Does AvePoint host data in Canada?

Yes, according to its own documentation. AvePoint lists Azure Canada Central (Toronto) for several of its cloud services. Lavawall also hosts data in Canada by default, and adds Canadian ownership, Canadian-dollar billing paid by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card, and support from staff in Canada.

Where is Lavawall's data hosted?

Lavawall's data is hosted in Canada by default: on AWS in Montréal today, moving to a Canadian-owned hosting provider in Vancouver in Q4 2026. Data can be placed in the United States, Europe, or Australia instead when a client's obligations call for it.

Can I pay for Lavawall in Canadian dollars?

Yes. Lavawall is priced in Canadian dollars with GST, HST, PST, and QST handled, and you can pay by Interac, Canadian pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card. Billing is month-to-month or annual, with no high-water-mark billing.

Can Lavawall replace AvePoint?

Partly. Lavawall backs up and rolls back tenant configuration; it does not back up mailbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, or Teams content. Many teams keep a content backup and use Lavawall for configuration, breach detection, and the RMM.

Canadian alternative

A Canadian alternative to AvePoint

Lavawall® is a Canadian-owned alternative for teams looking beyond AvePoint for Microsoft 365 protection. It is a multi-tenant RMM and remote support platform for MSPs and IT teams, with patching, security monitoring, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace breach detection, and compliance built into the same agent and console. It does not replace AvePoint’s mailbox and file backup; it works alongside it, and it is hosted in Canada and billed in Canadian dollars.

Support comes from ThreeShield staff in Canada, and compliance mapping covers PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, and more than 20 Canadian laws and frameworks in all.

Start a 14-day free trial Talk to a human

14-day trial of the full platform, no credit card. Then month-to-month, in Canadian dollars, with no long-term contract.

What makes Lavawall® Canadian

Canadian ownership, hosting, billing, payment, support, and law, in one platform.

Fully Canadian-owned

Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation, a Canadian corporation based in Calgary, Alberta. Its terms are governed by the laws of Alberta and of Canada.

Hosted in Canada

Data is hosted in Canada by default: on AWS in Montréal today, moving to a Canadian-owned hosting provider in Vancouver in Q4 2026. Where a client's obligations call for it, data can be placed in the United States, Europe, or Australia instead.

Billed in Canadian dollars

Canadian-dollar pricing with GST, HST, PST, and QST handled, month-to-month, with no high-water-mark billing.

Canadian ways to pay

Pay in Canadian dollars by Interac, Canadian pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card.

Supported from Canada

Support and Tier 3 escalation come from ThreeShield staff in Canada, the CISSP- and CISA-credentialled team that builds the product.

Canadian law built in

Compliance mapping covers more than 20 Canadian laws and frameworks, including PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, Alberta PIPA and the Health Information Act, BC PIPA, FIPPA, and the E-Health Act, Ontario PHIPA, CPCSC, CIRO, and FINTRAC, alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and CMMC. See Canadian GRC.

AvePoint and Canada: what its own documentation says

AvePoint lists its global headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey. AvePoint lists Azure Canada Central (Toronto) for several of its cloud services.

Lavawall and AvePoint compared on Canadian criteria
Canadian criterion	Lavawall®	AvePoint
Headquarters and ownership	Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned	Jersey City, New Jersey
Hosting in Canada	Yes, by default (AWS Montréal, moving to a Canadian-owned provider in Vancouver in Q4 2026)	Yes, Azure Canada Central (Toronto) (source)
Canadian-dollar pricing	Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST	See AvePoint’s pricing
Pay by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card	Yes	See AvePoint’s billing terms
Support staffed in Canada	Yes	See AvePoint’s support terms

Competitor information is taken from each vendor’s own public documentation as of September 2026 and linked above. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.

What Lavawall® covers compared with AvePoint

Alongside AvePoint, Lavawall® covers Microsoft 365 protection, and more, on one agent and console:

Microsoft 365, Entra, and Azure configuration backup and rollback, including Intune profiles, and Google Workspace configuration backup.
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace breach detection and change monitoring.
A full multi-tenant RMM and compliance evidence on the same agent and console.

For a feature-by-feature comparison, see Lavawall® compared with AvePoint.

Where AvePoint may fit better

For mailbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams content backup, keep a content backup product such as AvePoint; Lavawall® protects tenant configuration. If Canadian hosting is your only requirement, AvePoint’s Canadian option may already meet it; Lavawall® adds Canadian ownership, Canadian-dollar billing paid by Interac, pre-authorized debit, or Canadian credit card, and support from staff in Canada.

Switching, or running both

Connect each client's Microsoft 365 tenant to Lavawall® for configuration backup and breach detection, and keep your content backup running beside it.