ShArc - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

ShArc by Layer2 leading solutions reduces SharePoint Online storage costs by moving inactive files to Azure Blob Storage in your own Azure tenant, while users keep working in SharePoint as before.

ShArc is designed for businesses and IT administrators who need to efficiently manage their SharePoint storage and ensure their data remains secure and accessible.

Archived files stay visible in their original SharePoint location, with metadata, permissions and folder structure preserved. With One-Click Restore, users bring a file back themselves directly in SharePoint, without an IT ticket. Image Preview lets them check archived images and videos before restoring them, and admins can bring back whole sites, libraries or folders with Restoring.

For IT, ShArc keeps archiving controlled and predictable. Archiving Conditions and Policy Management define which files are archived by age, size, file type and location. Scheduling decides when archiving runs, and Version Retention and Cleanup reduces file versions from 500 to 1. Before anything is archived, Simulation shows how much storage you can free up. Reporting and History show what was archived, where and when, and Automated Alerting reports the job status via Azure Alerts.

ShArc runs entirely inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant, so your data never leaves your environment. In typical scenarios, organizations reduce their SharePoint storage costs by at least 61% compared to buying additional Microsoft storage.