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Cove Data Protection alternative: Tenvara
Cove Data Protection from N-able is a cloud-first backup service for servers, workstations and Microsoft 365, with storage in N-able's cloud included. MSPs look at Tenvara when they want backup in the same app as their service desk, devices and alerts, using the agent they already run, with guided restores and backup alerts that turn into tickets.
The tool today
What Cove Data Protection does
Cloud-first backup for servers, workstations and Microsoft 365, with storage included. Made by N-able. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.
- Direct to cloud backup of servers, workstations and Microsoft 365, with worldwide cloud storage included.
- TrueDelta sends only changes, with backups as often as every 15 minutes.
- Optional local copy through LocalSpeedVault on a network share or other hardware.
- Standby Image keeps a bootable virtual machine ready in Hyper-V, VMware ESXi or Azure.
- Automated Recovery Testing boots backups in N-able's cloud, plus bare metal and virtual disaster recovery.
Side by side
Tenvara vs Cove Data Protection
The backup jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them. Then what else comes with Tenvara, such as RMM, remote access and a service desk, in the same app.
Server and workstation backup
Servers and workstations
Microsoft 365 backup
Microsoft 365 backup
Only changed data sent
TrueDelta
Optional local copy
LocalSpeedVault
Storage included
Worldwide cloud storage included
Backup alerts into tickets in the same app
Works with N-able RMM tools
Bootable standby virtual machine
Standby Image
Automated recovery testing
Recovery Testing in the cloud
Bare metal recovery
Bare metal restore
Immutable copies
Isolated, immutable copies
Application-aware SQL Server backups
MS SQL data source through VSS
Seeding a first backup on a carried disk
Seed loading on a USB drive
Restore search across backups
Advanced search in Microsoft 365 backups
Interrupted backups carry on
Sessions continue from where they left off
Your own copy of the encryption key
Encryption key or passphrase you set
Bulk backup actions
Assign a backup profile to several devices
Backups held to an upload budget
Bandwidth limits for set hours in Backup Manager
Also in Tenvara
What else you get with Tenvara, in the same app
Remote monitoring and alerts
Separate products: N-able N-central and N-sight
Remote access
Separate product: N-able Take Control
PSA and service desk
Separate product: N-able MSP Manager
Microsoft 365 management
Separate product: N-able Cloud Commander
Security monitoring
Separate product: Adlumin XDR
IT documentation
Separate product: N-able Passportal
Credentials vault
Separate product: N-able Passportal
Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. Cove Data Protection details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.
The one-app pitch
What else you'd replace
Most MSPs running Cove Data Protection pay for several other tools beside it. Tenvara does these jobs too, on the same customer record, with one agent and one login.
See every comparisonSwitching
Moving from Cove Data Protection
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
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
Deploy the agent alongside
Install the Tenvara agent next to the Cove backup manager, using the same one-line command on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Installing the agent -
3
Protect devices and set schedules
Protect devices in bulk and set schedules that run at different times to Cove.
Protecting devices -
4
Connect Microsoft 365 tenants
Connect each tenant with admin consent or GDAP and choose who is protected.
Microsoft 365 backup -
5
Retire Cove when you are ready
Keep Cove's restore points for as long as you need them, then retire it customer by customer.
Cove Data Protection pricing
N-able prices Cove 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.
See pricingQuestions
Cove Data Protection vs Tenvara: FAQ
In a folder on your backup server or in S3-compatible storage, with one encrypted, deduplicated repository per customer for each source. Hosted plans come with storage provided.
Yes. Turn on a local copy per device and choose Mirror, which writes every backup to both places, or Seed first, which writes locally and uploads afterwards for a large first backup over a slow connection.
Once a day, or every 12, 8, 6, 4 or 2 hours, or every hour, starting at a time you choose in each device's own time zone.
Whole, from an APFS snapshot: every account, home folder, application and setting. Single files and folders restore from a whole Mac backup the same way as from a folder backup.
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Tenvara is coming soon.
Apply for the beta to run Tenvara side by side with Cove Data Protection before you decide, or get launch updates and hear first when pricing is announced.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Cove Data Protection is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
Sources
- Cove Data Protection
- Cove disaster recovery
- Cove bare metal recovery
- Cove Standby Image
- Cove Recovery Testing
- Cove Microsoft 365 backup
- Cove MS SQL backup
- Cove seeding options
- Cove in N-central
- Cove in N-able remote management
- N-able products
- N-able Take Control
- N-able MSP Manager
- N-able Passportal
- Adlumin XDR
- Cloud Commander in N-able remote management
- What is new in Cove 26.7
- Cove passphrase-based encryption
- Cove backup profiles
- Cove Backup Manager performance settings