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Altaro VM Backup vs AvePoint Cloud Backup

Altaro VM Backup logo

Altaro VM Backup

Backup

Simple and powerful VM backup for SMBs

From
$595/perpetual
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
AvePoint Cloud Backup logo

AvePoint Cloud Backup

Backup

Microsoft 365, Dynamics and Salesforce backup from a long-standing Microsoft partner

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Altaro VM Backup limited to small and medium-market businesses with up to 50 host servers; AvePoint Cloud Backup no pricing is published, so the per-user cost has to be established through sales, and it varies with data volume rather than being a flat seat rate.
  • They diverge on capability: Altaro VM Backup covers Augmented inline dedup, AvePoint Cloud Backup covers Microsoft 365 backup.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Altaro VM Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup actually diverge.

Attributes where Altaro VM Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup differ
AttributeAltaro VM BackupAvePoint Cloud Backup
Starting price$595/perpetualOn request
Pricing modelUnknownquote
PlatformsWindows ServerWeb
Founded2009Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Backup).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Altaro VM Backup

  • Augmented inline dedup
  • WAN-optimized replication
  • Boot from backup
  • Cloud management
  • Continuous CDP
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V
  • Azure

Only in AvePoint Cloud Backup

  • Microsoft 365 backup
  • Entra ID backup
  • Salesforce and Dynamics backup
  • Bring your own storage
  • Multiple daily backups
  • Governance portfolio

Both cover

  • Granular restore

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Altaro VM Backup

  • Data protectionnot AvePoint Cloud Backup
  • Disaster recoverynot AvePoint Cloud Backup
  • Business continuitynot AvePoint Cloud Backup
  • Ransomware protectionnot AvePoint Cloud Backup
  • Compliancenot AvePoint Cloud Backup

AvePoint Cloud Backup

  • A tenant consolidation after an acquisition where backup, migration and governance are needed against the same Microsoft 365 estatenot Altaro VM Backup
  • An organisation that has discovered Microsoft 365 native retention does not restore a deleted SharePoint site after the recycle bin windownot Altaro VM Backup
  • Backing up Entra ID configuration so an accidental conditional access or group change can be reversednot Altaro VM Backup
  • A regulated organisation that must hold backup data in its own storage account under its own encryption keysnot Altaro VM Backup

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Altaro VM Backup

  • Limited to small and medium-market businesses with up to 50 host servers
  • Perpetual license model outdated compared to modern cloud-based backup solutions
  • Lacks enterprise-grade features for large-scale deployments
  • Offsite backup to cloud requires additional setup and configuration

AvePoint Cloud Backup

  • No pricing is published, so the per-user cost has to be established through sales, and it varies with data volume rather than being a flat seat rate.
  • Whether AvePoint or your organisation holds the storage account and encryption keys is a configuration decision that is expensive to reverse later, and buyers often accept the vendor-managed default without considering it.
  • Per-user pricing means organisations with many low-activity accounts, such as education institutions with dormant student mailboxes, pay for seats with almost no data.
  • Restore of very large SharePoint sites and Teams structures is slow and API-throttled by Microsoft rather than by the product, so recovery time objectives set on paper often cannot be met in practice.
  • The breadth of the AvePoint portfolio means sales conversations quickly widen into governance and migration products, and buyers who wanted only backup should expect to defend that scope.

Pricing, plan by plan

Altaro VM Backup

$595/perpetual

No published plan breakdown. See the Altaro VM Backup review.

AvePoint Cloud Backup

On request
  • AvePoint Cloud Backup$undefined/year
    • Priced per user, with variation by protected data volume
    • AvePoint-managed or bring your own storage
    • Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Dynamics, Salesforce and Google Workspace

Which should you pick?

Choose Altaro VM Backup if

  • You need augmented inline dedup.
  • You work on Windows Server.
  • You also want wan-optimized replication.
Altaro VM Backup review

Choose AvePoint Cloud Backup if

  • You need microsoft 365 backup.
  • You also want entra id backup.
AvePoint Cloud Backup review

Questions people ask

Is Altaro VM Backup or AvePoint Cloud Backup better?
Neither clearly leads. Altaro VM Backup starts at $595/perpetual and AvePoint Cloud Backup at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Altaro VM Backup or AvePoint Cloud Backup?
Altaro VM Backup starts at $595/perpetual and AvePoint Cloud Backup at On request.
Does Altaro VM Backup or AvePoint Cloud Backup run on more platforms?
Altaro VM Backup runs on Windows Server. AvePoint Cloud Backup runs on Web.
What is Altaro VM Backup best used for?
Altaro VM Backup is most often used for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection. Of those, data protection and disaster recovery are not what AvePoint Cloud Backup is typically brought in for.
What can Altaro VM Backup do that AvePoint Cloud Backup cannot?
Altaro VM Backup covers Augmented inline dedup, WAN-optimized replication, Boot from backup, Cloud management. AvePoint Cloud Backup covers Microsoft 365 backup, Entra ID backup, Salesforce and Dynamics backup, Bring your own storage. Both handle Granular restore.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Altaro VM Backup: What is the price per host for Altaro VM Backup?

Altaro VM Backup pricing starts at $595 per host for the Standard Edition, with the Unlimited Edition at $695 per host and Unlimited Plus at $875 per host. Pricing includes the first year of priority support and updates.

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AvePoint Cloud Backup: Can we keep backups in our own storage?

Yes, bring your own Azure or Amazon S3 storage is supported. Decide this before rollout, because moving to it afterwards is a migration.

AvePoint Cloud Backup: Is Microsoft 365 native retention not enough?

No. Native retention covers deletion within limited windows and does not provide point-in-time restore of arbitrary items after those windows expire.

AvePoint Cloud Backup: How is it priced?

Per user, varying by protected data volume, quoted rather than published. Ask for the volume assumption behind the per-user figure.

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