AvePoint Cloud Backup vs Kernel Google Workspace Backup and Restore

AvePoint Cloud Backup provides automated cloud-data backup and recovery, including recovery support for ransomware attacks and configuration errors. Listed workloads include Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Google Workspace, Azure, Power Platform, Microsoft Entra ID, and SaaS applications. Restore options include data export, cross-tenant restores, and item-level recovery, with destinations such as AvePoint storage, cloud, and FTP/SFTP-compatible locations. The service supports app-aware recovery of configurations, versions, and permissions. AvePoint says storage and retention are unlimited, and lists encryption, immutability, logical air-gapping, and ransomware detection. Microsoft 365 coverage includes Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, Viva Engage, Planner, Project Online, and Power Platform. Salesforce records and metadata can be backed up automatically up to four times daily; Google Workspace coverage includes Gmail, Drive, Shared Drives, Contacts, and Calendars. The cloud-deployed product is paid, with pricing on request. SaaS purchases include 24/7 Global Premium Support by phone, chatbot, and online portal. AvePoint was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Kernel Google Workspace Backup and Restore is Windows software for backing up and restoring data from Google Workspace. It covers Gmail, contacts, calendars, Drive, Shared Drive, Groups, Chat, Docs, and Sheets. Mailbox lists can be supplied in a CSV file, and backup jobs can span multiple domains. An incremental option skips items already migrated and captures newly added data. Google Chat backups include direct and group chats, spaces, and history; attachments are saved separately, and chat content can be exported to PDF or HTML. Google Docs and Sheets can be exported to local or network storage while preserving their content and formatting. Workspace exports include PST, MSG, EML, PDF, DOC, DOCX, MHT, and HTML. Restore choices include selected data, folders, mailboxes, Workspace accounts, and Google Groups. It can restore PST and OST data to Workspace, and the vendor says Outlook is not needed for PST restoration. The trial is limited to 10 items per folder and five Drive documents per account. Prices include $49, paid once for a single-mailbox backup license and $99 as a one-time purchase for a single-mailbox backup-and-restore license.