Squirrel - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Squirrel by SmiKar Software is a purpose-built SharePoint Online archiving solution designed to help enterprises control costs, improve performance, and meet compliance obligations without disrupting end-user access.

Squirrel ensures a continuous performance across SharePoint by automatically archiving inactive or aged content from SharePoint into low-cost Azure Blob storage.

Squirrel leaves behind intelligent stubs in SharePoint. These stubs preserve metadata, document references, and AI-generated summaries, ensuring that users, Microsoft Copilot, and SharePoint’s native search continue to function seamlessly. End users retain visibility of files, while IT teams reduce the live SharePoint footprint and associated costs.

Key features include:

- Automated Policy-Based Archiving – Define rules by site, library, metadata, or file activity to archive at scale with no manual effort.

- AI-Enhanced Stubs – Archived files remain searchable via Copilot and SharePoint search with intelligent summaries that allow quick understanding of content.

- Enterprise Reporting & Analytics – Built-in dashboards track storage savings, monitor archiving activity, and provide detailed compliance reporting.

- End-to-End Security & Compliance – Full encryption, audit trails, and governance controls support NIST, ISO, and Microsoft compliance frameworks.

- Seamless Azure Integration – Squirrel archives directly into your organization’s Azure tenant, ensuring full control, sovereignty, and security of data.

- Scalable Architecture – Designed for enterprise workloads with thousands of users and petabyte-scale data volumes.

Squirrel helps organizations modernize their SharePoint strategy by combining cost savings, compliance readiness, and operational efficiency into one solution.