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Cloud Backup
Secure the front door. Email is where most attacks arrive — Cloud Backup is AvePoint’s multi-SaaS backup — automatically back up your Microsoft 365, Google, Salesforce and Dynamics data, stored independently (immutable, ransomware-resilient), with fast, granular recovery. Because SaaS providers DON’T back up your data — that’s your job.
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AvePoint Cloud Backup is SaaS-data backup software — it automatically backs up the data your organisation holds in cloud platforms like Microsoft 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Groups), Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 and more — so you can recover it quickly if it's lost, deleted, corrupted or held to ransom. Why this matters: organisations increasingly run on SaaS platforms (especially Microsoft 365), holding critical data — emails, documents, Teams chats, records — in the cloud. A dangerous misconception is that this data is fully protected by the SaaS provider. It isn't: Microsoft, Google and others operate a 'shared responsibility model' — they keep the service running, but protecting YOUR data (against accidental deletion, malicious deletion, ransomware, corruption, insider actions, or retention gaps) is YOUR responsibility. Native recycle bins and retention are limited (short windows, gaps) and are not a real backup. So if data is deleted (accidentally or maliciously), corrupted, or encrypted by ransomware, you can permanently lose it — unless you have an independent backup. AvePoint Cloud Backup provides exactly that: automated, secure, independent backups of your SaaS data, stored separately, with fast, granular recovery (restore a single email, file, site, or a whole workload) — so you can recover from any data-loss scenario. It's part of AvePoint's Confidence Platform (specifically its Resilience suite), from AvePoint — a NASDAQ-listed (AVPT), 28,000+-customer data-management leader with deep Microsoft-ecosystem heritage. TechBag scopes, licenses and supports it in INR/GST for Indian organisations.
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This page covers Cloud Backup — multi-SaaS backup. The rest of AvePoint:
Quick facts
30-second orientation- Product
- Cloud Backup — multi-SaaS backup
- Vendor
- AvePoint (founded 2001 · NASDAQ: AVPT)
- The category
- SaaS backup (M365, Google, Salesforce…)
- Protects
- M365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dynamics
- Why
- SaaS shared responsibility — YOUR data is YOUR job
- Recovery
- Fast, granular (item to full workload)
- Part of
- AvePoint Confidence Platform (Resilience)
- Scale
- 28,000+ customers; Microsoft-ecosystem leader
- Vs
- Veeam, Druva, Commvault, Barracuda, Rubrik
- In India via
- TechBag — licensing, quotes, GST invoicing, support
Understand SaaS backup & shared responsibility before you buy
Most product pages skip this. We start here — so you buy a capability, not a buzzword.
What is Cloud Backup?
AvePoint’s multi-SaaS backup — automatically back up your M365, Google, Salesforce & Dynamics data, and recover it (item to workload) if it’s lost.
Native recycle bins vs real SaaS backup — the honest table
What consolidation actually replaces, dimension by dimension.
| Dimension | Unprotected / signature email | Cloud Backup (AvePoint) |
|---|---|---|
| SaaS data protection | Assumed (wrongly) provider does it | Your own independent backup |
| Deleted data | Gone after native window | Recoverable, long-term |
| Ransomware on cloud data | Pay or lose | Restore from immutable backup |
| Recovery | Coarse / slow / none | Granular, fast, point-in-time |
| Coverage | Some platforms unprotected | M365, Google, Salesforce… |
| Storage | Vendor-only | BYO (Azure/AWS/GCP) option |
| Retention | Short native limits | Long-term (+compliance) |
| The vendor | Backup-only point tool | Data-mgmt leader (+platform) |
Cloud Backup is deep M365 + multi-SaaS backup — independent, immutable, granular recovery — within AvePoint’s data-management platform. For broadest all-workload backup, compare Veeam. TechBag advises honestly.
The five pieces of the platform
Vendors love diagrams; buyers need to know what they’re actually operating. Here’s the whole platform, demystified.
Connect Your SaaS
Connect Cloud Backup to your SaaS platforms — Microsoft 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Groups, Planner), Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 and more — so all your critical cloud data is in scope for protection.
