More Microsoft 365 Storage Per User
Cove's fair use includes 1 TB of Microsoft 365 data a user, pooled within each tenant. EnterProtect includes 50 GB a mailbox, or 100 GB on Complete, pooled across your whole book.
EnterProtect vs Cove, Including Where Cove Is Stronger
EnterProtect and Cove both back up servers, workstations and Microsoft 365 with storage included. The differences are what each recovery point proves, how long it stays locked, and how your bill is counted.
At a Glance
Every Cove cell was checked against the linked page on the date shown. EnterProtect cells come from its locked specs and price books, and match the product pages.
TopicEnterProtectCove Data ProtectionSource and date checked
Pricing modelPublic list prices per mailbox or machine a month, storage included. MSPs buy below list on volume bands set by their whole book, and get their rate card once we've confirmed they're an MSP.Quote only. One flat rate per server or workstation, and one flat per-user price for Microsoft 365, with cloud storage included.Cove pricing
Storage includedPooled across your whole book: 1 TB a server or VM, 500 GB a workstation and 50 GB a mailbox, doubled on Complete. File Backup: 1 TB a server, 250 GB a workstation.Fair use, pooled across your customers: 500 GB selected for backup and 1,000 GB stored per server, 100 GB and 200 GB per workstation. The Data Protection Plan raises the selected limits to 2 TB and 500 GB. Microsoft 365: 1 TB a user, pooled within each tenant.Fair Use Policy, Data Protection Plan terms, Cove pricing
ContinuityIncluded in BCDR Essential: local and cloud recovery, VM creation, DR plans and DR tests. Tests on your own appliance are free; compute in EnterProtect's recovery cloud is metered.File-level, bare-metal and virtual recovery. Standby Image or automated Recovery Testing for one per-device price, and DRaaS in N-able's DR cloud.Cove pricing, Continuity feature sheet, Continuity docs
Contract termsMonth to month, with no minimum and no contract. A client that leaves is off your next bill, and a price change only applies going forward.A committed number of devices, with devices added or deleted beyond it on that month's bill. An optional multi-year price lock.Cove pricing
How usage is countedEach machine or mailbox is billed for the exact time it was protected, to the second. Counts are final before the 1st, so you can invoice your clients on the 1st.A device active on any day of the month is on that month's N-able invoice. Gradient's Cove integration notes say counts may not be accurate until the 10th or 11th.N-able high watermark billing, Gradient Cove notes
HardwareNo hardware to buy from EnterProtect, and no appliance licence. The appliance runs on any qualified x86-64 machine you or your client own, physical or virtual.No appliance to buy. LocalSpeedVault, an optional local copy on hardware you provide, works alongside the cloud and never replaces it.Cove backup FAQ
VerificationEvery new BCDR recovery point goes through five checks, ending in an isolated boot with a screenshot. Microsoft 365 checks run six levels, the last a restore through the real recovery path. "Verified" names the level reached.Recovery Testing checks a device on an automated schedule and returns a screenshot as proof it's recoverable. Standby Image builds a bootable VM after every backup.Cove data sources and recovery, Continuity docs
ImmutabilityEvery retained point sits under a compliance-mode lock that renews daily, with the retention authority outside the console. Nobody can shorten it, including EnterProtect.Fortified copies: isolated, read-only copies that can't be altered or deleted, each kept 30 days.Fortified Copies
RetentionAny length, including unlimited, on every plan. Retained data counts toward your pooled storage.Configurable up to 10 years, with seven years stated for Microsoft 365, and "no extra charge for long-term retention".Cove pricing, Microsoft 365 Backup, Data retention
After you cancel or remove a machine30 days, every one enforced by the storage lock, and reactivating inside the window cancels it. Then a signed destruction certificate. Longer needs a legal hold.A deleted device's data is permanently deleted 30 days later, and can't be restored once the device is deleted.Cove device management
People who leaveArchived users at half the active price: searchable, held if you need it, and restorable into a colleague's mailbox without a Microsoft licence.One flat per-user price, billed for each user with Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams protected. Cove's pricing names no separate rate for people who have left.Microsoft 365 billing policy, Cove pricing
Microsoft 365 coverageExchange user, shared, room and equipment mailboxes, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams, six times a day. Complete adds Entra ID, Conditional Access, Intune, BitLocker keys and Planner. No archive, group or public-folder mailboxes.Exchange, including the In-Place Archive, and Teams up to six times a day. OneDrive and SharePoint up to four. SharePoint permissions and metadata.Microsoft 365 Backup, Microsoft 365 benefits
BCDR topologyAn appliance on hardware you own for fast local backup, boot and verification, with the immutable copy in EnterProtect's cloud, or direct to cloud with no appliance. Recovers to the appliance, Hyper-V, VMware or EnterProtect's cloud.Cloud-first, with no local-only option. Recovers files, whole machines or VMs, with standby images on Hyper-V, ESXi or Azure and DRaaS in N-able's DR cloud.Cove backup FAQ, Continuity docs
File and application backupFiles and folders on Windows, Linux and Apple Silicon Macs, SMB and NFS shares, native Synology and QNAP packages, System State, SQL Server, Exchange, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB.Files and folders, System State, SQL Server, Exchange, Oracle, MySQL, VMware and Hyper-V, with bare-metal recovery in the same Backup Manager.Cove data sources and recovery
Where data livesIn the storage region you choose for each client, plus a local copy on your BCDR appliance. Cloud recovery runs in EnterProtect's own recovery cloud.In N-able's own worldwide data centers.Cove pricing
Where Cove Is Stronger
You'll hear these from Cove's team, so you should hear them from us first. Each one is checked against Cove's own pages, with the dates in the table above.
