Azure StorSimple vs. Cove Data Protection vs. CloudAlly by OpenText
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![]() Azure StorSimple | Score7 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 |
Cove Data Protection | Score8.4 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 |
CloudAlly by OpenText | Score10 out of 10 | Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees) | CloudAlly, now from Opentext, which acquired CloudAlly parent company Zix in December, 2021, aims to offer an easy and reliable backup solution for leading online services such as Office365, Google Apps, Box and Salesforce. CloudAlly subscriptions include: - Unlimited secure Amazon S3 storage and unlimited retention of daily archives - Archive storage in Amazon’s U.S., E.U. or Australia Data Centers - One-click non-destructive… | $2 user, month |
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| Small Businesses | IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 Score9.1 out of 10 | BDRShield Score6.5 out of 10 | Backupify Score5.5 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Apple iCloud Score8.4 out of 10 | Bacula Enterprise Score8.6 out of 10 | Spanning Backup Score7.3 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10 | Bacula Enterprise Score8.6 out of 10 | Veeam Data Cloud for Azure Score7.9 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 7.7 | 10.0 |
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