Automated Backup
Cloud Backup automatically backs up your SaaS data on a schedule (up to several times a day) — comprehensively across workloads — capturing your data independently, so you always have a recent, recoverable copy separate from the live platform.
Independent Storage
Backups are stored independently and securely (in AvePoint's cloud, or your own Azure/AWS/GCP storage — 'bring your own storage') — separate from the source SaaS platform, so a problem in the source (deletion, ransomware, outage) doesn't affect your backup. Immutable options resist ransomware.
Granular Recovery
Recover exactly what you need — a single email, file, list item, Teams message, or a whole site, mailbox or workload — quickly, to the original or a new location. Granular, fast recovery means you fix data loss precisely, without over-restoring.
Confidence Platform
Cloud Backup is part of AvePoint's Confidence Platform — specifically its Resilience suite — so backup connects to AvePoint's broader data protection, governance and management capabilities, from one NASDAQ-listed data-management leader.
One agent on every machine, one console over all of them — modules attach without a second operational world.
Twelve capabilities. Cover, protect, recover.
Cloud Backup protects your SaaS data against deletion, ransomware & corruption — fulfilling the shared-responsibility model — the backup layer of the portfolio, and paired with the human firewall.
Full Microsoft 365 Coverage
Back up all key M365 workloads — Exchange Online (email), SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams (chats, channels, files), Groups, Planner, Project and more — comprehensively. AvePoint's deep Microsoft heritage means thorough, reliable M365 protection.
Google, Salesforce, Dynamics & More
Beyond M365, back up Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Azure DevOps and more — so a single solution protects your data across multiple SaaS platforms. Multi-SaaS coverage means one backup for your cloud estate.
Comprehensive Data & Metadata
Back up not just content but metadata, permissions, structure and settings — so restores are complete and faithful (a restored site or mailbox looks and works right, with permissions intact). Comprehensive backup means reliable, full-fidelity recovery.
Automated, Scheduled Backups
Backups run automatically on a schedule (up to several times daily) — so protection is continuous and hands-off, always capturing recent data. No manual effort, no gaps from forgotten backups. Set it and stay protected.
Independent & BYO Storage
Store backups independently — in AvePoint's secure cloud, or your own Azure/AWS/GCP storage ('bring your own storage') — separate from the source SaaS. So a source problem (deletion, ransomware, outage) can't affect your backup. Your data, safely apart.
Ransomware Resilience (Immutable)
Immutable backup options mean backups can't be altered or deleted by ransomware or attackers — so even if ransomware hits your SaaS data, you have a clean, unencrypted copy to restore. Critical, as ransomware increasingly targets cloud data.
Encryption & Security
Backups are encrypted (in transit and at rest) and secured, with access controls — so your backed-up data is protected. Backup data is sensitive (it's a full copy of your data), so strong backup security is essential. AvePoint provides it.
Granular, Point-in-Time Restore
Restore exactly what's needed — a single email, file, list item, Teams message — or a whole mailbox, site or workload, from a point in time before the loss. Granular restore means you recover precisely, without over-restoring or losing recent good data.
Fast, Flexible Recovery
Recover quickly to the original location, a new location, or a different tenant — with search to find what to restore. Fast recovery minimises downtime and disruption when data is lost. Get your data (and your users) back working, fast.
Ransomware & Bulk Recovery
Recover from ransomware or large-scale loss — restore whole workloads or the affected data to a clean point in time — so you can bounce back from a major incident. The ultimate value of backup: recovering when the worst happens.
Long-Term Retention & Compliance
Retain backups for as long as you need (well beyond native limits) — for recovery, and for compliance/legal-hold requirements. So you meet retention obligations and can recover from long-ago points. Backup that also serves compliance and retention.
Part of the Confidence Platform
Cloud Backup is part of AvePoint's Confidence Platform (Resilience suite) — so it connects to AvePoint's broader data protection, governance (Cloud Governance, Insights) and management, for a comprehensive SaaS data-management capability from one leader.
Watch AvePoint Cloud Backup in action
The overview, getting started, and protecting M365 email.
AvePoint Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Salesforce
Multi-SaaS backup, explained.
The AvePoint Confidence Platform for the Public Sector
The Confidence Platform (context).