Archive Mailboxes
Cove backs up the full mailbox, including the In-Place Archive. EnterProtect doesn't capture archive, group or public-folder mailboxes, because Microsoft's stable mailbox API leaves them out.
Recovery Into Azure
Cove restores and keeps standby images in Azure, as well as on Hyper-V and ESXi. EnterProtect recovers to your appliance, Hyper-V, VMware or its own recovery cloud, but not to Azure.
Oracle
Cove backs up Oracle databases. EnterProtect covers SQL Server, Exchange, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB, but not Oracle.
Long Retention at No Extra Charge
Cove retains up to 10 years and says long-term retention costs nothing extra. EnterProtect lets you set any length, but retained data counts toward your pooled storage.
Where EnterProtect Is Different
These are the rows where the fine print decides your margin: what each recovery point proves, how long it stays locked, and how the bill is counted.
Proof on Every Recovery Point
Every new BCDR point goes through five checks, ending in an isolated boot with a screenshot, and "verified" names the check it reached. Cove's Recovery Testing runs on a schedule.
Continuity in the Base Price
Local virtualization, DR plans and DR tests come with BCDR Essential. Cove offers Standby Image or Recovery Testing for one per-device price.
A Bill Counted to the Second
A machine or mailbox is billed for the exact time it was protected, and counts are final before the 1st. At N-able, a device active for one day is on that month's invoice.
Every Retained Point Stays Locked
Each point sits under a compliance-mode lock that renews daily for as long as you keep it, and nobody can shorten it, including us. Cove keeps each fortified copy 30 days.
Archived Users at Half Price
When someone leaves, their mailbox stays searchable, held and restorable at half the active price. Cove's pricing has one flat per-user rate, with no separate rate for people who've left.
The Tenant Itself, on Complete
Microsoft 365 Complete protects Entra ID, Conditional Access, Intune policy, BitLocker keys and Planner, and rebuilds a damaged tenant in place.
Microsoft 365 Backup
Both keep your clients' Microsoft 365 outside the tenant. Cove gives more storage a user and covers archive mailboxes. EnterProtect captures files as often as mail.
How Often It Captures
EnterProtect captures every workload every four hours, six times a day. Cove backs up Exchange and Teams up to six times a day, and OneDrive and SharePoint up to four.
Storage Included
Cove's fair use includes 1 TB of Microsoft 365 data a user, pooled within each tenant. EnterProtect includes 50 GB a mailbox, or 100 GB on Complete, pooled across your whole book, with a warning before any overage line appears.
Mailboxes Covered
Cove backs up the full mailbox, including the In-Place Archive. EnterProtect captures user, shared, room and equipment mailboxes, but not archive, group or public-folder mailboxes: Microsoft's stable mailbox API leaves them out, and EnterProtect doesn't fall back to the retiring EWS API.
The Tenant Itself
EnterProtect Complete adds Entra ID, Conditional Access, Intune policy, BitLocker keys and Planner, and rebuilds a damaged tenant in place. Cove's Microsoft 365 pages list Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams.
People Who Leave
EnterProtect bills an archived user at half the active price, still searchable and restorable. Cove bills each user with Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams protected, at one flat per-user price.
Retention and Price
Cove's Microsoft 365 pages state seven years of retention, and Cove quotes privately. EnterProtect keeps Microsoft 365 data as long as you set, with no cap, while the client is protected, at a list price of $3.00 a mailbox a month on Essential and $4.50 on Complete.
BCDR
Cove is cloud-first, with no local-only option. EnterProtect runs on an appliance you own, with the immutable copy in its cloud, or direct to cloud with no appliance.
Where It Runs
Every Cove backup goes to N-able's cloud, and LocalSpeedVault adds a local copy beside it. EnterProtect's appliance runs on hardware you own for fast local backup, boot and verification, while the immutable copy lives in EnterProtect's cloud. Direct to cloud skips the appliance.
Proof
EnterProtect checks every new recovery point five ways, from chunk integrity to an isolated boot with a screenshot and a workload check. Cove's Recovery Testing checks a device on an automated schedule and returns a screenshot, and Standby Image builds a bootable VM after every backup.
