DRS Softech Microsoft 365 Backup Tool vs Spanning Backup

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.

Spanning Backup provides cloud backup and recovery for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Salesforce. It runs daily automated backups and supports item-level recovery, including granular and point-in-time restores for administrators and end users. Google Workspace coverage includes Gmail, Google Drive and Shared Drives, Calendars and Contacts. Microsoft 365 coverage includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams. Salesforce protection covers records, metadata, attachments, customizations and messages. Spanning describes unlimited backup retention, including an unrestricted policy for Microsoft 365, and offers a single all-inclusive plan with no tiers and volume pricing available. The service lists ransomware protection and audit logs. Its security measures include OAuth 2.0, object-level 256-bit AES encryption at rest and TLS encryption in transit. A 14-day trial includes unlimited backup and restore, but installation requires administrator status. Pricing is available on request.