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Here’s what genuinely sets AvePoint Cloud Backup apart.
SaaS shared responsibility — your cloud data is YOUR job to protect
The single most important reason AvePoint Cloud Backup exists is a widely-misunderstood fact: your data in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and other SaaS platforms is NOT fully protected by the provider — protecting it is YOUR responsibility — so you need your own backup. The dangerous misconception: many organisations assume that because their data lives in Microsoft 365 (or Google, Salesforce, etc.) — a big, reliable cloud service — it's automatically safe and backed up by the provider. This is false, and dangerously so. The reality — shared responsibility: SaaS providers operate a 'shared responsibility model'. The provider is responsible for keeping the SERVICE running — infrastructure, uptime, availability. But YOU are responsible for protecting YOUR DATA within the service — against accidental deletion, malicious deletion, ransomware, corruption, insider actions, and gaps in retention. Microsoft itself explicitly recommends third-party backup and states that protecting your data is your responsibility. The provider will keep the service up, but they won't restore data YOU (or your users, or an attacker) deleted or corrupted, beyond limited native windows. Why native protections aren't enough: SaaS platforms have some native features — recycle bins, retention policies, versioning — but these are NOT a real backup: they have short, limited retention windows (after which data is gone permanently); they have gaps (not everything is covered, or recoverable); they can be defeated (a malicious actor or ransomware can delete/encrypt including recycle bins); and they're not designed for reliable, long-term, granular recovery. Relying on them leaves you exposed. The data-loss scenarios: without your own backup, you can permanently lose SaaS data from: accidental deletion (a user deletes a file/email/site, discovered after the native window); malicious deletion (a departing employee or attacker deletes data); ransomware (increasingly targeting cloud data, encrypting it); corruption or sync errors; and retention gaps. Any of these can mean permanent, unrecoverable loss of critical business data. The solution: AvePoint Cloud Backup provides your own independent backup of your SaaS data — automated, secure, stored separately — so whatever happens in the source (deletion, ransomware, corruption), you can recover. It fulfils YOUR side of the shared-responsibility model. For any organisation with critical data in SaaS (i.e. essentially all), this is essential, not optional — it's the difference between recoverable and permanent loss. TechBag helps organisations protect their SaaS data with AvePoint Cloud Backup. TechBag helps you fulfil your data-protection responsibility.
Ransomware targets cloud data — independent, immutable backup is your recovery
A critical reason for AvePoint Cloud Backup is ransomware: attackers increasingly target and encrypt cloud/SaaS data, and an independent, immutable backup is often the only reliable way to recover without paying — so backup is a core ransomware defence. Ransomware's shift to the cloud: ransomware — where attackers encrypt your data and demand payment — was long focused on on-premises systems, but attackers increasingly target cloud and SaaS data too, as that's where organisations' data now lives (M365, etc.). They may compromise accounts and encrypt or delete SaaS data, or ransomware spreads to cloud-synced data. Cloud data is not immune to ransomware. Why backup is the key defence: the most reliable way to recover from ransomware — without paying the ransom (which is risky, often fails, and funds crime) — is to restore your data from a clean backup taken before the attack. If you have a good, independent backup, you can wipe the encrypted data and restore the clean copy, defeating the ransomware's leverage. Without a backup, your options are grim: pay (and hope), or lose the data. So backup is a cornerstone of ransomware resilience. Why it must be independent and immutable: for backup to defend against ransomware, it must be: Independent — stored separately from the source, so ransomware that hits your SaaS data can't reach the backup (a backup in the same compromised environment is useless). Immutable — unable to be altered or deleted, so ransomware or attackers can't encrypt or destroy the backup itself (sophisticated ransomware tries to destroy backups first). AvePoint Cloud Backup provides both: backups stored independently (separate storage), with immutable options — so even a ransomware attack that hits your SaaS data leaves your backup clean, safe and restorable. What this means: with AvePoint Cloud Backup, a ransomware attack on your SaaS data isn't catastrophic — you restore from the clean, immutable backup and recover, without paying. This turns a potential disaster into a recoverable incident. Given how prevalent and damaging ransomware is (and its growing focus on cloud data), this backup-based resilience is genuinely critical. For any organisation, having independent, immutable backup of SaaS data is a core part of ransomware defence — and AvePoint Cloud Backup provides it. TechBag helps organisations build ransomware resilience for SaaS data with AvePoint Cloud Backup. TechBag helps you recover from ransomware without paying.
