A Canadian alternative to CIPP
CIPP is a multi-tenant Microsoft 365 management tool for MSPs (source). Lavawall® is a Canadian alternative for Microsoft 365 management and configuration backup, owned and hosted in Canada, with the closest match for each CIPP capability listed below.
On this page: CIPP at a glance, feature by feature, CIPP and Canada, and moving over.
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CIPP at a glance
What CIPP says about itself, with a link to the page each fact comes from.
| Made for | MSPs (source) |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per organization: flat monthly subscription for one hosted instance; self-hosting is free (you pay your own Azure costs) (source) |
| Free trial or free plan | Free plan: self-hosting the open-source project is free; no trials or live demos for hosted (source) |
| Platforms | Microsoft 365 (Entra ID, Exchange, Intune, Teams, SharePoint) (source) |
| Deployment | Both (hosted by CyberDrain, or self-hosted in your own Azure) (source) |
| Integrations it lists | NinjaOne, Halo PSA, Hudu, Sherweb, and Gradient (source) |
| Data export | Tables export to CSV and PDF (source) |
CIPP feature by feature
CIPP 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 CIPP says it does | Closest Lavawall® feature | How-to article |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-tenant Microsoft 365 management (source) | Microsoft 365 security monitoring and breach detection | Microsoft 365 |
| User management and offboarding (source) | User management across Active Directory, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace | Identity & Account Management |
| Standards deployment across all tenants (source) | Microsoft 365 security monitoring and breach detection | Microsoft 365 |
| Alerting and best-practice checks (source) | Microsoft 365 security monitoring and breach detection | Microsoft 365 |
| Reporting across M365 tenants (source) | Microsoft 365 security monitoring and breach detection | Microsoft 365 |
Lavawall® has a close match for 5 of these 5 CIPP capabilities.
For a longer comparison, see Lavawall® compared with CIPP.
CIPP and Canada
CIPP is an open-source project from CyberDrain B.V., whose privacy notice gives its address in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. CIPP can be self-hosted in your own Azure tenant, and hosted CIPP is priced in euros.
| Canadian criterion | Lavawall® | CIPP |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters and ownership | Calgary, Alberta; fully Canadian-owned | Rotterdam, Netherlands (CyberDrain) |
| Hosting in Canada | Yes, by default | See CIPP’s documentation |
| Canadian-dollar pricing | Yes, with GST, HST, PST, and QST | See CIPP’s pricing |
| Console in French | Yes: Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person (details) | No language setting in its documented user preferences (source) |
Taken from CIPP’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 CIPP to Lavawall®
- Export what you need from CIPP. Its documentation describes this: tables export to CSV 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: Microsoft 365, Identity & Account Management.
- Run both side by side and turn CIPP off one company at a time, when your team is ready.
Where CIPP may fit better
If CIPP covers a Microsoft 365 workflow you rely on that Lavawall® does not, keep it for that and compare what is left.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Lavawall a Canadian alternative to CIPP?
- Yes. Lavawall® is Canadian-owned and hosted in Canada by default. Of the 5 CIPP capabilities listed on this page, Lavawall has a close match for 5.
- Does CIPP host data in Canada?
- CIPP can be self-hosted in your own Azure tenant, and hosted CIPP is priced in euros. Lavawall® hosts data in Canada by default.
- How is CIPP priced?
- Its own website describes its pricing as per organization: flat monthly subscription for one hosted instance; self-hosting is free (you pay your own Azure costs). Lavawall® publishes its prices in Canadian dollars on its pricing page, month-to-month.
- Does CIPP offer a free trial?
- Its own website lists this: free plan: self-hosting the open-source project is free; no trials or live demos for hosted. Lavawall® offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
- Can Lavawall replace CIPP?
- 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 CIPP?
- CIPP’s documentation describes this: tables export to CSV and PDF.
- Is CIPP available in French?
- CIPP does not document a language setting. Lavawall® works in Canadian French, Canadian English and US English, chosen by each person.
CIPP is a trademark of its owner. Other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Lavawall is not affiliated with CIPP.