CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 vs N-able Cove Data Protection comparison

CodeTwo and N-able are both solutions in the SaaS Backup category. CodeTwo is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0, while N-able is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0. CodeTwo holds a 0.9% mindshare in B, compared to N-able’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of CodeTwo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of N-able users who would recommend it.

CodeTwo Backup for Office 365

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CodeTwo Backup for Office 365

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

N-able Cove Data Protection and CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 are competing in data protection and backup solutions. N-able Cove has the advantage in storage efficiency and automation, whereas CodeTwo stands out with its seamless Office 365 integration and granular recovery options.

Features: N-able Cove Data Protection includes cloud-first architecture, centralized management, and advanced automation capabilities, enhancing data recovery speed and efficiency. CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 features tight Office 365 integration, item-level recovery, and flexible backup scheduling.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: N-able Cove Data Protection offers a streamlined cloud deployment model with proactive support, reducing infrastructure demands. CodeTwo Backup for Office 365, while requiring more initial setup, provides comprehensive documentation and responsive support.

Pricing and ROI: N-able Cove Data Protection provides competitive setup costs and a solid ROI with predictable pricing plans. CodeTwo Backup for Office 365, though potentially more expensive, offers higher value through its extensive features, making it suitable for comprehensive Office 365 deployments.

To learn more, read our detailed CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 vs. N-able Cove Data Protection Report (Updated: July 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

CodeTwo Backup for Office 365

Ranking in SaaS Backup

19th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in SaaS Backup

8th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (29th), Cloud Backup (17th), MSP Backup (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the SaaS Backup category, the mindshare of CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 4.3%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Nikola Uvalic

Senior IT Support Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Streamlines our processes and makes everything more efficient and less prone to errors

While CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is generally great, there is some room for improvement in integrating with Office 365's restore options. Additionally, there is room to improve in managing email signatures. If it could make handling email signatures simpler or offer more features, that would be a plus. An additional feature that could be valuable is a search functionality within Office 365 tenants for specific mailboxes or logs related to events like receiving certain emails or bounce occurrences.

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Per MøllerJacobsen

Senior consultant at Azend A/S

Delivers cost-effective data backup with room for search improvements

The challenges I face especially are those I've mentioned, that finding some specific data in N-able Cove Data Protection is not as easy as it is in some other systems. You cannot just search for something—you need to know where it was and when it was there to restore it, plus it would be nice to take out data from Microsoft 365 in some portable format, which is currently not an option. I would like to extract the data from Microsoft 365 in a portable format, something like a database or maybe just to take out a PST file or SharePoint and Teams files to the file system. Especially in these times, where we discuss potential risks with the Microsoft cloud for European companies, companies would want to know how to access their data from the backup if they suddenly don't have a tenant. I believe there should be the ability to take out data from Microsoft 365 in a portable format. I know that Cohesity is working on making such a thing. It's not there yet; I asked last week for something for forensics, and the support team said it's not possible yet, but I know from our technical account manager they are working on some solutions.

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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 most valuable feature of CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is its restore functionality."

"The solution offers ease of configuration. With a wizard, you run through the setup, and everything is configured correctly. Additionally, creating a job is very easy, and overall, the ease of access is excellent. Also, it allows you to use the backups to migrate to another Office 365 environment."

"The tool's porting of targeted sources in CSV was a nice feature. The integration and connection between the tenants were smooth. We could access a template CSV as well."

"Almost all the features of CodeTwo are valuable for Microsoft 365."

"I know I won't have an issue if the data is there. The reliability and the confidence that we have is amazing. It doesn't matter. We've had customers have ransomware. We've had customers that have had corruption. We've had customers that have had employees destroy their data. As long as it's been backed up, I know that I can get it back and I know I have nothing to worry about. Our confidence level is very high."

"For starters, this is one of few databases that allow us to backup MySQL databases, most others only support Microsoft SQL. This solution also has a very user-friendly interface accessed through a web browser. Additionally, backups can be easily configured through N-able Backup."

"The most valuable feature of N-able Cove Data Protection is its ease of use."

"The ease of use and the console are great."

"It's their cloud, it's their storage. I don't have to buy a space on Amazon or Google's cloud and then use their software to push it. That works well for me. This way, I don't have to worry about another option or the opportunity that there might be a credential leak."

"It's extremely important that Cove provides cloud-based data protection with backup, disaster recovery, and archiving. That is a necessity for my insurance. As an IT company, my insurance would cost more if my backups were not offsite and off-network."

"The most valuable feature by far is the Virtual Disaster Recovery. On top of that is the bare-metal recovery. The recovery options that we have are great. We have tested the Virtual Disaster Recovery and the bare-metal recovery in just about any scenario you can think of. We have even restored bare metal, a full server, to a laptop, and had full functionality. It's just insane how well it works and how simple it is. It does most of the work for you."

"The most valuable feature is that it's hands-off. I log in every morning and there are pre-canned filters that I've created to make my life easier. I have something called server status color bars, and that gives me all the servers and, in a nutshell, I can see: if any errors are being reported; when the last backup was; if one is not working, should there be one, and it literally jumps off the page."

