SkyKick
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Strong fit for MSPs and IT providers managing many Microsoft 365 tenants across migration, backup, and security.
Comparison
SkyKick vs AvePoint
SkyKick and AvePoint 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.
| Compare | SkyKick | AvePoint |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | MSPs managing many M365 tenants | Large Microsoft 365 estates |
| Who it's not for | Single companies wanting one simple M365 backup | Small teams wanting simple M365 backups |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁹ | Maintains a trust center and advisory process, but CVE-2025-10544 (high-severity unrestricted file upload) is listed against AvePoint products. |
| Support quality | Mixed MSP reports; some migrated away | Dedicated support portal; mixed Reddit reports |
| Public sentiment | MSPs rate SkyKick's backup highly but are split on migration reliability, with several switching to Dropsuite or Movebot.¹ | Review volume is substantial (400+ on Gartner, 129 on G2), but Reddit sentiment is mixed, ranging from praise for migration tooling to harsh complaints.14 |
| Biggest gotcha | Migration performance complaints from some MSPs; pilot before committing³ | CVE-2025-10544: high-severity unrestricted file upload; verify patch status before buying |
Pick SkyKick when
- MSPs managing many M365 tenants
- Office 365 and Gmail-to-M365 migrations
- IT providers reselling M365 backup
- Partners adding security monitoring via Security Manager
When SkyKick is not a fit
- Single companies wanting one simple M365 backup
- Google-only shops not moving to Microsoft
- Buyers without a distributor or MSP relationship
- Small teams that need one mailbox migrated once
Pick AvePoint when
- Large Microsoft 365 estates
- MSPs managing many M365 tenants
- Regulated industries (finance)
- Teams consolidating backup + governance
When AvePoint is not a fit
- Small teams wanting simple M365 backups
- Non-Microsoft-first stacks
- Buyers needing published, predictable pricing
- Startups without dedicated IT admins
Sources
- SkyKick Customer Reviews . FeaturedCustomersfeaturedcustomers.comreview
- SkyKick Migration Suites Reviews . Gartnergartner.comreview
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- SkyKick Security Manager launch . Business Wirebusinesswire.comnews
- ConnectWise acquires Axcient and SkyKickconnectwise.comnews
- SkyKick raises $130M . SiliconAnglesiliconangle.comnews
- SkyKick via Tech Data (20,000+ partners)info.techdata.comofficial
- SkyKick Cloud Backup security . Cloud Direct KBclouddirect.netsecurity
- Vodafone Cloud Backup powered by SkyKickvodafone.co.ukofficial
- Telenor NZ case study . Insentrainsentragroup.comofficial
- AvePoint homepageavepoint.comofficial
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- AvePoint Pricing pageavepoint.comofficial