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Axcient x360Recover alternative: Tenvara

Axcient x360Recover is backup and disaster recovery built for MSPs, running on an appliance, on your own hardware or direct to the Axcient Cloud. ConnectWise acquired Axcient in 2024. MSPs look at Tenvara when they want backup in the same app as their tickets, devices and alerts, with storage they choose. Tenvara backs up volumes, folders and Hyper-V and Proxmox VE guests, keeps an optional local copy for fast restores, and brings data back through one guided restore flow.

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Tenvara: Backup

The tool today

What Axcient x360Recover does

Backup and disaster recovery for MSPs, on an appliance or direct to the Axcient Cloud. Made by Axcient (ConnectWise). This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • Direct to cloud backup for servers, desktops and laptops, or appliance based backup with bring your own device.
  • Protects Windows, Linux, macOS and VMware, plus Azure, AWS and Google Cloud workloads.
  • AutoVerify runs daily backup integrity tests and alerts on problems.
  • Virtual Office brings systems up in the Axcient Cloud for disaster recovery and DR testing.
  • AirGap protects against malicious deletion, and chain-free backup supports long retention.

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Tenvara vs Axcient x360Recover

The backup jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them. Then what else comes with Tenvara, such as a service desk, RMM and remote access, in the same app.

Server and PC image backup

Tenvara Yes

Volume images on Windows and Linux Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

Servers, desktops and laptops

Hypervisor backup

Tenvara Yes

Hyper-V and Proxmox VE guests Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

VMware supported

Local copy for fast restores

Tenvara Yes

Mirror or seed to a local disk or share Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

Appliance or Local Cache

Long retention

Tenvara Yes

Daily, weekly and monthly points Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

Chain-free, years of retention

Microsoft 365 backup

Tenvara Yes

Mail, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Sold separately as Axcient x360Cloud

Mac backup

Tenvara Yes

Whole Mac from an APFS snapshot Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

macOS supported

Automatic backup verification

Tenvara Yes

Scheduled boot checks and test restores Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

AutoVerify, included

Protection from deleted backups

Tenvara Yes

Object Lock storage and second copies Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

AirGap

Application-aware SQL Server backups

Tenvara Yes

VSS, SQL log truncation and database restore Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

VSS snapshots keep SQL databases consistent

Seeding a first backup on a carried disk

Tenvara Yes

Seed on a disk and carry it to your storage Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

Preload seed drives

Interrupted backups carry on

Tenvara Yes

From their checkpoint after a restart or an update Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

Direct-to-Cloud backups resume where they left off

Backups held to an upload budget

Tenvara Yes

Starts spread through the night under each site's upload budget Guide

Axcient x360Recover Yes

Scheduled bandwidth limits for vault replication

Also in Tenvara

What else you get with Tenvara, in the same app

PSA and service desk

Tenvara Yes

Tickets, SLAs, time and contracts on the same customer record Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise PSA

Remote monitoring and alerts

Tenvara Yes

Device health, checks and alerts by policy, on one agent Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise RMM

Remote access

Tenvara Yes

Control a device's screen from the browser, with every session logged Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ScreenConnect

Patching

Tenvara Yes

Operating system updates by policy in maintenance windows Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise RMM

Security monitoring

Tenvara Yes

Security events from devices, Microsoft 365 and firewalls, with detections Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise SIEM

Quotes and proposals

Tenvara Yes

Branded proposals with customer e-signature Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise CPQ

Software deployment

Tenvara Yes

An app catalogue deployed to customers, groups or devices Guide

Axcient x360Recover Add-on

Separate product: ConnectWise RMM

Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. Axcient x360Recover details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.

The one-app pitch

What else you'd replace

Most MSPs running Axcient x360Recover pay for several other tools beside it. Tenvara does these jobs too, on the same customer record, with one agent and one login.

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Switching

Moving from Axcient x360Recover

A calm move, not a big bang. Run both side by side until your team is happy.

How a gradual move to Tenvara works
  1. 1

    Choose storage and save the encryption key

    Set a folder or S3-compatible storage in backup settings, and copy the encryption key somewhere safe.

    Setting up backup
  2. 2

    Deploy the agent alongside

    Install the Tenvara agent next to the Axcient agent with the one-line command or your deployment tool.

    Installing the agent
  3. 3

    Protect devices and set schedules

    Protect devices in bulk and set start times that sit apart from your Axcient backups.

    Protecting devices
  4. 4

    Keep Axcient until old points expire

    Your Axcient recovery points stay with Axcient for as long as you need them, while new points build up in Tenvara.

Axcient x360Recover pricing

Axcient x360Recover is priced by quote.

Tenvara pricing

One product with every feature included, hosted or self-hosted. Tenvara is new and in beta, and pricing is announced before launch.

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Questions

Axcient x360Recover vs Tenvara: FAQ

In a folder on your backup server or in S3-compatible storage you choose. Each customer has its own repository, encrypted before data leaves the device and deduplicated across that customer's machines.

Yes. Turn on Local copy for a device to mirror every backup to its own disk or a share, or to seed a large first backup locally before it uploads.

Single files and folders, including from inside volume images, whole volumes and virtual machine disks as image files, whole machines through bare metal recovery, and Microsoft 365 mail, OneDrive, calendars and contacts.

Failed and overdue backups raise alerts, and your alert rules turn them into tickets. Each customer and device page also shows its latest backups and recovery points.

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Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Axcient x360Recover is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.

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