Afi SaaS Backup vs DRS Softech Microsoft 365 Backup Tool

Afi SaaS Backup is a web service for protecting Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 data. Covered workloads include Gmail, Drive, Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. Automated backups run multiple times daily, with point-in-time recovery, unlimited retention and item-level or account restoration. Full-text search, content preview and offline export use native formats. Afi describes AI-based ransomware detection, preemptive backups, clean recovery-point labels and immutable storage. Security includes TLS 1.3 in transit, AES 256-bit encryption at rest and customer-managed keys through Google, AWS and Azure KMS. The service lists SOC 2 Type II audits and support for GDPR, HIPAA and PCI DSS. Storage regions include the US, UK, EU, Switzerland, Canada and Australia. The SaaS Backup plan costs $3 a month per user, starting from five users, with a 14-day trial.

DRS Softech Microsoft 365 Backup Tool backs up Office 365 mailboxes, public and archive folders, email, contacts, calendars, tasks, and OneDrive files. It can export mailbox data to more than 15 formats, including PST, EML, MBOX, PDF, CSV, JPG, PNG, DOC, MSG, and HTML. Migration destinations include Google Workspace, Office 365, IMAP, iCloud, Zoho Mail, Yahoo, Yandex Mail, Thunderbird, and other email clients. It restores OST and PST files to Office 365 administrator or user accounts and supports restoring selected individual items. Administrators can use Impersonation Rights to access multiple mailboxes for backup or restore without separate login details. Other controls include date-range filtering, custom folder names, separate attachment saving, PST splitting, and duplicate-email removal. Backups can go to a computer, local or external drive, SAN, NAS, or supported cloud storage. The free demo backs up 50 Office 365 mailbox items per folder. Linux, macOS, and Windows are listed platforms. Organization-wide or multi-user permissions may require Microsoft 365 administrator consent, and user sign-in must be enabled.