Microsoft 365 Lighthouse vs CoreView

MLMicrosoft 365 Lighthouse7.9Visit CoreView7.9Visit

ML Microsoft 365 Lighthouse #5 in Microsoft 365 Management Tools 7.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Microsoft

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CoreView #6 in Microsoft 365 Management Tools 7.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit CoreView

• Microsoft 365 Lighthouse fits best

  Microsoft partners managing customer tenants

• CoreView fits best

  Large IT teams needing governance and configuration recovery

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Side by side

Feature	MLMicrosoft 365 Lighthouse 7.9/10 Visit ↗	CoreView 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.9	7.9
Ranking	#5 in Microsoft 365 Management Tools	#6 in Microsoft 365 Management Tools
Best for	Microsoft partners managing customer tenants	Large IT teams needing governance and configuration recovery
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan	—
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Browser extension
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Docs, Tickets	Email, Tickets, Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Microsoft 365 Lighthouse 4/4 · CoreView 4/4
Multi-tenant management	✓	✓
License management	✓	✓
Change automation	✓	✓
Audit and reporting	✓	✓
Specs
Managed services	Microsoft 365, Office 365, Exchange Online, Windows 365 Business, Microsoft Defender for Business, Microsoft Intune	Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Intune, Entra ID; hybrid Active Directory and Exchange
Deployment	Cloud	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Multi-tenant views cover users, devices, threats, alerts, and service health. Configuration baselines and deployment journeys guide tenant onboarding. License state, renewals, and requests are visible alongside audit and sign-in logs.	Manage multiple tenants, delegate access, and assign licenses through pools. Track configuration drift and back up or restore tenant configurations. Automate policy actions, workflows, and scheduled audit reporting.
Cons	Access is limited to eligible Cloud Solution Provider partners and customer tenants. Managed tenants need delegated access and qualifying Microsoft subscriptions. Some management features depend on customer licensing and device enrollment.	Pricing requires a sales request rather than a published price. Hybrid management is an add-on. Multi-tenant features and some add-ons vary by plan.
Our verdict	Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is a cloud admin portal for managed service providers enrolled in Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider program. It brings eligible customer tenants into a shared management view, making it relevant to small and… Read the review →	CoreView brings Microsoft 365 tenant administration, governance, reporting, and automation into a cloud-based platform for mid-market and enterprise IT teams. It is aimed at organizations managing multiple tenants or hybrid infrastructure,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Microsoft 365 Lighthouse — where it wins

  • Multi-tenant views cover users, devices, threats, alerts, and service health.
  • Configuration baselines and deployment journeys guide tenant onboarding.
  • License state, renewals, and requests are visible alongside audit and sign-in logs.

  Where it doesn't

  • Access is limited to eligible Cloud Solution Provider partners and customer tenants.
  • Managed tenants need delegated access and qualifying Microsoft subscriptions.
  • Some management features depend on customer licensing and device enrollment.

• CoreView — where it wins

  • Manage multiple tenants, delegate access, and assign licenses through pools.
  • Track configuration drift and back up or restore tenant configurations.
  • Automate policy actions, workflows, and scheduled audit reporting.

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a sales request rather than a published price.
  • Hybrid management is an add-on.
  • Multi-tenant features and some add-ons vary by plan.

• MLMicrosoft 365 Lighthouse7.9/10 · Free plan

  Free tenant oversight for eligible Microsoft partners, with onboarding, device, user, and licensing views.

  Visit MicrosoftFull verdict →
• CoreView7.9/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad administration and governance suite for teams managing complex Microsoft 365 estates.

  Visit CoreViewFull verdict →