A Canadian alternative to Cayosoft
Cayosoft is a hybrid Active Directory and Microsoft 365 management suite for SMB to mid-enterprise organizations using hybrid Microsoft identity (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for Microsoft 365 management and configuration backup, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each Cayosoft capability listed below.
On this page: Cayosoft at a glance, feature by feature, Cayosoft and Canada, and moving over.
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Cayosoft at a glance
What Cayosoft says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.
| Made for | SMB to mid-enterprise organizations using hybrid Microsoft identity (source) |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Contact sales for a quote; term subscriptions (12, 36, or 72 months) (source) |
| Free trial or free plan | Trial (Administrator); free tool (Guardian Protector) (source) |
| Platforms | Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Teams, Intune (source) |
| Deployment | Both (on-premises; Guardian also as SaaS from Q1 2026) (source) |
| Integrations it lists | Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, Syslog, and Okta (SSO) (source) |
| Data export | Guardian audit logs export to CSV, JSON, and PDF (source) |
Cayosoft feature by feature
Cayosoft lists these capabilities on its own website; each links to its source. Beside each is the closest Lavawall® feature and the article that shows how to use it.
| What Cayosoft says it does | Closest Lavawall® feature | How-to article |
|---|---|---|
| Unified hybrid AD, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 administration (source) | User management across Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace | Identity & Account Management |
| Automated user provisioning and deprovisioning (source) | User management across Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace | Identity & Account Management |
| Microsoft 365 license optimization (source) | No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move. | |
| Identity change tracking with rollback (source) | Microsoft 365, Entra, and Azure configuration backup and rollback | Rollbacks |
| Active Directory forest recovery (source) | No direct equivalent in Lavawall. Check whether you need it before you move. | |
| Identity threat detection (source) | Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace breach detection | Microsoft 365 Breach Console |
| Scheduled compliance and audit reports (source) | Compliance reports and dashboards | Reports & Analytics |
Lavawall® has a close match for 5 of these 7 Cayosoft capabilities. For the other 2, check whether you rely on them before you move.
For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with Cayosoft.
Cayosoft and Canada
Cayosoft lists its headquarters office in Westerville, Ohio. We did not find a Canadian hosting option in Cayosoft’s public documentation. Ask Cayosoft directly where your data would be stored.
| Canadian criterion | Lavawall® | Cayosoft |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters and ownership | Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned | Westerville, Ohio |
| Hosting in Canada | Yes, by default | See Cayosoft’s documentation |
| Canadian-dollar pricing | Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST | See Cayosoft’s pricing |
| Console in French | Yes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details) | No French option documented on its website (checked October 2026) |
Taken from Cayosoft’s own website and documentation in September 2026 and linked on this page. Tell us if something has changed and we will correct it.
Lavawall® is built and owned by ThreeShield Information Security Corporation in Calgary, hosted in Canada by default, billed in Canadian dollars, supported from Canada, and available in Canadian French. What makes Lavawall® Canadian.
Moving from Cayosoft to Lavawall®
- Export what you need from Cayosoft. Its documentation describes this: guardian audit logs export to CSV, JSON, and PDF.
- Start a free Lavawall® trial and add your companies.
- Connect each client's Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace tenant; configuration backups and change monitoring start right away, next to your RMM data.
- Set up each feature from the table above. The how-to articles to start with: Identity & Account Management, Rollbacks, Microsoft 365 Breach Console, Reports & Analytics.
- Run both side by side and turn Cayosoft off one company at a time, when your team is ready.
Where Cayosoft may fit better
If Cayosoft covers a Microsoft 365 workflow you rely on that Lavawall® does not, keep it for that and compare what is left.
Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Cayosoft capabilities, so check whether you need them:
- Microsoft 365 license optimization
- Active Directory forest recovery
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to Cayosoft?
- Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 7 Cayosoft capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 5.
- Does Cayosoft host data in Canada?
- We did not find a Canadian hosting option in Cayosoft’s public documentation. Ask Cayosoft directly where your data would be stored. Lavawall® hosts data in Canada by default.
- How is Cayosoft priced?
- Its own website describes its pricing as contact sales for a quote; term subscriptions (12, 36, or 72 months). Lavawall® publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.
- Does Cayosoft offer a free trial?
- Its own website lists this: trial (Administrator); free tool (Guardian Protector). Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
- What does Lavawall not replace in Cayosoft?
- Lavawall® has no direct equivalent for these Cayosoft capabilities: Microsoft 365 license optimization and Active Directory forest recovery.
- Can Lavawall replace Cayosoft?
- Yes, for Microsoft 365, Entra, and Azure configuration backup, change monitoring, and rollback across tenants, with breach detection and the rest of an RMM in the same console.
- Can I export my data from Cayosoft?
- Cayosoft’s documentation describes this: guardian audit logs export to CSV, JSON, and PDF.
- Is Cayosoft available in French?
- Cayosoft does not document a French option on its website (checked October 2026). Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person.
Related Lavawall® pages
- All Canadian alternatives
- Lavawall® compared with Cayosoft
- Canadian cloud monitoring
- Microsoft 365 configuration backup
- User management across Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace breach detection
- Compliance reports and dashboards
- Pricing in Canadian dollars
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