Continuity
Local and cloud recovery, VM creation, DR plans and DR tests are part of EnterProtect BCDR Essential. Tests on your appliance are free, and compute in EnterProtect's recovery cloud is metered. Cove offers Standby Image or Recovery Testing for one per-device price, and DRaaS in N-able's DR cloud.
Where It Recovers
Cove recovers to Hyper-V, ESXi, Azure or N-able's DR cloud. EnterProtect recovers to your appliance, Hyper-V, VMware or its own recovery cloud, and not to Azure.
Storage
Both pool storage across your customers. Cove's fair use gives a server 500 GB selected for backup and 1,000 GB stored, or 2 TB selected under its Data Protection Plan. EnterProtect includes 1 TB a server on Essential and 2 TB on Complete.
Price
Cove quotes privately. EnterProtect's list prices are public: $75.50 a server, $38.00 a virtual machine and $15.00 a workstation a month on Essential, and $98.00, $49.50 and $19.50 on Complete.
File Backup
Both protect files, System State and databases at a per-machine price. Cove adds Oracle. EnterProtect adds native NAS packages and proves application backups by restoring them.
What It Covers
EnterProtect covers files and folders on Windows, Linux and Apple Silicon Macs, SMB and NFS shares, native Synology and QNAP packages, System State, SQL Server, Exchange, PostgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB. Cove covers files and folders, System State, SQL Server, Exchange, Oracle and MySQL, plus VMware and Hyper-V.
Proof for Applications
EnterProtect restores each application backup in an isolated environment, starts the application and runs a query before calling it good. Point-in-time database recovery is offered only where the logs are proven gap-free.
One Product or Two
Cove's Backup Manager covers files, System State and bare-metal recovery in one agent. EnterProtect splits the job: File Backup protects files and applications at a file price, and BCDR brings the whole machine back.
Price and Storage
Cove quotes one flat rate per server or workstation, with storage included. EnterProtect's list price is $9.00 a workstation and $34.00 a server a month, with 250 GB and 1 TB included and pooled across your book.
Switching From Cove, Client by Client
Nobody should pay two vendors for the same machine, and no client should be your test. Start at home.
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Protect Your Own MSP First
Your own Microsoft 365 is free for a year while you protect clients, so you run EnterProtect on your own data before a client's.
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Move Each Client at Its Renewal
Move one client at a time, as its current agreement ends, so you never pay two vendors for the same machine.
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Keep the Old History Until It's Not Needed
EnterProtect can't import Cove backups, so history starts at the first capture. Cove deletes a device's data 30 days after you delete the device, so keep it until the client's retention need ends.
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Prove It in Front of the Client
Restore something they care about and hand them the signed report. That's the first proof on the new line.
EnterProtect vs Cove Questions
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What's the difference between EnterProtect and Cove?
Both back up servers, workstations and Microsoft 365 with storage included. EnterProtect proves every new BCDR recovery point with an isolated boot, includes continuity in BCDR Essential, keeps every retained point under a lock nobody can shorten, and bills to the second with counts final before the 1st. Cove gives more Microsoft 365 storage per user, covers archive mailboxes and Oracle, and recovers into Azure.
Is EnterProtect cheaper than Cove?
Cove quotes privately, and your EnterProtect rate card comes once we've confirmed you're an MSP, so neither number belongs on a public page. What this page can show is what's included: continuity in BCDR, storage pooled across your whole book, archived users at half price and no appliance licence. Join a product's waitlist before it launches and you get the Founding Partner Rate: our large-MSP rate at any size, month to month.
Does EnterProtect keep a local copy like Cove's LocalSpeedVault?
Yes. The BCDR appliance runs on hardware you own and handles fast local backup, boot and verification, while the immutable copy lives in EnterProtect's cloud. Cove's LocalSpeedVault keeps a local copy alongside its cloud.
Can I move my clients' Cove backups to EnterProtect?
No. EnterProtect can't import another vendor's backups, so each client's history starts at its first EnterProtect capture. Cove deletes a device's data 30 days after the device is deleted, so keep the device on Cove until the client no longer needs that history.
Does EnterProtect recover to Azure?
No. EnterProtect recovers to your appliance, to Hyper-V or VMware, or into its own recovery cloud. Cove recovers to Azure as well as Hyper-V and ESXi.
Does EnterProtect back up Exchange archive mailboxes?
No. Microsoft's stable mailbox API covers primary and shared mailboxes only, and EnterProtect doesn't fall back to the retiring EWS API. Archive, group and public-folder mailboxes appear in the coverage report as not captured, so nobody mistakes them for protected. Cove backs up the In-Place Archive.
How current is this comparison?
Every row shows the date it was checked against Cove's own pages. Vendors change their terms, so if something here has moved, tell us on the corrections page.
Proof on Every Point. A Bill You Can Read.
If your backup fine print has cost you a margin or a weekend, compare it with ours. It's four lines.
Commitments in Writing
- When a client leaves, so does its bill.
- No contract and nothing to renew. A price change only applies going forward.
- Every MSP gets the same rate card at the same volume.
- A missed payment pauses service. It never shortens an immutable copy.