Comparison

AvePoint vs IDrive

AvePoint and IDrive both land on Depends.

AvePoint

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run a large Microsoft 365 estate and want backup, governance, and migration from one vendor.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

A strong value pick for individuals and small businesses backing up many devices on a budget.

AvePoint versus IDrive
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 buying^⁵	Patch the Windows client immediately: CVE-2026-1995 enables local privilege escalation.