Granular, fast recovery — fix data loss precisely, minimise downtime
A key strength of AvePoint Cloud Backup is granular, fast recovery — the ability to restore exactly what's needed (from a single item to a whole workload), quickly — which matters because recovery quality is what makes backup actually useful when data is lost. Backup is about recovery: the whole point of backup is being able to recover data when it's lost. A backup you can't recover from well — too slow, too coarse, unreliable — fails when you need it. So the recovery capability (speed, granularity, reliability) is what really matters, not just that backups exist. Granular recovery — restore precisely: AvePoint Cloud Backup offers granular recovery — you can restore exactly what you need, at any level: a single email, a single file, a specific list item, a Teams message, a particular SharePoint page — or scale up to a whole mailbox, site, or entire workload. This precision matters: usually, data loss is specific (a user deleted one important file, or one mailbox was affected), and you want to restore just that — not over-restore everything (which could overwrite good recent data or cause disruption). Granular restore lets you fix the exact problem, cleanly. Point-in-time — restore from before the loss: you can restore from a specific point in time (before the deletion, corruption or attack) — so you get the good version of the data, not the damaged one. Fast recovery — minimise downtime: recovery is fast, and flexible (restore to the original location, a new location, or another tenant), with search to quickly find what to restore. Fast recovery minimises the downtime and disruption of data loss — users get their data back quickly, business continues. Why this matters: when data is lost, the impact (downtime, lost work, disruption, stress) depends heavily on how quickly and precisely you can recover. Slow, coarse recovery prolongs the pain; fast, granular recovery resolves it quickly and cleanly. AvePoint Cloud Backup's granular, fast, point-in-time recovery means data-loss incidents — from a single deleted file to a ransomware attack — are resolved precisely and quickly, minimising impact. This recovery quality is what makes the backup genuinely valuable in practice. For any organisation, good recovery is the real payoff of backup, and AvePoint delivers it. TechBag helps organisations get fast, granular SaaS recovery with AvePoint Cloud Backup. TechBag helps you recover precisely, quickly.
Multi-SaaS coverage & Microsoft depth — one backup for your cloud estate
A significant strength of AvePoint Cloud Backup is that it covers multiple SaaS platforms comprehensively — with especially deep Microsoft 365 coverage — so one solution protects your whole cloud data estate, thoroughly. The multi-SaaS reality: organisations increasingly use multiple SaaS platforms — Microsoft 365 (usually the biggest), often Google Workspace, Salesforce (CRM), Dynamics 365, and others — each holding critical data. Protecting all of these could mean multiple separate backup tools (complex, costly, inconsistent). A single solution covering them all is far better. AvePoint's multi-SaaS coverage: AvePoint Cloud Backup covers many SaaS platforms — Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Azure DevOps and more — in one solution. So you can protect your whole cloud data estate consistently, from one place, rather than juggling multiple backup tools. This simplicity and consistency is valuable. Deep Microsoft 365 coverage: AvePoint has deep Microsoft-ecosystem heritage — it's long specialised in Microsoft 365/SharePoint data management — so its M365 coverage is especially thorough and reliable: all key workloads (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams including chats and channels, Groups, Planner, Project), with metadata, permissions and structure captured for faithful restores. Since M365 is usually the largest and most critical SaaS platform, this depth matters — you want your most important data protected thoroughly, and AvePoint's Microsoft expertise ensures that. Comprehensive, faithful backup: beyond breadth, AvePoint backs up comprehensively — content plus metadata, permissions, structure and settings — so restores are complete and faithful (a restored site or mailbox works correctly, with permissions intact), not just raw data. This full-fidelity backup means reliable recovery. Why this matters: covering multiple SaaS platforms (with deep M365 coverage) in one comprehensive solution means you protect your entire cloud data estate thoroughly and simply — no gaps (unprotected platforms), no juggling multiple tools, and confidence that even your most critical (M365) data is fully covered. For organisations with data across several SaaS platforms — especially Microsoft-centric ones — this breadth and depth is genuinely valuable. AvePoint provides it. TechBag helps organisations protect their whole SaaS estate with AvePoint Cloud Backup. TechBag helps you cover all your cloud data, thoroughly.
