Keepit alternative and comparison 2026
Keepit is a Danish SaaS backup service that bills per protected application, not per user or per GB, stores data in its own mirrored data centres and offers regions in Denmark, Germany, the UK, the US, Canada and APAC.
By Lucas Flores, IT Systeme Flores UG. Last updated
Keepit website checked on 2026-09-24.
The short answer
Keepit fits organizations that want a European vendor cloud with unlimited storage, two mirrored data centres per region and backup for several SaaS applications beyond Microsoft 365.
Restow fits if you want the backups on infrastructure you control, a published one-time price, and an open format you can restore from without the vendor.
At a glance
| Aspect | Restow | Keepit |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Community free. Business €595, Service Provider €1,950, one-time, net (pre-sale until release: €476 and €1,560). Pre-sale licenses include every 1.x update; from version 1.0, a license includes 12 months of updates, then an optional update year (Business €295, Service Provider €595 net per year). No per-user fee. | Subscription per protected application, three tiers, prices on request only. Unlimited storage, no egress or transaction fees. |
| Where it runs | Self-hosted: one Docker Compose stack on a Linux server or VM you control. | SaaS in Keepit's own data centres. |
| Where backups are stored | Your choice: local disk, S3-compatible object storage or NFS, in the region you pick. Immutable backups (S3 Object Lock) can be switched on per repository. | Two mirrored Keepit data centres in the region you pick (e.g. EU-DE). No own-storage option found. |
| Microsoft 365 coverage | Exchange Online mail, calendar, contacts; OneDrive; SharePoint Online sites (document libraries and lists, new in 0.4.0); Microsoft 365 groups (calendar and conversations, opt-in, since 0.4.5); IMAP mailboxes; Linux and macOS servers and clients (file-level agent); SMB and NFS file shares without an agent; imported mail files. No Teams chats. | Microsoft 365, plus other SaaS applications such as Salesforce and Google Workspace. |
| Restore testing | Weekly sampled check: data is read back through the restore path and verified against the recorded hashes. File shares are checked after every new restore point, Proxmox VE (preview) guests within minutes of every new restore point, and Proxmox VE can also boot-test restore points. | Not documented in the pages checked. |
| Source code and exit | Apache 2.0 core, Business and Service Provider modules under the Restow license terms, open documented storage format with a standalone restore tool. | Proprietary. Export format not found in the pages checked. |
Where Keepit is strong
- Unlimited storage and no egress, ingress or transaction fees.
- Data mirrored across two data centres in the chosen region, with a German region.
- ISO/IEC 27001 certified.
- Covers more SaaS applications than Microsoft 365.
Where Restow is different
- A published price: Business €595, Service Provider €1,950, once; update years are optional (Business €295, Service Provider €595 net per year).
- Runs on your own server; the data never leaves infrastructure you chose.
- A weekly restore test per mailbox.
- An open storage format and a standalone restore tool.
What Restow does not do (yet)
- Restow does not back up Teams chats. It backs up SharePoint Online sites since 0.4.0, without attachments of list items, site design, navigation and workflows; permissions are kept as information and never restored.
- Immutable backups (new in 0.4.0) are off until an administrator turns them on per repository. S3 Object Lock was tested against a simulated S3 service only, directories and NFS get only a deletion delay, which is not immutability, and the installation's default repository cannot be made immutable.
- In Business, the audit log viewer ships since 0.1.0 and the audit log export since 0.3.1; since 0.3.1 every edition has several administrators with roles. Sign-in with Microsoft and single sign-on (SSO) are planned, and so are four-eyes approval and a signed restore proof.
- The archive is filled by mail import with archiving and, from Business, by capture from the mailboxes (Microsoft Graph, IMAP sync), Exchange Online journal receipt and forwarded copies. Capture from the mailbox is near-time and not complete, and was tested against simulated services only.
- The automated Microsoft 365 backup and restore check against a real tenant is not active yet: check 4 of the release pipeline was skipped in every release so far; Microsoft 365 is covered by tests against a simulated Graph API.
- Licenses include no support, setup, operation or SLA.
- The server and endpoint agent runs on Linux and macOS, file-level; a Windows agent and image backup are planned.
- Restow is a beta: do not use it as your only backup.
Keepit: the facts, with sources
Each line is taken from Keepit's own documentation unless the rating says otherwise. "Checked: not found" means we looked in the named sources and did not find it, which is not proof that it does not exist.
| Fact | Source | How solid |
|---|---|---|
| Three subscription tiers (Business Essentials, Enterprise Unlimited, Governance Plus), differentiated by retention length, support level and (top tier) customizable Data Processing Agreements. All require contacting sales; no price points are published. | Keepit Pricing | Official source |
| Billing is per SaaS application/service protected (Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Google Workspace, etc.), not per user and not per GB; combining multiple applications qualifies for bundle discounts. | Keepit Pricing | Official source |
| All tiers include unlimited hot storage, with no egress, ingress or transaction fees. | Keepit Pricing | Official source |
| Six data-centre regions: EU-DK, EU-DE, UKI, US, CA and APAC; data for a given customer sits in two mirrored data centres within the chosen region. | Backup and recovery for Microsoft 365 | Official source |
| Vendor-hosted only. No self-hosted deployment or customer-controlled storage (BYO S3 or similar) option was found on the pages checked. | Same pages, absence checked directly | Checked: not found |
| ISO/IEC 27001 certified; the vendor states support for compliance regimes including HIPAA, SEC, ESMA, EBA and EIOPA. | Keepit Pricing | Official source |
| Restore is described as fast "smart search and restore," able to move multiple terabytes a day back to the original location with folder structure and metadata intact. This is a vendor performance claim, not an independently benchmarked figure. | Keepit marketing copy, help-center search results | Moderate |
| An export/exit data format was not found in the pages checked this pass. | Not found | Open question |
| Not open source. | Absence checked across the pages above | Checked: not found |
Frequently asked
How much does Keepit cost?
Keepit publishes no prices. All three tiers require contacting sales. Billing is per protected application.
Where does Keepit store data?
In Keepit's own data centres, mirrored across two sites in the region you choose. We found no option for your own storage.