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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACodeTwo’s backup solution for Microsoft 365 & Office 365 lets users create secure copies of Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online sites, and OneDrive for Business data. The granular recovery feature aims to help users quickly find and restore individual items at any time. Formerly a commercial product, the product was made a free download in October of 2026. Potentially it may not be receiving future updates.

    $0

    Cove Data Protection

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACove 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
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)Cove Data Protection
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)Cove Data Protection
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThis product is no longer a commercial product, but made a free download in October of 2026. It may not therefore receive future updates.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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    Community Pulse
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)Cove Data Protection
    Considered Both Products
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    Chose CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)
    Code two works well and is pretty easy to use. As long as you have the storage space for the backups it works great. If you lose that local storage however then you've lost those backups. Allowing for me to offload those backups to cloud storage (Azure, AWS) would make this …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)Cove Data Protection
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download) and Cove Data Protection
    Feature
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Cove Data Protection
    9.5
    19 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Management dashboard10.01 Ratings9.619 Ratings
    Retention options9.01 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Encryption10.01 Ratings9.918 Ratings
    Universal recovery00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.515 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.617 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.916 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.817 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.917 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings10.018 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download) and Cove Data Protection
    Feature
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Cove Data Protection
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    Ratings
    SaaS Product Integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Auditing and Search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)Cove Data Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.5
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download)Cove Data Protection
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is the rare type of software that works for both SMB's and larger businesses. The built in backup and restore features of Office 365 are too rudimentary and PowerShell based to allow lower level IT people the ability to use them. CodeTwo opens the door to allowing day to day helpdesk employees the ability to assist customers with restore needs. As with anything Office 365, there is a limit on how well is works with the system and CodeTwo does not backup Archive mailboxes so if your organization is one that uses them extensively, you should go into the deal realizing that archive restores would still need to use the built in MS offerings
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Backup all the information in Microsoft Exchange mail accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365.
    • Backup all the information in Microsoft Sharepoint / OneDrive accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365.
    • Restoring all the data in Microsoft Sharepoint / OneDrive accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365 without any complications.
    • Restoring all the data in Microsoft Exchange mail accounts on premise and also Microsoft 365 without any complications.
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    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • None offhand
    • This is really a solid product
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Great product. Easy to use, does the job without extra overhead.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    The software is very user-friendly, easy to install and configure and the user interface is very intuitive and easy to navigate throughout. We are am able to get restores of our Microsoft Data (on premise and cloud) easily without any hussle. With the help of the marvelous CodeTwo support team we've been able to overcome any obstacles we encountered.
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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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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Code two works well and is pretty easy to use. As long as you have the storage space for the backups it works great. If you lose that local storage however then you've lost those backups. Allowing for me to offload those backups to cloud storage (Azure, AWS) would make this a really good solution.
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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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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • It allows us the ability to maintain some lower level IT employees and lower the load on level 3 support...lessening our overhead salaries.
    • The ease to use interfaces speeds up the ability to restore data which in turn gives our users a heads up on doing what they need to do without having to wait for fixes/restores.
    • The cost of a lost file(s) is almost immeasurable. Having this extra layer of protection is such a benefit, we often mention it to our customers as a benefit of working with us.
    Incentivized
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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

    CodeTwo Backup (legacy, free download) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the GUI used to create, manage and monitor backup jobs.Screenshot of the interface to create separate jobs for data backup, recovery and archive tasks.Screenshot of backed-up data or search for items to preview or restore.Screenshot of where to control the size of backup storages by archiving the oldest data or applying a retention policy.