Datto SaaS Protection vs. Spanning Backup

In our experience and use of the SaaS service, it met all requirements we had. It worked really well in every single scenario that we used it for. Our company would work exclusively with Microsoft o365 so I can't speak for the Gsuite tooling. The one place I would have liked to see a bit of a facelift would be how it broke out the charge by users.

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The only issue we have is when we remove the user from the integrated AD group we need to manually go back and remove the licensing, but there is the option to have archived accounts as well for temporary holds in case we want to disable the account in 365/AD, but need to hold on to the backups for a little longer.

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• Ease of set up
• Ease of management
• Good reporting

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• Perpetual email and file backups.
• No limits on backup volume, capacity or file types.
• Excellent Management Console for Administrative users.
• End-user access available for self-management.
• Easy to enable and disable various accounts for backup.
• Easy to restore emails and files from one account to another.

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• The reporting interface could present more information regarding issues
• When you look at each tenant account, listing the open tickets for that tenant would make it easier to communicate with Datto SaaS support.

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• Thus far, Spanning has completely fulfilled all of our backup needs, and we are completely satisfied.
• While we haven't needed technical support yet, we were told that this is conducted via email rather than via phone.

It was hands down, one of the easiest solutions to implement overall and has some of the best features also compared to other similar products from many SaaS backup companies. We also integrated the Dark Web monitoring too and it has helped us secure accounts we didn't know had issues, so has improved our security posture too.

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I would like a retention option on the data, but since this feature does not currently exist, I give it a 9. Everything has met our standards and needs and we are now freed up from the manual efforts it was taking for backing up Salesforce using the out-of-the-box features of Salesforce.

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We also use Barracuda Backup to backup Office 365 for some of our clients who also use Barracuda Email security products. Each product is a tool, and it is necessary to understand each client's needs before determining which product is best for them. Having said that, Barracuda Backup and Datto SaaS are the two best products in my opinion.

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Spanning Backup for G Suite backs up Google Drive files and Unitrends is used for more VM infrastructure.

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• The Datto SaaS protection is exactly what we were looking for to enable my clients back up their cloud data (M365, OneDrive, Teams, etc.).
• All Datto options are designed such that minimum daily engagement with the product is necessary to still be able to easily pick up and leave, as is the case with this one.
• In addition to its ease of use and low cost relative to its high value, we appreciate how affordable it is for us as well as our clients. I highly recommend it.

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• No longer dedicating a resource to manual efforts.
• Less work and money if disaster recovery is needed compared to Salesforce.

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