From a listed data-management leader — with the Confidence Platform
AvePoint Cloud Backup comes from AvePoint — a NASDAQ-listed, 28,000+-customer data-management leader with deep Microsoft heritage — and is part of its broader Confidence Platform, which matters because backup is trust-critical and benefits from a proven, focused vendor with a broader data-management capability. A proven, listed, focused vendor: AvePoint is a data-management specialist — founded 2001, NASDAQ-listed (AVPT, publicly accountable), with 28,000+ customers, ~$443M revenue, and deep Microsoft-ecosystem expertise (it's long been a leading Microsoft 365/SharePoint data-management partner). For backup — which protects your critical data and must be reliable — having it from a proven, established, publicly-accountable, focused data-management leader provides confidence. AvePoint lives and breathes SaaS data management; this is its core business. Deep Microsoft (and multi-SaaS) expertise: AvePoint's Microsoft heritage means its M365 backup is expert and thorough (as covered), and its multi-SaaS coverage reflects broad data-management capability. You're getting backup from specialists in exactly this domain. The Confidence Platform: Cloud Backup is part of AvePoint's Confidence Platform — a comprehensive SaaS data-management platform spanning Resilience (backup — Cloud Backup), Control (governance, access, security — Cloud Governance, Insights) and Modernization (migration, analytics — Fly). So backup connects to a broader capability: you can protect your data (backup), AND govern it (access, lifecycle, sprawl), AND secure it (access-risk analytics), AND migrate/manage it — all from one platform and vendor. For organisations wanting comprehensive SaaS data management (not just backup), this platform breadth is valuable — one partner for protecting, governing, securing and managing your cloud data. Why this matters: adopting AvePoint Cloud Backup means getting your critical backup from a proven, listed, focused, expert data-management leader — with the confidence that provides — and access to a broader Confidence Platform if you want comprehensive SaaS data management. For organisations that value a trusted, capable vendor and a path to broader data management, this is a real advantage. TechBag supplies AvePoint Cloud Backup, with local scoping and support, and can scope the broader platform. TechBag provides SaaS backup from a trusted data-management leader.
The honest scope
AvePoint Cloud Backup is SaaS-data backup — automatically backing up your data in Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dynamics 365 and more, stored independently (with immutable/ransomware-resilient and bring-your-own-storage options), with fast, granular, point-in-time recovery — fulfilling your side of the SaaS shared-responsibility model. It's part of AvePoint's Confidence Platform (Resilience suite), from a NASDAQ-listed data-management leader with deep Microsoft heritage. The honest framing: the SaaS-backup (especially M365-backup) market is competitive, with strong players — Veeam (a backup leader, with Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365, very widely used), Druva (cloud-native SaaS backup), Commvault (enterprise backup, incl. SaaS), Barracuda (Cloud-to-Cloud Backup, SMB-friendly), Rubrik, Keepit, and Acronis. Many are capable and popular. AvePoint Cloud Backup's distinctive strengths are: its deep Microsoft-365 expertise and comprehensive M365 coverage (from a leading Microsoft data-management partner); its multi-SaaS breadth (M365, Google, Salesforce, Dynamics); its bring-your-own-storage flexibility; and — importantly — its place in the broader Confidence Platform (so backup connects to governance, security and management of your SaaS data, not just backup alone). Relative to a pure-play backup leader like Veeam, AvePoint's edge is its Microsoft-ecosystem depth and its broader data-management platform (governance + backup + migration); Veeam has huge backup breadth and mindshare. It's most compelling when you want thorough M365 (and multi-SaaS) backup from a Microsoft data-management specialist, value bring-your-own-storage, and/or want a path to broader SaaS data governance and management (the Confidence Platform). For pure backup breadth across all workloads (incl. on-prem, VMs), Veeam/Commvault go wider. TechBag scopes Cloud Backup honestly against Veeam, Druva, Commvault and others, and licenses it in INR/GST with local support.
