Azure StorSimple vs. Keepit vs. Cove Data Protection

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure StorSimple
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.
$4.11
Per Day
Keepit
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
The Keepit platform, from the company of the same name in Copenhagen, is a solution that protects cloud data, boasting simple deployment and restore options that enable users to recover historic data. The Keepit platform supports any Cloud Workload and offers full retention on the user's terms from one year to eternity. It features indexing and search to ensure users have a complete view of data. The solution features supports Microsoft Office 365, Dynamics 365, Google Workspace, and…N/A
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Cove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.N/A
Pricing
Azure StorSimpleKeepitCove Data Protection
Editions & Modules
Virtual Appliance
$4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array
$4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance
$43.84
Per Day
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimpleKeepitCove Data Protection
Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsCove offers one flat rate per server or workstation and one flat per-user price for Microsoft 365, with cloud storage included. Each license carries a defined amount of included storage that is pooled across an MSPs customers, so smaller devices that use less can offset larger ones.
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Community Pulse
Azure StorSimpleKeepitCove Data Protection
Features
Azure StorSimpleKeepitCove Data Protection
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Azure StorSimple
-
Ratings
Keepit
8.3
42 Ratings
3% below category average
Cove Data Protection
9.4
19 Ratings
11% above category average
Management dashboard00 Ratings8.242 Ratings9.519 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings8.541 Ratings10.019 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings8.239 Ratings9.918 Ratings
Universal recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings9.515 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings00 Ratings9.617 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings00 Ratings9.817 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Azure StorSimple
-
Ratings
Keepit
8.0
36 Ratings
0% above category average
Cove Data Protection
-
Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings7.333 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection00 Ratings8.322 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
SaaS Backup
Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Product A and Product B
Azure StorSimple
-
Ratings
Keepit
8.3
49 Ratings
4% below category average
Cove Data Protection
-
Ratings
SaaS Product Integration00 Ratings8.545 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Data Restoration Options00 Ratings8.349 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Auditing and Search00 Ratings8.347 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises00 Ratings8.439 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure StorSimpleKeepitCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(54 ratings)
10.0
(19 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
9.7
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure StorSimpleKeepitCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure.
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Keepit
Any company that deals with the retention of important data should have Keepit to ensure operational security and data confidentiality. In scenarios such as using file servers in SharePoint, Teams, or Google Workspace, it's a tool that offers complete integration and helps save IT a lot of time on security incidents or human errors in file deletion. The fact that it only restores what is not in the folder, or backs up each version of the file given the snapshot date you choose, is fantastic. Toda companhia que lida com retenção de dados importantes, deve ter o keepit para garantir a segurança da opeção e confidencialidade dos dados, cenários como utilização de file server de arquivos no sharepoint, equipes do teams ou google workspace é uma ferramenta que tem total integração e ajuda a poucar muito tempo da TI em incidentes de segurança ou erros humanos na exclusão de arquivos. o fato dele só restaurar o que não coném na pasta, ou fazer o backup de cada versão do arquivo dado o dia do snapshot que você escolhe é maravilhoso. This review was originally written in Portuguese and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
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N-able
Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Performance via the SSD drives.
  • Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure.
  • Easy to Admin via Web client interface.
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Keepit
  • Cross tenant restores, allows you to migrate mailboxes from one tenant to another.
  • Being able to backup multiple tenants/platforms from a single interface is awesome.
  • The setup and ongoing maintenance is great, articles on how to setup security and gain access to data in a secure way is also a great feature
  • The interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate, it hides an awful lot of power
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N-able
  • Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
  • Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Additional fail-over functionality
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Keepit
  • It would be great if they showed delta changes automatically instead of having to manually complete it
  • When completing a cross-tenant restore (which works well) the notifications are hard to understand and use GUID's instead of DisplayNames
  • It would be great if it backed up more than M365/Entra
  • Bulk restore limited to 5k items
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N-able
  • Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
  • Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
  • Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
  • Option to recovery security key.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for.
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Keepit
Keepit is an awesome product that garantees a result with a simple interface, and a quick configuration integration. Nowadays the service is really good and all requests have been replied to very quickly, and that´s important for our satisfaction. The possibility of multiple points recovery is a plus as well.
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Usability
Microsoft
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Keepit
Such a simple solution to use. User friendly, intuitive, processes can be completed in minutes instead of hours with restoring from tape, and requesting the return of tapes from the off site location, thus saving many hours and cost of storage. Also gives the end user a better experience as files can be restored almost immediately.
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N-able
Cove Data Protection is very usable as it's easy to tell that it is made to not only do backup very well, but it's also easy to deploy. The agent-based deployment allows for flexible deployment options while ensuring a minimal amount of manual work is needed on the dashboard end. Recovery is also very easy, especially as it relates to one-off file recovery
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Keepit
Never had a single issue with availability, what you would expect from this type of provider, it is perfect.
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Keepit
No issues to report at all, pages are responsive, we have no other integrations, it is all good.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Keepit
Support helped us to set up SSO and MFA with our Azure AD Accounts. Once when the backup was failing, they could help us to investigate the reason and find a stale account that was preventing the backup. They are really concerned that the backup works and not only want to close the ticket like other support hotlines.
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N-able
We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.
All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.
there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.
Every it specialist should evaluate it.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Keepit
The communication from KeepIT was on point, we did the implementation based on very little information as it was so easy to deploy, yet super powerful, it is a great tool.
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N-able
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment
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Keepit
We previously used Veeam to backup data from O365 to local servers. We had other SaaS platforms we needed to include and move from local to cloud backups. While Veeam does have multiple cloud options but compared with Keepit it was overly complicated and less cost effective. Keepit was a no-brainer in terms of simplicity and having a single 360 dashboard.
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N-able
Cove is able to cover all aspects of backup in a single package. From the same dashboard I can check servers, workstations, and even Office 365. Cove is a much better solution in terms of overall management for a company such as ours. It also provides integration options with N-Able's RMM and Take Control solutions. This allows us to offer our customers with a full service suite in a single package.
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Scalability
Microsoft
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Keepit
It has been fantastic, never mised a beat and restore test are always perfect.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team
  • Great value on year 2
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Keepit
  • User productivity increase when the users didn't need to manually recreate data when it was lost. Estimation of past cases: 100,000 $ per year
  • Company blackout on disasters: pricelessly :-)
  • Admin cost reduction, no more tape changes and storage costs: 10,000 $ per year
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N-able
  • There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
  • The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.
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ScreenShots

Keepit Screenshots

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