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Datto BCDR alternative: Tenvara

Datto SIRIS and ALTO are backup appliances built for full business continuity, with local and cloud virtualisation, and Datto Endpoint Backup sends PCs and servers straight to the Datto Cloud. MSPs look at Tenvara when they want backup in the same app as their tickets, devices and alerts, using the agent they already run and storage they choose. Tenvara backs up volumes, folders and virtual machines, with file restores, bare metal recovery and instant recovery.

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Tenvara: Backup

The tool today

What Datto BCDR does

Backup and disaster recovery appliances (SIRIS, ALTO) and Endpoint Backup, with the Datto Cloud. Made by Datto (Kaseya). This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • SIRIS runs on a Datto appliance, as a virtual machine or on your own Linux server, with copies in the Datto Cloud.
  • Instant virtualisation of a protected system, locally on the appliance or in the Datto Cloud.
  • Screenshot Verification boots backups to check they start, with optional scripts to check applications.
  • Bare metal recovery, plus ransomware scanning as part of the backup process.
  • Immutable Datto Cloud storage with Cloud Deletion Defense, and flat fee disaster recovery.
  • Datto Endpoint Backup sends Windows PCs, servers and Macs direct to the Datto Cloud with no hardware.

Side by side

Tenvara vs Datto BCDR

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 Microsoft 365 management, in the same app.

Image backup of Windows and Linux volumes

Tenvara Yes

Full volume images, VSS on Windows Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Image based backups of servers and PCs

Hyper-V and virtual machine backup

Tenvara Yes

Hyper-V and Proxmox VE guests Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

VMware and Hyper-V

Local copy for fast restores

Tenvara Yes

Mirror or seed to a local disk or share Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

SIRIS or ALTO appliance on site

Single file restores from an image

Tenvara Yes

Browse NTFS, ext4 and XFS images Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

File level restore

Microsoft 365 backup

Tenvara Yes

Mail, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Sold separately as Datto SaaS Protection

Failures become tickets in the same app

Tenvara Yes

Backup alerts go through your alert rules Guide

Datto BCDR Partly

Integrates with RMM and PSA tools

Bare metal recovery

Tenvara Yes

Recovery media to new hardware or a virtual machine Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Bare metal recovery with Fast Failback

Instant virtualisation

Tenvara Yes

Instant recovery and standbys on Hyper-V Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Local or in the Datto Cloud

Automatic boot verification

Tenvara Yes

Scheduled boot checks, on your own Hyper-V or Proxmox VE hosts too Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Screenshot Verification

Immutable storage and ransomware scan

Tenvara Yes

Object Lock storage, malware scan before restore Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Immutable Datto Cloud, ransomware scan

Application-aware SQL Server backups

Tenvara Yes

VSS, SQL log truncation and database restore Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Application-aware via VSS, SQL restores with Kroll

Seeding a first backup on a carried disk

Tenvara Yes

Seed on a disk and carry it to your storage Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

RoundTrip drives seed the Datto Cloud

Interrupted backups carry on

Tenvara Yes

From their checkpoint after a restart or an update Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Endpoint Backup for PCs resumes where it left off

Your own copy of the encryption key

Tenvara Yes

Sealed with your passphrase, behind a second administrator's approval Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Passphrase per agent; Datto holds no master key

Bulk backup actions

Tenvara Yes

Protect, back up now and pause from any device list Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Start, pause and policy for selected assets in the Backup Portal

Backups held to an upload budget

Tenvara Yes

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

Datto BCDR Yes

Off-site sync throttled with scheduled speed limits

Stored backups checked and repaired

Tenvara Yes

Data read back on a schedule, damage healed from the copy or source Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Monthly storage scrub checks every block

Second copy at another location

Tenvara Yes

An ordered copy list sends each repository to another location Guide

Datto BCDR Yes

Off-site sync to the Datto Cloud

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

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Autotask PSA

Remote monitoring and alerts

Tenvara Yes

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

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Datto RMM

Microsoft 365 management

Tenvara Yes

Every customer tenant, its users, licences, starters and leavers Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Datto RMM, which manages Microsoft 365

Remote access

Tenvara Yes

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

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Datto RMM

Patching

Tenvara Yes

Operating system updates by policy in maintenance windows Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Datto RMM

Security monitoring

Tenvara Yes

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

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate products: Datto EDR and RocketCyber MDR

IT documentation

Tenvara Yes

Customer records and knowledge base articles, linked to devices Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: IT Glue

Credentials vault

Tenvara Yes

Encrypted logins and two-factor secrets, with every reveal logged Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: IT Glue

Cyber Essentials readiness

Tenvara Yes

Readiness per customer and a report for the customer or assessor Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Compliance Manager GRC

Compliance programmes

Tenvara Yes

ISO 27001, ISO 9001, UK GDPR and Cyber Essentials programmes with policies, risks and evidence Guide

Datto BCDR Add-on

Separate product: Compliance Manager GRC

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

The one-app pitch

What else you'd replace

Most MSPs running Datto BCDR 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 Datto BCDR

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 before anything else.

    Setting up backup
  2. 2

    Deploy the agent alongside

    Install the Tenvara agent next to the Datto agent. Tenvara starts its own recovery points from the first backup.

    Installing the agent
  3. 3

    Protect devices and pick schedules

    Protect servers and PCs in bulk, then set schedules and retention per customer. Give the two backups different start times.

    Protecting devices
  4. 4

    Retire Datto when you are ready

    Keep your Datto recovery points for as long as you need them, then retire the appliance customer by customer.

Datto BCDR pricing

Datto sells BCDR and Endpoint Backup 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

Datto BCDR vs Tenvara: FAQ

Boot recovery media and bring the whole machine back onto new hardware or a virtual machine, or start it straight away on Hyper-V with instant recovery. Single files can be picked from inside NTFS, ext4 and XFS images.

In a folder on your backup server or in S3-compatible storage, one encrypted, deduplicated repository per customer.

File by file. On a Mac Tenvara backs up chosen folders, by default the users' home folders.

Yes. Turn on a local copy per device and choose Mirror, which writes every backup to both places for fast restores, or Seed first, for a large first backup over a slow connection.

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Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Datto BCDR 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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