The numbers behind the platform
What your Cloud Backup journey looks like
Backup scoping
Your SaaS platforms (M365, Google, Salesforce…), data volumes, recovery (RPO/RTO), ransomware, retention and data-residency (BYO storage) needs. TechBag scopes it free.
Connect & first backup
Connect Cloud Backup to your SaaS platforms, choose storage (AvePoint's or your own Azure/AWS/GCP), and run the first backups — comprehensively capturing your cloud data. You're protected.
Configure & test recovery
Set backup schedules, retention, immutability, and — crucially — test recovery (restore a file, a site) to prove it works. A backup you haven't tested restoring is a gamble; validate it.
Protect, recover, extend
Backup runs automatically; recover granularly whenever needed; extend to more SaaS or the broader Confidence Platform (governance). TechBag models it in INR/GST and supports you locally.
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The review scoreboard
Modelled on Gartner Peer Insights structure. *Counts and breakdowns are illustrative pending verified review collection.
Quick poll — what’s driving your evaluation?
Talk to an advisor“We assumed Microsoft backed up our 365 data — they don't (shared responsibility). AvePoint Cloud Backup fixed that. When a user deleted a critical SharePoint site, we restored it in minutes.”
“The Microsoft 365 coverage is thorough — Teams chats, channels, permissions, everything — and restores come back faithful. AvePoint's Microsoft depth clearly shows.”
“Immutable, independent backup gave us ransomware resilience for our cloud data — a clean copy we could restore from without paying. Peace of mind for the board.”
“Bring-your-own-storage let us keep backups in our own Azure tenant — important for our data-residency requirements. And multi-SaaS covered our Salesforce too. One solution.”
“Granular, point-in-time restore means we fix exactly what's lost — one email, one file — without over-restoring. Fast, precise, minimal disruption. Recovery done right.”
“We compared Veeam and Druva — all capable — but AvePoint's Microsoft-365 depth and the broader Confidence Platform (backup + governance) won for our M365-centric estate. TechBag was honest.”
“Long-term retention beyond native limits helped us meet compliance and legal-hold requirements — backup that also serves retention. Two needs, one tool.”
“As an MSP, AvePoint Cloud Backup lets us offer backup-as-a-service across our clients' M365 tenants, managed centrally. Reliable, and TechBag handled India licensing.”
Where everyone sits — the grids
Analyst firms bury this view behind paywalls, and G2 retired its Grid. So here’s TechBag’s synthesis of the SaaS-backup market — tap any vendor to see why it sits where it does.
TechBag Email-Security Grid
Execution strength vs product vision — the classic market map, minus the paywall.
Deep M365 + multi-SaaS backup in a data-mgmt platform. This page's product.
Detection × Portfolio Integration
The grid nobody publishes — how strong the email detection is vs how integrated with the wider security portfolio.
Deep M365, multi-SaaS, +platform.
Positions are TechBag’s illustrative synthesis of public review-platform data and vendor documentation — not a reproduction of any analyst graphic. Verify before relying on it.
Cloud Backup vs the SaaS-backup field
Veeam, Druva, Commvault, Barracuda and native features — honest lanes; the edge is deep Microsoft-365 coverage + multi-SaaS breadth + bring-your-own-storage, within a broader data-management platform.
