AvePoint Cloud Backup vs. ShareGate

If backing up simple data use case scenarios such as basic web content, the product is ok. If the SharePoint site has complexities such as apps, customizations, metadata and content types, it will struggle to restore content correctly which is very painful to fix.

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Migrations from one 365 tenant to another are so easy with Sharegate that there is little work to prepare and post-check. This tool is very user friendly and if you understand SharePoint you can understand Sharegate. One other feature I like about Sharegate is that you can migrate parts of SharePoint and not just the whole thing!

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• backups
• admin site
• user management

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• Scheduled migrations
• Migration speed
• Handles O365 throttling
• Incremental migrations

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• Support can be difficult to deal with
• Restoring data is not always consistent with original content
• User interface is not intuitive

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• Error messaging unclear
• Preserving list item IDs difficult
• Migrating content types and site columns is difficult with same name
• Licensing should be less restrictive

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AvePoint Cloud Backup for Office 365 stacks up against Datto Backupify well. Although I feel that Datto's Backupify was a bit easier to configure and setup, and process backups. Probably because I have experience with it, but overall I do feel that it is easier to use than AvePoint.

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Sharegate has the feature set at the price point we needed

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• Setup can be ok if scans complete correctly and it saves time
• Can be 100% secure if bring own storage and keys
• Usually can back up 4 times a day

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• Time saved on migrations
• Improved security of SP sites with permissions reports
• Version clean up with Sharegate clean up process

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