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Dropsuite alternative: Tenvara

Dropsuite backs up Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Entra ID and QuickBooks Online, and NinjaOne now sells it as NinjaOne SaaS Backup. MSPs look at Tenvara when they want Microsoft 365 backup in the same app as their service desk, device backup and tenant management. If you need archiving, legal hold or Google Workspace, Dropsuite covers more.

Tenvara: Backup

The tool today

What Dropsuite does

Cloud backup and email archiving for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and more, now NinjaOne SaaS Backup. Made by Dropsuite, a NinjaOne company. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • Backs up Exchange Online mail, calendars and contacts, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams.
  • Backs up Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Contacts in Google Workspace.
  • Backs up Microsoft Entra ID and QuickBooks Online data.
  • Point in time and item level recovery with search across tenants and backups.
  • Email archiving, legal hold and audit trails for compliance.

Side by side

Tenvara vs Dropsuite

The backup jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them.

Exchange mail, calendar and contacts

Tenvara Yes

Users, shared and room mailboxes Guide

Dropsuite Yes

Mail, calendar and contacts

OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams

Tenvara Yes

Files, sites and channel messages Guide

Dropsuite Yes

OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams

Flexible retention

Tenvara Yes

Age limit, or keep for ever Guide

Dropsuite Yes

Days, years or indefinitely

Item level restore and download

Tenvara Yes

To the user, another user, PST or EML Guide

Dropsuite Yes

Point in time, item level

New users protected automatically

Tenvara Yes

Protect new ones automatically Guide

Dropsuite Yes

Automated backups

Server and PC backup in the same app

Tenvara Yes

Images, folders and virtual machines Guide

Dropsuite Add-on

Through NinjaOne Backup

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

The one-app pitch

What else you'd replace

Most MSPs running Dropsuite 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 Dropsuite

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

  1. 1

    Set up storage and the app registration

    Choose storage, save the encryption key and set up the one Microsoft 365 app registration.

    Setting up backup
  2. 2

    Connect each tenant

    Send the admin consent link or connect through GDAP. The same connection is used by Tenvara's Microsoft 365 management.

    Microsoft 365 backup
  3. 3

    Choose what is protected

    Protect users, sites and teams, and leave protect new ones automatically on.

    Microsoft 365 backup
  4. 4

    Keep Dropsuite until old points expire

    Nothing is imported, so keep Dropsuite until you no longer need its history.

Dropsuite pricing

Dropsuite and NinjaOne do not publish SaaS Backup prices on their websites; they are by quote or trial.

Tenvara pricing

One subscription, per technician or per endpoint, hosted or self-hosted, with every feature in every plan.

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Questions

Dropsuite vs Tenvara: FAQ

From every hour to once a day per tenant, every 12 hours by default. Only changes since the last run are fetched.

Yes. A mail restore can be downloaded as a PST, as EML files or as a zip, kept for seven days.

See Tenvara next to Dropsuite.

A 30 minute walkthrough of the real product. Bring your list of what you use today and we'll show you where each part lives in Tenvara, and where it doesn't.

Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. Dropsuite 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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