Backup & Sync
In life, things happen. It’s the nature of the beast. Fires, floods, robbery, and other disasters that can rob you of data occur with some amount of regularity. This means that it’s critical to have a backup or contingency plan in order to pick up where you left off the best you can in case the worst case occurs. That’s where software focused on backing up and synchronizing your data comes in.
Software that focuses on backing up physical media, local hard drive data, and even critical messages and other forms of communication is the focus here, alongside services such as DropBox and OneDrive that focus on constantly syncing data between your devices and secure external servers that you can access from anywhere with an Internet connection.
- SparkleShare is a Free Open Source syncing tool. Its light, secure and easy to use. SparkleShare allows you to setup your own servers so you always keep control on your data.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Amazon Drive is your hard drive in the cloud. Store your music, videos, photos, and documents on Amazon's secure servers.
- Paid
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Kindle Fire
- SugarSync is the best way to backup, access, sync, and share all your files and folders including documents, photos, videos, and music — from any computer or mobile device.
- Paid
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Microsoft Office Outlook
- Kindle Fire
- Jirafeau is an open-source web site permitting to upload a file in a simple way and give an unique link to it.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- NGINX
- Apache HTTP Server
- PHP
- Cloudron
- lighttpd
- CloneApp is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices to back up preferences, settings and other data of supported applications.
- FileMenu Tools lets you customize the context (right-click) menu of Windows Explorer.
- A universal clipboard managing app that makes it easy to access your clipboard from anywhere on any device.
Discontinued
Since 2016, there is no new version. See changelog: http://1clipboard.io/update
- Free
- Mac
- Windows
- Backup and Sync is an app for Mac and PC that backs up files and photos safely in Google Drive and https://alternativeto.
- SyncToy is a free PowerToy designed by Microsoft, that provides an easy to use graphical user interface that can automatically synchronize local or network files and folders, but...
Discontinued
Latest version 2.1 published on 11/24/2009
- Free
- Windows
- CarotDAV is a Simple WebDAV / FTP / SkyDrive / DropBox / GoogleDrive / Box / SugarSync client for Windows OS, available free of charge. It is also able to read GoogleDocs or IMAP.
- Librevault is an open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization program, designed with convenience and privacy in mind.
Discontinued
The project seems to be abandoned since March 2017. Latest version, v0.1.19, released in October 2016, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Automatic Data Loss Protection for Your Small Business$10 USD per month per computer.
- Discontinued backup utility for Windows that supported both same-device and FTP backup options.
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated: the software was sold in June 2014 (https://web.archive.org/web/20140625135732/http://cobiansoft.com/cobianbackup.htm) to James Sweeney and there were no updates since then. Last version, 11.2.0.582, released in December 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free
- Windows
- SyncFolders helps you to synchronize the contents of two folders, including any subfolders, track file modifications and deletions in a local database, propagate deletions and detect file renames, which is a noteworthy feature.
- Toucan is a small portableapp utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com