Backup and Restore for SharePoint &amp; Microsoft Office 365 vs Commvault Cloud comparison

Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 vs. Commvault Cloud

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Categories and Ranking

Backup and Restore for Shar...

Ranking in SaaS Backup

19th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Commvault Cloud

Ranking in SaaS Backup

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

110

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (3rd), eDiscovery (3rd), Cloud Backup (2nd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd), File Archiving (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (4th), Threat Deception Platforms (1st), Container Backup Software (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the SaaS Backup category, the mindshare of Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Commvault Cloud is 9.7%, down from 12.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

SaaS Backup

Featured Reviews

Pramodh Maheshwar

IT Systems Engineer - Wintel at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

A scalable solution for backup and restore that has an easy setup

The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems. There's no other way around it. Recently, we have also faced RDS and print server issues. One of our clients experienced some remote desktop service issues. These things keep happening with Microsoft. They have a patch, and then they have some other rollout that fixes it. The solution should be more consistent with its patching updates.

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Matt Reller

Principal Platform Engineer Storage/Backup at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Provides extremely fast backup, is easy to manage, and is flexible

Commvault Cloud's automated policies provide the notification we need to ensure our data is secure and managed correctly. Commvault Cloud provides excellent visibility across all of our organization's data. It is extremely important to our organization that Commvault has a unified platform that offers recovery across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS workloads. It has helped our organization improve by simplifying the way we manage our environment. We could not manage the same environment with only half of our current staff. We have yet to find anything in our environment that Commvault does not support. Commvault Cloud's Risk Analysis helps us identify, categorize, and classify sensitive data enabling us to take the appropriate actions to protect it. Commvault does a good job helping us limit our exposure and ensure compliance. Commvault has helped us reduce our data management costs significantly. Compared to Dell Avamar, the costs are vastly different. Commvault is much more cost-effective. We are licensed by capacity, so we don't have to worry about licensing different features. We have all the features that are licensed by capacity. And as far as ongoing support costs and other expenses, they are much lower than what they were with Dell Avamar. Commvault also gives us the flexibility to use any storage we want, while Avamar is tied to the Data Domain, which is not cheap to support. It has helped us reduce our backup time unless we are using Data Domain. This is because we can perform deduplication and compression on the client layer, which reduces the load on the network. We cannot do this with Data Domain. In fact, if we even attempt to perform a quick progress check before sending data to the Data Domain, the system fails completely. We learned this the hard way. We are using many more advanced features in Commvault Cloud than we ever did in Dell Avamar, simply because we had to license each feature separately in Avamar. As a result, we did not perform many backups in Avamar, such as all database backups (DB2, SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL). These backups were performed outside of Avamar. We are now using Direct Connect agents for all of our databases. This allows us to perform incremental backups, which we could not do with the previous method. As a result, we have reduced our backup times by two-thirds, or even more in some cases. Compared to when we were backing up directly to Data Domain, Commvault is now running our backups ten times faster. This has resulted in a significant reduction in our backup times. Commvault has helped us reduce the RPO. Even in Data Domain, it has reduced our storage times by about half. It has also helped us reduce the threat detection time. We reduced the RTO significantly with Commvault. Commvault has helped us reduce downtime primarily due to the increase in the performance of resources.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The stability has always been very good."

"Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use."

"The most valuable feature includes leaving the stub files behind and integrating that with the recenter feature."

"The solution has good scalability."

"It's very easy to set up the storage across all platforms. This allows us to be dynamic and change on-the-fly."

"This solution gives me the full insight without having to use other products, metrics, or reporting tools."

"There's no impact on the endpoint. It runs in the background and it's something that you install and then forget about."

"All the management is centralized from that CommServe server. You can manage all the clients and all the infrastructure using one interface and one server... Using the Commvault interface, you can customize and generate multiple reports to easily see what is protected and what is not protected in the environment."

"The compression and deduplication are great for optimizing bandwidth and speed. I don't have to worry about it or think about it, and, because it's a SaaS solution, I don't have to worry about the storage size."

"It is easy to use and stable. It delivers what has been promised. When it says it can do something, it can actually do it, as opposed to some of its competitors."

"IntelliSnap and file system backups are valuable features."

"The user interface is very easy to navigate."

