This is a list of cloud to cloud native backup solutions for Microsoft 365 that have been built as a SaaS-first backup solution for cloud applications. They run entirely behind Microsoft APIs, and on provider-managed infrastructure, with no dependencies on legacy architectures such as backup servers or proxy VMs, nor do they have a parallel self-managed deployment. From this roundup, you will learn about all major market vendors that provide cloud-to-cloud data protection for M365, along with their key advantages and disadvantages.
Pricing Policy for M365 Cloud to Cloud Native Backup Solutions
Note: Disclaimer about Prices
Prices were collected from public resources only (such as vendor websites, reviews, e-commerce sites, and other public materials) at the time of writing. Prices shown are approximate, and actual prices may differ by region, contract, license type, storage consumption, negotiation, etc. Prospective buyers should contact the vendor directly about actual offers. If a vendor is not listed in the table, it means that pricing information could not be found on the vendor’s website or in other publicly available sources at the time of research.
Cloud-native backup solutions are best suited for organizations that prioritize simplicity, API-level protection, and vendor-managed infrastructure.
Druva Microsoft 365 Backup Express
Druva Microsoft 365 Backup Express is a Backup-as-a-Service offering available via the Druva Data Resiliency Cloud. Druva, founded in 2008, provides a purpose-built and secure backup solution with fast recovery, designed specifically for Microsoft 365 customers.
Simple and fast deployments: Druva Microsoft 365 Backup Express is optimized for fast deployments with minimal configuration requirements. Backup and recovery workflows are provided with data-at-rest secured in Druva Cloud. Druva Microsoft 365 Backup Express focuses on out-of-the-box functionality with operational simplicity and fast time to protection rather than heavy customization and storage configuration.
MSP360 Backup for Microsoft 365
MSP360 Backup for Microsoft 365 offers cost-effective cloud to cloud data protection and quick recovery, with simple setup and maintenance that supports all core Microsoft 365 components. MSP360 product line is presented by MSP360 Backup for M365/Google for single-domain data protection, and MSP360 Managed Backup for M365/Google for multi-tenant management.
The solution is focused on bringing your cloud model and S3-compatible cloud storage providers. The product has strong encryption, multi-factor authentication, role-based access controls, backup history, object lock, advanced reporting, and audit logging to help organizations meet security and compliance requirements and to address the main government regulations without the need of local infrastructure.
AvePoint Cloud Backup
AvePoint Cloud Backup for M365 is a cloud-native Data Protection Platform developed by AvePoint, a company founded in 2001 designed for businesses with significant investments in SaaS Infrastructure. Rather than attempt to check thousands of boxes in workload categories, AvePoint Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365 specializes in data protection, offering backup and restore capabilities that are tailored to SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange Online, and Microsoft Teams.
Cloud Backup offers item-level and permission-level restore and extended data protection. AvePoint Cloud Backup’s security model follows zero-trust principles. It natively integrates with core Microsoft 365 workloads allowing for consistent data protection and restore processes across your M365 environment.
NinjaOne (Dropsuite)
NinjaOne’s SaaS protection from Dropsuite is a cloud to cloud backup solution for Microsoft 365 data. Developed by Dropsuite, NinjaOne SaaS Protection was built with principles of operation simplicity, predictable performance and rapid time to deploy and is now part of NinjaOne’s portfolio of cloud security applications.
Backup Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams data with point-in-time and granular restore functionality, along with encryption out of the box to protect against common recovery scenarios.
Asigra SaaS Backup
Asigra SaaS BACKUP defines itself as a security and reliability focused SaaS data protection platform. The benefits of Asigra (previously StorAxe) focus on architectural flexibility, extensive security controls, and transparency. Asigra is designed for SaaS customers who desire increased control over how and where their data is protected, stored, and recovered.
Native support for backing up Microsoft 365 data forM365 services. Enables point-in-time as well as granular recovery use cases. Provides security and compliance centered features such as encryption and role-based access controls. Connects to Microsoft 365 utilizing supported APIs. Ideal to be used in environments where SaaS backup is considered one component of a broader, security-centric data protection plan.
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 Users (managed by N-able) provides cloud-managed backup and recovery service which works to protect customer data. N-able was established in 2000 (originally under the SolarWinds MSP portfolio). Cove Data Protection provides a simple and reliable way to centrally manage backup, recovery, and data security for Microsoft 365 Users at scale.
