AvePoint
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run a large Microsoft 365 estate and want backup, governance, and migration from one vendor.
Comparison
AvePoint and IDrive both land on Depends.
Buy if you run a large Microsoft 365 estate and want backup, governance, and migration from one vendor.
A strong value pick for individuals and small businesses backing up many devices on a budget.
| Compare | AvePoint | IDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Large Microsoft 365 estates | Budget multi-device personal backup |
| Who it's not for | Small teams wanting simple M365 backups | Anyone needing guaranteed fast, painless restores |
| Privacy | Maintains a trust center and advisory process, but CVE-2025-10544 (high-severity unrestricted file upload) is listed against AvePoint products.⁵ | Private-key encryption offered, but a pattern of client vulnerabilities . including a critical 2026 privilege escalation . is a real concern. |
| Support quality | Dedicated support portal; mixed Reddit reports | Reddit restoration and support complaints recur. |
| Public sentiment | Review volume is substantial (400+ on Gartner, 129 on G2), but Reddit sentiment is mixed, ranging from praise for migration tooling to harsh complaints.² | Reviewers praise the price and feature breadth, but power users repeatedly report restore pain, client bugs, and intro-pricing frustrations.15 |
| Biggest gotcha | CVE-2025-10544: high-severity unrestricted file upload; verify patch status before buying⁵ | Patch the Windows client immediately: CVE-2026-1995 enables local privilege escalation. |