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Cons

"I attempted to modify the XML files in the product's configuration to enhance the speed and efficiency of the process. While the KBs and documentation were well-written, technical aspects related to speed adjustment parameters were unclear."

"The customer service and support could be improved. When communicating via email, they sometimes take until late the same day to respond."

"There is room to improve in managing email signatures."

"There are two major improvements. First, the UI seems outdated. Second, the tool should support cloud backups. I suggest using Windows Server 2016 or 2019."

"There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure."

"We don't use the solution’s automated recovery testing because SolarWinds made me cross. When they released it, I went, "Oh, well, that's quite good." Because if you use the system, then it supposedly spins up, and on the portal, it gives you a screenshot of the booted device. So, I phoned up, and I said, "Oh, that's really quite cool. How much is that?" They said, "No, no, no. It's all included in your license." I went, "Okay then," and went and deployed it on about half the fleet. One of the options that our customers have is they can pay us a small amount every month for us to test the recovery just to prove that it's viable, and I thought, "Well, this will do that for us. Nice." Then, in the next invoice, we got a charge for it. While It was not a huge amount, I took offense at the fact that we were told that it would be a no extra cost option that was part of our license, but it turns out that it's chargeable. Therefore, we haven't used it since."

"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V."

"An area for improvement that would really work out well would be if there were a little bit more of an elegant handshake relationship between SolarWinds RMM and the PCs that are being backed up, to advise regarding "up" status... Since RMM is an agent that feeds back that a machine is alive and on, I don't see any reason why they can't either tap into that one feature or build the same exact polling within the backup agent, to update right away and say the system is online or offline."

"Having the licensing available for partners to be able to take advantage of testing without paying would make a big difference."

"A better default view on my dashboard would be great. There is a lot of useless information there that it pulls up. They could present the dashboard slightly better, in terms of the extra information after the first five columns. The first five columns are awesome. After that, I don't care about the rest, and there are another seven things after that."

"This solution is not very good for image restores, mainly just files. The solution also does not allow you to enable or disable backups. Sometimes, our users will connect via mobile device and it will use their data to perform the backup. If they were able to enable and disable the backup, they would not have this issue."

"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing was reasonable. I don't remember the amount per mailbox, but the cost seemed fair, considering we had around 300 mailboxes to migrate and needed to do it in a rush over a weekend. We didn't have many choices for people to operate the migration."

"The pricing is very competitive and it's well worth the price."

"The pricing, for now, is good. The package that they gave us recently is pretty good. It depends on how many clients you have, and you pay for certain terabytes per license. These terabytes, if not used, are pooled together."

"The pricing of SolarWinds seems to be fair compared to the rest of the industry."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is an averagely-priced product."

"I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."

"When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."

"The only option I would like to see is an adjustable scale. Right now we have 250 seats and we're not using all of them. It would be nice to be able to save that little bit of money by being able to buy just what we need."

"The cost is around ten dollars per workstation a month and that includes a certain amount of data."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?

The tool's porting of targeted sources in CSV was a nice feature. The integration and connection between the tenants were smooth. We could access a template CSV as well.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?

The license for signatures is expensive compared to my previous experience with other companies. We compared CodeTwo and Letsignit pricing plans for a project three years ago and found CodeTwo's pr...

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What needs improvement with CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?

I can't provide an exact area for improvement because I left the company. However, I believe that enhancing the ability to modify user attributes directly needs improvement. Also, from my perspecti...

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What do you like most about N-able Backup?

The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?

In terms of pricing, N-able Cove Data Protection is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other competitors.

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N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup

Overview

CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 provides a comprehensive data protection solution designed to safeguard and restore Office 365 mailboxes. It offers numerous backup options ensuring data integrity during accidental deletions or data corruption events.

Focused on data backup and recovery for Office 365, CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 supports incremental and continuous backups, allowing timely data recovery. It is structured to handle large datasets efficiently and provides various options for customizing backup and recovery processes. Its intuitive approach streamlines the safeguarding of emails, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data across business environments.

What are the main features of CodeTwo Backup for Office 365?

Incremental Backup: Reduces storage usage by only backing up changes since the last backup.
Automated Backup: Set schedules to perform backups automatically without manual intervention.
Data Recovery: Restore specific items or entire mailboxes with ease.
PST Export: Export backup data to PST for offline access and archiving.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Data Security: Mitigates data loss risks by providing reliable backup options.
Cost Efficiency: Saves costs with optimized storage and backup features.
Flexibility: Responsive to different business needs with various customizable settings.
Scalability: Effective for growing businesses, handling increasing data loads effortlessly.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, CodeTwo Backup for Office 365 is deployed to ensure compliance with data retention policies and facilitate quick data retrieval when needed. Its robust functionality supports critical backup and recovery processes, integral to maintaining operational continuity and regulatory compliance in data-driven sectors.

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Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable.

The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control.

With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

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Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia

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