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Avepoint FLY vs Densify comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Avepoint FLY
Ranking in Cloud Migration
5th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Densify
Ranking in Cloud Migration
17th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (35th), Virtualization Management Tools (11th), Cloud Analytics (4th), Cloud Cost Management (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Migration category, the mindshare of Avepoint FLY is 3.2%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Densify is 2.1%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Robert Hedblom - PeerSpot reviewer
Highly scalable and retains all metadata, properties, and essential information during user migrations from one tenant to another
I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. So it is only used while migration is occurring. But we do see that our clients are doing a lot of migrations since they make acquisitions of different companies. So I would say they are using it on a monthly basis.
Amit Kantia - PeerSpot reviewer
Its most valuable feature is the ability to capture attributes in the console, but it is not a stable solution
I recommend others to use Densify. They can not only use it for reporting but for automation as well. They can implement the policies on the console easily during the build-out procedure. Stability is the primary concern to us as it is causing lots of problems. We can only make significant decisions if Densify allows us, and it takes lots of time. Thus, I rate the tool as a six out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Some of the best features with Avepoint FLY are that it is very easy to use, and the tool moves files quite quickly."
"The solution is very straightforward to use. It's not overly difficult to figure out."
"The initial setup phase can be described as a very user-friendly one...The solution's technical support was good since they responded very promptly."
"The most valuable feature of AvePoint FLY is its ability to install or use multiple client servers using a single master server and balance the migration load depending on our needs."
"Densify's ability to aggregate multiple on-premise vCenters and multiple cloud accounts, gives it a level of visibility not found in many places."
"The Control Console provides a very easy to read dashboard of "too little/just right/too much" resources both for current data and on a historical or predictive basis."
"One would be the automatic rebalancing of the environment. That was one feature which helped. With that, we could improve our efficiency of our VMware infrastructure."
"The solution's tech support is excellent."
"The tool will come back and tell us that we can operate with 1,000 minutes as an example, save 90% on the contractual rate and not run into any issues."
"The ability to increase server density inside of my environment, which has helped me drive reduction in costs."
"The Control Console is an incredible way to give a quick view of current capacity utilization allowing technical people to drill down quickly and allowing business/management people to get a quick overview of the environment."
"I would say that the initial thing is that it provides us with a technological basis to expand capacity management beyond Excel."
 

Cons

"There were some areas that could be improved with Avepoint FLY, particularly regarding an issue with the final reporting. While I cannot remember the exact issue, it was related to the final report concerning which files were migrated and what errors occurred."
"The initial setup is a little bit more complex than setting up Cloud Backup for Avepoint."
"Technical support is lacking in that they don't seem to respond. I do a lot of research myself. I can't rely on them."
"The solution's reporting could be improved because it does not have a lot of reporting capabilities."
"Right now, AvePoint FLY doesn’t provide us with help to identify the size of the mailed items for a certain period."
"A closer integration to the service management processes."
"Initially we talked about some custom reporting, wherein our customer expected certain reports on a few areas, like how the storage is allocated, how the network performance is doing, and how the network utilization is happening for a virtual machine."
"In terms of integration, the tool has great data. However, it's not always meaningful because the true business attributes of how most Fortune 500 companies operate are not maintaining in one tool, they're in a school of many tools."
"It seems that the mechanism for integration is, it goes so far but I think there could be some standard integration to normal remedy service now etc. I think that should be out of the box."
"The solution's stability is the primary concern for me."
"Unfortunately the tools and mechanisms which really came to maturity in the cloud, and were not mainstream on-premise, are still not implemented."
"Normalization of CPU utilization is required. At present, the data is available based on entitlement level."
"Some parts of the interface are rather complex and require a bit of time to navigate, but this has never stopped us as a Densify advisor is readily available to help with our "how to" queries."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The prices of the tool are neither low nor high, so it can be considered a moderately-priced product."
"We are using the trial version and find it to be costly. It's something around $20. With another attachment, the cost was lower, at about $3. However, you seem to have to buy more licenses than you need."
"There are two different ways of licensing Avepoint FLY. So either you can use set up a licensing form based on objects which we do not recommend because then it will be more costly. So what you do is you set up the migration based on the users instead."
"AvePoint FLY's pricing is good enough for its capabilities."
"Cost is always involved, but then I feel that this solution is better than other products that we have."
"There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs."
"Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well."
"Densify has licensing setup so you can collect data without licensing. It gives you the ability to collect on everything, then choose later what you would like to license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Healthcare Company
10%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Avepoint FLY?
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Avepoint FLY?
My experience with the pricing and setup cost of Avepoint FLY was that it is very competitive and fairly priced. It was significantly cheaper than some of the alternatives I was exploring, such as ...
What needs improvement with Avepoint FLY?
There were some areas that could be improved with Avepoint FLY, particularly regarding an issue with the final reporting. While I cannot remember the exact issue, it was related to the final report...
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