CloudAlly Sharepoint Backup
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What is CloudAlly Sharepoint Backup
CloudAlly SharePoint Backup is a cloud-based backup and recovery service for Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online data, including sites, document libraries, lists, and related content. It is used by IT administrators and managed service providers to protect SharePoint content from accidental deletion, retention gaps, and ransomware-related data loss scenarios. The service runs as a SaaS offering with automated backup scheduling and point-in-time restore options, and it is typically deployed without on-premises backup infrastructure.
Purpose-built for Microsoft 365
The product focuses on protecting SharePoint Online content and related Microsoft 365 data structures rather than general endpoint or server backup. This specialization typically aligns with Microsoft 365 administrative workflows and common recovery scenarios (e.g., restoring deleted files, libraries, or site content). For organizations standardizing on Microsoft 365, this reduces the need to adapt a general backup tool to SaaS-specific objects and permissions.
Automated, cloud-managed backups
As a SaaS service, CloudAlly runs backups on a schedule without requiring customers to maintain backup servers or storage hardware. This can simplify operations for small IT teams and MSPs managing multiple tenants. Centralized management and reporting are generally easier to standardize across tenants than ad hoc scripts or manual exports.
Granular restore capabilities
SharePoint recovery often requires restoring specific items (files, folders, lists, or libraries) rather than entire sites. CloudAlly is designed around point-in-time recovery and item-level restore workflows that map to SharePoint’s object model. This supports faster recovery for common incidents where only a subset of content is affected.
Narrow scope beyond SharePoint
This product is primarily positioned for SharePoint Online backup, so organizations may need additional tools to cover other workloads (e.g., endpoints, servers, databases, or non-Microsoft SaaS). If a buyer is seeking a single platform for heterogeneous backup, this can increase vendor count and operational overhead. Consolidation requirements may favor broader backup suites.
SaaS-only control constraints
Because it is delivered as a managed SaaS service, customers have less control over underlying infrastructure choices and some operational parameters than with self-hosted backup software. Requirements such as customer-managed keys, highly customized retention logic, or strict data residency constraints may require careful validation. Some regulated environments may prefer architectures with more direct control over storage and encryption.
Restore at scale considerations
Large SharePoint environments can require bulk restores (e.g., many sites or large libraries) after major incidents. SaaS backup restores can be constrained by Microsoft 365 throttling, API limits, and network conditions, which may affect recovery time objectives. Buyers typically need to test restore performance and throughput for their largest sites and worst-case scenarios.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go Free tier/trial: Free trial available (CloudAlly links to a free trial; the site contains both a "Start a FREE 14-day trial" link and a separate "15 Day Free Trial" link). Example costs:
- Monthly: $3 per 10 GB of SharePoint storage (per 10 GB/month).
- Yearly: $30 per 10 GB of SharePoint storage (per 10 GB/year).
- Other currencies listed on the vendor site: €2.8 / £2.5 / $4.2 / $4.3 / ¥400 (monthly equivalents) and €28 / £25 / $42 / $43 / ¥4000 (yearly equivalents). Minimums / billing cadence: No minimum; billed per 10 GB. Monthly or annual billing available. Annual is billed up-front (site notes annual customers pay up-front for 10 months — i.e., 2 months discount). Enterprise & discounts: Enterprise/custom pricing available for very large volumes (e.g., >10 TB). Education/non-profit discounts and reseller/partner pricing available. Bring-Your-Own-Storage (BYOS) option and invoice-on-annual-subscription also noted. Notes & caveats: Pricing is specifically shown on CloudAlly's official SharePoint Backup pricing page and product pages; the site uses "per 10 GB" for Files & Collaboration / SharePoint, while other product columns (Exchange, Complete) are shown as per-user terms. The site displays both a "14-day" and a "15 Day" free-trial link in different places; I have not inferred which single duration is canonical — I report both as shown on the vendor site.
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