Latest Report Provides SMBs with Guidance on the Best Backup Solutions for them to Choose from Today to Protect Data Stored in Microsoft 365.
OMAHA, Neb., (October 3rd, 2025) – DCIG is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its 61st TOP 5 report, the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – SMB Edition Report. This DCIG TOP 5 report provides small and midsized business (SMBs) with guidance on the best backup solutions for them to choose from today to protect data stored in Microsoft 365. This report is available for purchase for $495 by contacting DCIG via email. DCIG will respond and provide instructions on how to purchase the report.
2025 officially represents the twelfth year in which organizations have had access to Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365). From its humble beginnings in 2013, its accelerated adoption and growth began in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yet as more SMBs embrace Microsoft 365, they must account for how they will protect data stored in it. This task becomes ever more complex as SMBs utilize Microsoft 365’s existing and new features.
DCIG evaluated approximately 30 different third-party Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions, of which 21 met DCIG’s criteria for an SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solution. Across these 21 solutions, DCIG evaluated hundreds of features on each one that DCIG grouped into the following five general categories. These include:
- Anti-ransomware/cyber resilience
- Backup
- Billing, configuration, and licensing
- Recovery and restore
- Support
To access this TOP 5 report or Solution Profiles created from it, individuals may do so in one of the following two ways:
- Visit the providers who licensed the full DCIG TOP 5 report and/or Solution Profile created from it.
- By purchasing the TOP 5 report from DCIG
One provider (Datto) in the TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions report – SMB Edition has licensed either the entire report or a Solution Profile created from it.
Individuals may visit its website to learn more about its solution or request copies of the DCIG reports that it has licensed.
Alternatively, individuals may contact DCIG by email to request purchasing a report. DCIG will then email an invoice that can be paid by credit card. Once paid, DCIG will immediately email you the report.
This fee also includes a 1-year subscription to DCIG’s forthcoming subscription site. DCIG expects this subscription site to be available in September 2025 where subscribers may access this and other TOP 5 reports.
The full 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – SMB Edition Report contains additional details such as:
- The TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions
- A list of the 21 Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions evaluated.
- The state of Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- Three best practices for optimizing Microsoft 365 recoveries.
- Features common across all evaluated Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- Distinguishing features of the DCIG TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- Differences between the DCIG TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solutions.
- SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions Inclusion Criteria
- A profile of each DCIG TOP 5 SMB Microsoft 365 SaaS backup solution that lists at least three (3) ways each one distinguishes itself from the other solutions.
Other than excerpts published in this press release and the DCIG article announcing the reports availability, found here, the contents of the 2025-26 DCIG TOP 5 Microsoft 365 SaaS Backup Solutions – SMB Edition Report are copyrighted and may not be republished without permission.
About DCIG: The Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG) empowers the IT industry with actionable analysis. DCIG analysts provide informed third-party analysis of various cloud, data protection, and data storage technologies. DCIG’s audiences include C-level executives, IT managers, IT professionals, magazine editors, bloggers, analysts, and providers within the IT and cloud service industry.
If you would like more information about this topic, please contact Todd Dorsey at 844.324.4552 x 904 or email todd.dorsey@dcig.com.