| Dimension | AvePoint Cloud Backup | Veeam (Data Cloud M365) | Druva | Commvault | Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud | Native (recycle bin/retention) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Multi-SaaS backup + data-mgmt platform | Backup leader (M365 & broad) | Cloud-native SaaS backup | Enterprise backup (broad) | SMB-friendly cloud backup | Native only — not a backup |
| Microsoft 365 coverage & fidelity | Deep (Microsoft heritage) | Strong | Strong | Strong | Good | Limited/gaps |
| Multi-SaaS (Google/Salesforce/Dynamics) | Yes — broad | M365-focused (+Salesforce) | Broad (incl. Salesforce) | Broad | M365/Google | N/A |
| Ransomware resilience (immutable) | Yes — immutable options | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Granular, point-in-time recovery | Yes — item to workload | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Bring-your-own-storage | Yes (Azure/AWS/GCP) | Some options | Vendor cloud | Yes | Vendor cloud | N/A |
| Broader data-mgmt platform | Yes — Confidence Platform (gov/migration) | Backup-focused | Data protection focus | Data mgmt (backup-led) | Backup-focused | N/A |
| All-workload backup (on-prem/VM too) | SaaS-focused | Yes — everything | Endpoint/SaaS-focused | Yes — everything | Some | N/A |
| Best fit | Deep M365 + multi-SaaS backup within a data-mgmt platform | Broad backup leader (all workloads + M365) | Cloud-native SaaS/endpoint backup | Enterprise all-workload backup | Simple SMB cloud backup | Nobody — native isn't a backup |
Which email-security approach fits you?
Honest fit signals — because the fastest way to lose your trust is to pretend one product wins every scenario.
Choose AvePoint Cloud Backup if…
- ✓You need to protect M365 (and Google/Salesforce/Dynamics) data — fulfilling shared responsibility
- ✓You value deep Microsoft-365 coverage from a Microsoft data-management specialist
- ✓You want ransomware-resilient (immutable), bring-your-own-storage backup
- ✓You want a path to broader SaaS data governance & management (Confidence Platform)
Veeam if…
- ✓You want the broadest backup leader across ALL workloads (on-prem, VM, cloud, M365)
Druva if…
- ✓You want fully cloud-native SaaS/endpoint backup
Commvault if…
- ✓You want enterprise all-workload backup and data management
Native only if…
- ✓Never — recycle bins/retention are not a backup; you can permanently lose data
What do email threats cost you?
Drag the sliders (count users; IT-hour cost as loaded rate). Estimates contrast the effort and exposure of no real backup vs protected, recoverable SaaS data — but the larger, unpriced win is the avoided permanent loss (deletion or ransomware of critical M365 data). Illustrative; Cloud Backup is subscription/quote-priced.
Loaded cost = salary + overheads per productive hour. Illustrative only — your TechBag quote models actual device counts and modules.
Three ways to consume it
Cloud Backup is subscription/quote-priced — by users (and/or data volume) across the SaaS platforms protected, retention, features and term. Bring-your-own-storage can manage cost/residency. TechBag right-sizes it and quotes in INR/GST with local support.
Cloud Backup (multi-SaaS)
Best for protecting your SaaS data
- M365, Google, Salesforce, Dynamics coverage
- Independent, immutable, encrypted; BYO storage
- Fast, granular, point-in-time recovery
+ Platform add-ons
Best for a broader rollout
- Scoped to your estate
- Add-on modules as needed
- Phased, right-sized deployment
+ The Confidence Platform
Best for full SaaS data management
- Add Cloud Governance, Insights (govern & secure), Fly (migrate)
- One data-management leader (NASDAQ: AVPT)
- TechBag scopes the mix in INR/GST
Buy it for less — TechBag pricing beats list
Whatever the list prices above, TechBag negotiates a significantly better deal — with GST-compliant INR invoicing and local support. Ask us for your discounted quote.
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The 8 questions to ask every vendor
Take this into your next vendor call — including ours.
Do you understand that M365/Google DON'T fully back up your data (shared responsibility)? If not, this is the key gap Cloud Backup fills.
Which SaaS platforms hold your critical data (M365, Google, Salesforce, Dynamics)? Cloud Backup covers them in one solution.
Do you have an independent, immutable backup to recover cloud data from ransomware without paying? Cloud Backup provides it.
Assess your recovery needs — granularity (item vs workload), speed (RTO), and point-in-time — Cloud Backup is granular and fast.
Do you need bring-your-own-storage (e.g. your own Azure, for data residency)? Cloud Backup supports it.
Do you need long-term retention (beyond native limits) for compliance/legal hold? Cloud Backup provides it.
Weigh AvePoint (deep M365, multi-SaaS, +platform) vs Veeam/Druva/Commvault — for your estate and priorities.
Size by users and/or data volume across platforms, and quote in INR/GST — TechBag scopes it.
Questions buyers ask
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