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Rencore is an AvePoint alternative that governs Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Copilot agents in one product, with one inventory and one policy engine. AvePoint sells a broad platform of separate products for backup, records, migration and governance.
Verdict: Choose AvePoint if you need backup or records management alongside governance. Choose Rencore to govern workspaces, apps, flows and agents in one product with one policy engine.
16 Microsoft connectors governed +2 AI connectors beyond Microsoft
Best for: Organizations of any size that want one product and one policy engine for Microsoft 365, Power Platform and Copilot agents
11 Microsoft services governed
Best for: Organisations that also need backup or records management
| Capability |  Rencore |  |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Workplace | ||
 Microsoft 365 Tenant-wide: users, groups, licences, apps, Purview sensitivity labels and more | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Cloud Governance and Cense |
| Microsoft Teams | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Cloud Governance |
| SharePoint | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Cloud Governance |
 OneDrive | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Cloud Governance |
| Exchange Online | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Partial Cloud Governance, shared mailboxes and lists only |
 Planner | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Not documented |
| Viva Engage | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Cloud Governance |
 Entra ID | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Cloud Governance |
| AI & Agents | ||
 Microsoft 365 Copilot | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Insights |
| Copilot Studio agents | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes AgentPulse |
| SharePoint agents | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes AgentPulse |
 Azure | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Partial AgentPulse, Foundry agents only |
| Copilot Cowork | Rencore: On the roadmap | AvePoint: No |
| Agent Builder | Rencore: On the roadmap | AvePoint: No |
 Agent 365 | Rencore: On the roadmap | AvePoint: No |
| Claude Enterprise With the Microsoft 365 data it works with | Rencore: On the roadmap In preview | AvePoint: No |
| ChatGPT Enterprise With the Microsoft 365 data it works with | Rencore: On the roadmap Coming soon | AvePoint: No |
| Apps, Automation and BI | ||
| Power Apps | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes EnPower |
| Power Automate | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes EnPower |
| Power BI | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Partial EnPower, workspaces only |
| Microsoft Fabric | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: No |
| How it is packaged | ||
| Products needed for workspaces, Power Platform and agents | Rencore: 1 product Modules within one product | AvePoint: 7 products Cloud Governance, Policies, Insights, EnPower, tyGraph, AgentPulse, Cense |
| How you take control | ||
| Teams and SharePoint provisioning and lifecycle | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes |
| Owner access reviews | Rencore: Yes Recurring, run by owners in Microsoft Teams | AvePoint: Yes |
| Automated policy remediation | Rencore: Yes 150+ in-depth built-in policies, plus custom automations | AvePoint: Yes |
| Power Platform governance | Rencore: Yes Apps, Automation and BI module | AvePoint: Yes Separate product: EnPower |
| Copilot and Copilot Studio agent inventory | Rencore: Yes AI & Agents module | AvePoint: Yes Separate product: AgentPulse |
| Licence and Copilot seat optimisation | Rencore: Yes | AvePoint: Yes Separate product: Cense |
| Trust | ||
| ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 | Rencore: Yes ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27017 | AvePoint: Yes |
| Customer-chosen hosting region | Rencore: 5 Azure regions Including Germany and Switzerland, more on request | AvePoint: Yes |
| Where customer data is processed | Rencore: Only in the region you choose Stored and processed there. Sub-processors in the EU or the US, all can be switched off. No processing in China | AvePoint: Unclear Support and operations by 22 AvePoint group companies in 18 countries, including China |
| Where AvePoint leads | ||
| Backup and recovery | Rencore: No Not our focus | AvePoint: Yes |
| Records management | Rencore: No Not our focus | AvePoint: Yes AvePoint Opus |
Workspace lifecycle, Power Platform, agents and reporting sit in separate AvePoint products, each with its own console and licence.
Rencore governs workspaces, apps, flows, agents and licence costs in one inventory with one policy engine.
Agent governance runs in separate AvePoint products, apart from the workspaces the agents read from.
Rencore governs Copilot and Copilot Studio agents alongside the Teams and sites they depend on, so an agent's reach is visible.
AvePoint offers Microsoft Fabric as a consulting service, not as governed objects in its platform.
Rencore inventories Fabric and Power BI next to Power Apps and Power Automate in the Apps, Automation and BI module.
AvePoint leads in backup and recovery, records management, migration and FedRAMP-authorised hosting. Its AgentPulse product already covers agents on Google Vertex AI and Salesforce Agentforce, which is on Rencore's roadmap. If your requirement starts with data protection or US public-sector authorisation, AvePoint is the stronger fit.
Rencore does not back up or archive content. Many organizations keep their backup vendor and use Rencore to govern the estate, because governance and backup answer different questions.
Rencore Governance is developed in Germany by an independent vendor. Your workspace data is stored in the Azure region you choose, with Germany and Switzerland among the options, and Multi-Geo tenants are supported.
Rencore is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27017 and holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report. The certificate and reports are in the Rencore Trust Center.
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Rencore governs 16 Microsoft connectors today, each in one inventory with an owner, a policy and a lifecycle. AvePoint fully covers Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Viva Engage, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio agents, SharePoint agents, Power Apps and Power Automate, and covers Exchange Online, Azure and Power BI in part. Only Rencore governs Planner and Microsoft Fabric.
AvePoint stores customer data in the region the customer selects, on Azure, Google Cloud or AWS. Where it is processed is less clear: its sub-processor list names 22 AvePoint group companies in 18 countries for support and operations, three of them in China, and AvePoint states that its staff cannot access decrypted customer data. Rencore stores and processes each workspace's data only in the Azure region the customer chooses. Its sub-processors are in the EU or the US, the customer can switch each one off, and no customer data is processed in China.
Yes. AvePoint made AgentPulse generally available in March 2026 for agents built on Microsoft platforms and Google Vertex AI, and extended it in July 2026 with ownership, sensitivity context and guardrails. Rencore governs Copilot and Copilot Studio agents in the same inventory as the Teams, sites, apps and flows they depend on, in one product. Non-Microsoft agents are on the Rencore roadmap.
AvePoint's product pages describe workspace governance, Power Platform governance, agent governance and licence optimisation as separate products: Cloud Governance, EnPower, AgentPulse and Cense. Rencore covers the same scope in one product, with Power Platform and AI & Agents as modules.
No. Rencore governs your Microsoft estate and does not back it up or archive it. If you need backup, keep your backup vendor. Rencore does not depend on it.
AvePoint's Trust Center lists 14 Azure regions. Rencore stores each workspace's data in the Azure region the customer chooses when the workspace is created, including Germany and Switzerland.
Yes. Rencore extends its AI & Agents governance beyond Microsoft: Claude Enterprise and ChatGPT Enterprise are both in preview. They are governed in the same place as your Microsoft 365 estate and connected to the Microsoft 365 data they work with, rather than in a separate tool. Microsoft 365 and Copilot remain the generally available core of the platform.
Rencore Governance is SaaS, developed in Germany by an independent vendor. Each workspace's data is stored and processed in the Azure region the customer picks, one of five regions including Germany and Switzerland, and Multi-Geo tenants are supported. Rencore is priced by module, Digital Workplace, Apps, Automation and BI, and AI & Agents, so you pay for the scope you govern, and you can start with a 14-day free trial. Availability is contractual: 99.9% under the SaaS Agreement, with live service status at status.rencore.com.
