| Why IDrive® Microsoft Office 365 Backup is better? | IDrive® Microsoft Office 365 Backup | Veeam Microsoft Office 365 Backup |
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| Pricing |
Priced at $20/year for 1 seat. Unlimited cloud storage. |
Starts at $21.60 per year for one backup software license (minimum purchase of 10 licenses required). Prices vary by region. Customers may need to arrange their own cloud storage, incurring an additional cost. |
No minimum purchase of licenses for sign up |
 No minimum purchase of seats required |
 Minimum purchase of 10 licenses required |
Add Unlimited licenses |
Add unlimited seats or domains |
Maximum of 250 licenses allowed |
Free Sharepoint Sites and Teams backup |
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Agentless backup |
Hassle-free agentless backup; does not require agent installation for each Microsoft Office 365 server |
Agent-based backup solution; need to install the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 package for each server |
Easy to configure |
You can configure the application and connect your Microsoft Office 365 account in a few simple steps |
Configuration process of the Azure AD application is lengthy and complex |
Automated backups |
IDrive performs fully-automated backups for all users, sites, and teams |
Automated backup is not available; backup jobs need to be configured for users and drives |
Microsoft Office 365 Personal account backup |
IDrive support backup for Microsoft Office 365 Personal Accounts |
Does not support backup for Microsoft Office 365 Personal Accounts |
Daily 3x incremental backup |
IDrive runs 3 incremental backups per day |
Backup jobs need be scheduled |
Single-click backup |
Easily perform single-click OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams backup for users by going to the respective module |
One-click backup is not applicable; admin has to configure separate Backup Plans to backup OneDrive, Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams data for the users |
User management |
Effective management tools available, suitable for large infrastructure |
Limited user management tools |
No additional roles and permissions required for backup and restore |
Easily navigate across default backup modules for backup, restore, and management of your OneDrive, Exchange, Sharepoint, and Teams data |
Restore operator roles need to be created to perform restore across users |
High-performance |
The web-based application is reliable, highly available, and fast performing |
Need to configure auxiliary backup applications to process SharePoint Online and OneDrive business data without throttling |
| 7 day free trial |
Note:
- A seat refers to a Microsoft Office 365 user, a SharePoint site, or a Team. Each seat added to the account will be charged $20/Year.