Features consist of encryption, built-in deduplication to help save on storage costs, ransomware protection, and while being a primarily N-able cloud solution allows for Microsoft 365 consistent backup and recovery of components such as OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.
Clumio Backup
Clumio Backup is a cloud-native backup solution for SaaS platforms like Microsoft 365. Acquired more recently by Commvault to round-out its enterprise data protection portfolio. Service-orientation is a focus with M365 offerings showing this foundational design with SaaS-specific protection leaning more towards operational simplicity and SaaS protection at scale.
Point-in-time restore and granular item-level restore across M365 workloads, depending on backup configuration and frequency. There are no local infrastructure components required. Clumio becoming part of the Commvault product suite offers an appealing path to centralized governance, reporting and coverage across Microsoft environments for customers seeking a centralized data protection and management solution.
Spanning Backup
Spanning Backup for Microsoft 365 is a Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted backup solution focused on protecting core Microsoft 365 workloads. Spanning is solution-first with automation being a primary design goal. The company has designed its product to meet the needs of organizations that require robust Microsoft cloud data protection, but do not want additional operational overhead.
Spanning provides automated protection of core Microsoft 365 applications with the capability to restore to a point in time or perform granular restores down to the item-level. As a cloud-native solution, backups are stored outside of the Microsoft tenant allowing for non-tenant specific recovery scenarios ensuring consistent protection of supported data, while integrations with the broader Kaseya ecosystem allow alignment of backup recovery with user workflows, reporting requirements, and service delivery.
CloudAlly Microsoft 365 Backup
CloudAlly Microsoft 365 Backup is an integrated, compliance-focused cloud backup solution designed specifically for enterprise and regulated industries. The product is owned by OpenText and is part of their Information Management suite of products. CloudAlly was founded in 2011 and operated as an independent SaaS backup vendor until it was acquired by OpenText in 2021. The company has continued to operate under the CloudAlly brand as a dedicated SaaS backup offering within the OpenText ecosystem.
Fully automated cloud to cloud SaaS backup solution that includes long-term retention and extensive auditing capabilities. Covers all compliance requirements such as SOC2, HIPPA.
Keepit
Keepit is a backup solution built in 2007 that offers a SaaS backup platform to protect your data within your cloud apps. Designed for long term retention with data versioning in mind, Keepit makes it simple to retain your data for longer periods of time so you can access your data when you need it.
Provides immutable backups, with no overwrite option and easy-to-manage transparent retention policies. Integration with most major SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and more. Backup data across applications with Keepit and recover with the same retention and security policies.
Redstor Backup and Archiving
Redstor Backup and Archiving is a SaaS-centric data protection service designed to deliver backup and long-term retention to Microsoft 365 workloads. Built in 1998 with immutability and data resilience, Redstor aims to position M365 data protection and recovery as part of an overall solution designed around ransomware attacks and compliance-driven recovery scenarios as opposed to day-to-day operational restores.
Microsoft 365’s core collaborative services are automatically protected with Redstor and restores can be performed to any point in time as well as include per item restores. Backups are immutable and stored to the cloud in vendor managed storage with minimal risk from ransomware or accidental deletion.
AFI Microsoft 365 Backup
Founded in 2019 AFI Microsoft 365 Backup provides software as a service data protection primarily designed for Microsoft 365 tenants that require high frequency backup and rapid recovery capabilities. Built with simplicity in mind, Microsoft customers benefit from easy to use backup.
Offering long-term historical versioning and fine-grained recovery options to the individual object level. AFI Microsoft 365 Backup also has several tools available for investigation including indexed search and built-in anomaly detection.
VMOBACKUP for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Backup as a Service from VMOBACKUP is an entirely hosted, cloud-only solution. Created in 2016, VMOBACKUP set out to simplify backup by designing the solution around a M365-only platform. This meant sacrificing architectural flexibility for faster deployment and reduced complexity. By operating entirely on its own managed cloud environment, VMOBACKUP is ideal for customers looking for an out-of-the-box Microsoft 365 backup solution that doesn’t require storage, infrastructure, or integration management.
VMOBACKUP for Microsoft 365 delivers cloud backups with recovery capabilities including file, folder and mailbox level recovery. While backup repositories are fully managed by VMOBACKUP with no options for customer managed storage, they include granular and item-level recovery, simple deployment, onboarding and an easy to use interface.
Note: When comparing cloud-to-cloud backup solutions for Microsoft 365, buyers should consider not only pricing, but also deployment model, storage ownership, recovery granularity, and long-term operational simplicity.
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