Azure StorSimple vs. Cove Data Protection vs. ViewBox
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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 | Score8.5 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 |
![]() ViewBox | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Additional Details | — | Cove 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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| Small Businesses | IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 Score9.1 out of 10 | BDRShield Score6.5 out of 10 | Amazon S3 Glacier Score9 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Apple iCloud Score8.4 out of 10 | Bacula Enterprise Score8.6 out of 10 | Google Vault Score9.5 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10 | Bacula Enterprise Score8.6 out of 10 | ![]() Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving Score8.4 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 | - |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | - | - |
| Usability | - | 9.7 | - |
| Support Rating | - | 9.8 | - |
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