NinjaOne has acquired cloud backup provider Dropsuite for $270M, to unify and streamline backup capabilities across workstations, servers, SaaS applications, and email archiving, all in the simple and easy-to-use NinjaOne platform. It’s a significant move, as disjointed backup approaches introduce unnecessary complexities and blind spots between IT and security. As more work is done both inside and outside office walls, a unified approach to backup and endpoint management enables IT teams and managed service providers (MSPs) to more efficiently and effectively manage and protect endpoints, cloud workloads, and SaaS apps like Microsoft 365—seamlessly from a single dashboard — streamlining operations and securing critical business data wherever work is done.
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Why NinjaOne’s Acquisition of Dropsuite Matters
The threat landscape continues to evolve wildly, growing more ruthless every year. And as organizations grow — adding more individuals, devices, and IT environments to their rolodex — their attack surfaces widen. With so much in flux, it’s not a matter of if organizations will be breached, but when.
Having an effective, comprehensive backup strategy is vital for IT and security teams to quickly restore operations and minimize business losses when breaches inevitably occur. But still, too many organizations rely on fragmented backup strategies to protect their most critical business assets.
With its acquisition of Dropsuite, NinjaOne isn’t merely expanding its product suite—it’s redefining unified and secure IT operations. By bringing Dropsuite into the fold, NinjaOne now provides a fully integrated experience that spans endpoint management essentials, like automated patch management, documentation, and ticketing, while deepening its commitment to protection.
Additionally, the $270 million deal strategically reaffirms NinjaOne as a clear leader in the automated endpoint management market, offering a deeply integrated backup capability that enables organizations to automatically stay ahead of risk and accelerate compliance while streamlining other elements of modern endpoint management. Now, NinjaOne customers can align security, backup, and operations from a unified platform without relying on disconnected tools or complicated workarounds that inadvertently add new levels of risk and complexity to the management process.
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Backup Fragmentation Is a Growing Problem
As hybrid work accelerates and SaaS adoption surges, IT teams using outdated, single use systems and solutions are increasingly finding themselves hamstrung by disconnected backup systems for endpoints and SaaS applications, creating operational inefficiency and often leaving critical blindspots exposed.
- Gaps in visibility and reporting lead to missed alerts
- Greater surface area for ransomware attacks or data loss open organizations up to more risk
- Inefficient and manual recovery processes are thwarting progress
- And rising compliance costs due to siloed audit trails make cost optimization even more essential
By unifying SaaS backup and endpoint management in the NinjaOne platform, organizations can now better address these risks with:
- Automated backups across devices, servers, and SaaS applications
- Legal compliance tools, including e-discovery and email archiving
- Centralized dashboard, reducing learning curves and platform fatigue
This convergence significantly enhances the operational posture of IT teams (and the security posture of organizations), helping them shift from reactive IT support to proactive, policy-driven management that drives business forward.
How This Benefits IT Teams and MSPs
This acquisition is a game-changer for both IT teams and MSPs.
With expanded SaaS backup capabilities, IT teams now gain more holistic control of their environments. They can manage endpoint health, patch cycles, and data protection within the NinjaOne platform. Simplified recovery ensures fast restoration of files, folders, full systems, and/or SaaS data in the event of a breach. For MSPs, streamlined onboarding leads to quicker setup and standardization across client environments (a NinjaOne staple), while Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) with compliance-ready capabilities enable them to drive higher service values. The ability to do more with less in the NinjaOne platform means greater operational efficiency, which in turn helps MSPs reduce overhead from maintaining and switching between multiple tools.
The result is an end-to-end management platform that increases transparency, reduces risk, and elevates IT service delivery standards across the board.
Unified Backup for Compliance & Governance
The strategic value of Dropsuite’s features goes far beyond backup. Regulatory landscapes are tightening worldwide (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2), and NinjaOne can now help businesses meet these standards more easily.
Email archiving capabilities, now available in the NinjaOne platform, ensure critical compliance capabilities are accounted for:
- Retention Policies: Define granular rules for specific industries or jurisdictions
- Legal Hold: Protect data from tampering during investigations or litigation
- E-discovery Tools: Enable faster, policy-based access to archived content
- Audit Logs: Ensure traceability and maintain audit readiness
Moreover, with Dropsuite’s compliance certifications now part of the NinjaOne offering, IT teams can confidently address data governance requirements and build stronger audit frameworks without adding new vendors.
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The Broader Trend: Platform Consolidation
Successful acquisitions depend as much on organizational culture as product integration. NinjaOne and Dropsuite share foundational principles—ease of use, automation-first design, and customer-centric roadmaps. This alignment promises a smooth transition for existing customers and sets the stage for rapid innovation cycles that don’t compromise user experience or reliability.
But NinjaOne’s acquisition also follows a broader trend: IT leaders are looking for fewer tools that do more. Point solutions have created complexity. Consolidated platforms with deep, native integrations are becoming the norm.
NinjaOne’s advantage lies in:
- In-house development that prioritizes seamless workflows
- Unified solution architecture, not just stitched-together tools
- Automation-centric thinking, where policies and scripts (in tandem with thoughtful human oversight) reduce manual overhead
The Dropsuite acquisition further deepens NinjaOne’s value as a truly all-in-one IT platform capable of supporting complex, distributed environments. In fact, 71% of customers replace four or more tools with NinjaOne.
What SaaSworthy Experts Think of This Acquisition
At SaaSworthy, our experts view NinjaOne’s acquisition of Dropsuite as a strategic and much-needed step toward simplifying modern IT operations.
Aditya Kaushik, Product Manager at SaaSworthy, highlights that this move directly addresses one of the biggest pain points for IT teams—managing fragmented backup tools for endpoints, cloud, and SaaS applications. “With Dropsuite, NinjaOne is offering not just more features, but a more cohesive experience,” he notes.
Our team appreciates how the integration goes beyond backups, bringing in native compliance capabilities like legal hold, email archiving, and audit trails—all accessible from NinjaOne’s familiar dashboard. This is especially valuable for MSPs and hybrid IT teams navigating complex regulatory environments.
While many vendors are chasing platform consolidation, NinjaOne distinguishes itself by delivering deep integration instead of loosely stitched tools. According to Aditya, “This isn’t just another acquisition—it’s a clear signal that NinjaOne is serious about leading the next generation of unified IT platforms.”
In short, our experts believe this positions NinjaOne as a frontrunner for IT leaders looking for resilience, simplicity, and smarter automation.
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Final Thoughts: What This Means For The Future Of IT
NinjaOne’s acquisition of Dropsuite is a pivotal move that sends a clear message: the future of IT management lies in simplicity, automation, and assured resilience.
The new, unified NinjaOne experience offers:
- Comprehensive endpoint and SaaS backup
- Embedded compliance and data governance
- Centralized control for IT teams and MSPs
- Significant efficiency improvements and faster time to value
In an age where data loss and compliance failures are top concerns, this integrated solution stands out as a practical and forward-thinking choice for modern IT leaders.