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Cons

"I think the solution itself keeps up with everything else. Sometimes it would be nice if they could move a little bit quicker and have faster updates, but in terms of the features, it's absolutely fine and adequate."

"The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems."

"We need more options for the backup schedule."

"The user experience needs a little refreshing touch."

"The initial setup was complex."

"Commvault should keep and continue to develop the Java GUI."

"We've run into some issues when attempting to restore very large numbers of files. Of course, that's more of a design issue."

"Persistent binding is a feature that I would like to see in the next release of Commvault."

"The navigation of it needs improvement in terms of the UX. The product itself, it works as expected. It's all user experience and user interface improvements that could be made and it could be made a little more consumer-friendly."

"Additional SaaS application support would be good... we have SaaS applications that may not be big enough for Commvault to support yet. Box.com is one we've asked about for years, and it's just not on the radar, as far as I know."

"The pricing could be more flexible in terms of licensing."

"Reduce the complexity for better understanding of the reports. There are a lot of variables in which you can get confused while elaborating on reports."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution’s pricing is expensive."

"The solution could also be cheaper."

"Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte."

"It is quite expensive when compared to other applications in the market. Its license is completely based on workload capacity. If I buy a license for 100 terabytes, I can back up anything. I can back up any platform, technology, or application, which is an advantage. Previously, we had to buy an agent for a particular application, and the cost was different for each agent. Now, the cost is completely based on the storage capacity. The license for one terabyte can cost around $1,700 for backing up anything from your environment."

"Commvault Backup & Recovery is priced fairly, and its performance-to-cost ratio is also better than fair."

"The tool is affordable."

"On a scale of one to ten, where ten is the highest price, I rate the pricing an eight."

"We work with Commvault and a partner on our environment needs according to capacity, licensing, pricing, components, modules, etc. Additional costs depend on your backup needs."

"Our yearly cost is around €20,000... The cost is based on the number of users and the amount of data. They sell it per terabyte."

"We like that there is no extra cost for SharePoint, Teams, or OneDrive. It is all mimicking Microsoft's model. Every user has one terabyte of space. When users start using OneDrive, everybody has one terabyte that will be backed up included in the price."

"Commvault licensing is a perpetual license so only the support is being renewed yearly."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AvePoint DocAve Backup and Restore?

Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AvePoint DocAve Backup and Restore?

Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte. There are no additional costs to the standard license.

What needs improvement with AvePoint DocAve Backup and Restore?

We need more options for the backup schedule.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Commvault?

The tool is affordable. I rate the pricing a six out of ten. Implementation requires additional costs because we need Commvault Professional Services.

What needs improvement with Commvault?

Data center backup must be improved. We also want the product to provide us with a cloud-based backup. If we use Microsoft Exchange Online for email services, we want to know how to get a backup in...

What do you like most about Commvault Complete Data Protection?

IntelliSnap and file system backups are valuable features.

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Also Known As

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Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise

Overview

DocAve Backup and Restore for SharePoint provides full-fidelity backup and recovery - from individual content items to entire SharePoint environments and all of their farm-level components - maintaining all metadata, security settings, and version histories. Featuring a highly intuitive user interface, enterprise-strength scalability, and deep integration with leading hardware providers, DocAve Backup and Restore offers simple and truly comprehensive SharePoint protection.

AvePoint

Commvault Cloud is the ultimate cyber resilience platform built to meet the demands of the hybrid
enterprise. Beyond its core functionality of data backup and recovery across diverse workloads, including applications, databases, virtual machines, and files, Commvault Cloud stands out as a robust defense against ransomware. Going beyond backup, the platform integrates advanced data security features such as encryption, access control, and threat detection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

With tools for data management, classification, and migration, businesses can optimize storage costs, enhance accessibility, and comply with regulations seamlessly. Boasting cloud integration with major providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Commvault Cloud leverages the scalability and flexibility of the cloud for comprehensive data protection and management. The platform's automation capabilities streamline tasks, and its reporting and analytics features provide valuable insights into data usage, potential risks, and optimization strategies. Commvault Cloud is not just a security tool; it is a key component of cyber resilience, enabling organizations to not only protect against cyberattacks but also recover swiftly and minimize the impact of incidents. Elevate your cyber resilience strategy with Commvault Cloud.

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Sample Customers

Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, Bunker Holding Group

Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company

Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 vs. Commvault Cloud