20 min |