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What is AvePoint Confidence Platform
AvePoint Confidence Platform is a SaaS platform for managing, protecting, and governing Microsoft 365 environments, including data migration, backup/restore, and policy-based administration. It targets IT, security, and compliance teams that need operational controls over collaboration content and identities across Microsoft 365 services. The platform groups multiple capabilities (migration, backup, governance, and analytics/reporting) under a single vendor offering rather than focusing only on marketing or web analytics use cases. It is commonly positioned for regulated organizations that require auditability and lifecycle controls for cloud collaboration data.
Broad Microsoft 365 coverage
The platform is designed around Microsoft 365 administration and typically spans common workloads such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Exchange-related content governance. This breadth supports organizations that prefer a consolidated toolset for multiple M365 management tasks. It reduces the need to stitch together separate point tools for migration, backup, and governance within the same tenant.
Integrated backup and restore
It includes SaaS backup capabilities intended to support recovery of cloud collaboration data beyond native retention settings. This is useful for operational recovery scenarios such as accidental deletion, overwrite, or ransomware-related rollback needs. Centralized restore workflows can shorten recovery time compared with manual, service-by-service processes.
Governance and compliance controls
The product emphasizes policy-driven governance for collaboration sprawl, permissions, and content lifecycle management. It supports audit-oriented use cases by helping standardize how sites, teams, and content are created, managed, and retired. This aligns with compliance programs that require consistent controls and reporting across Microsoft 365.
Microsoft-centric scope
The core value is strongest in Microsoft 365, so organizations with significant non-Microsoft collaboration stacks may need additional tools. Cross-platform governance and backup requirements can be harder to standardize if major workloads sit outside M365. Buyers should validate coverage for all required SaaS applications and repositories.
Complexity for smaller teams
Because it bundles multiple functions (migration, backup, governance, analytics), implementation and ongoing administration can require dedicated expertise. Smaller IT teams may find the configuration surface area larger than a single-purpose tool. Time is often needed to define policies, roles, and operating procedures before value is realized.
Licensing and module alignment
Capabilities are commonly packaged across modules, which can make it difficult to map requirements to the exact edition and cost. Organizations may pay for functionality they do not use if they want a subset of features. Procurement teams should confirm which workloads, retention periods, and restore options are included in the contracted SKU.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Control Essential | Starting at $4 per user/month (billed annually) | Basic tools to identify and mitigate data risk through a shared accountability model. Volume/enterprise pricing: contact sales. |
| Resilience Essential | Starting at $7 per user/month (billed annually) | Basic data protection: Data protection for Microsoft 365; Data protection for Entra ID; Data discovery & analysis scans (5). Volume/enterprise pricing: contact sales. |
| Control Plus | Starting at $9 per user/month (billed annually) | Mission-critical/scalable data security: data policy & insights; data owner engagement; data discovery & analysis scans (5); AI benchmarking; user license management. Volume/enterprise pricing: contact sales. |
| Control Complete | Starting at $11 per user/month (billed annually) | Robust solution to improve security, manage cost, and optimize SaaS value; includes information lifecycle management (10 GB per user) and AI analytics. Volume/enterprise pricing: contact sales. |
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AvePoint, Inc.
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