Amanda Alternatives

Amanda is described as 'The most popular open source backup and recovery software in the world. Amanda protects more than a million servers and desktops running various versions of Linux, UNIX, BSD, Mac OS-X and Microsoft Windows operating systems worldwide' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Amanda for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Amanda alternative is CrashPlan. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try UrBackup or Bacula. Other great apps like Amanda are Areca Backup, Proxmox Backup Server, BackupPC and NAKIVO Backup & Replication.

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  1. CrashPlan icon
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    Provides continuous, automated cloud backup and secure, scalable recovery for business servers, endpoints, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace, protecting critical data from deletion, ransomware, and failure with compliance, threat detection, and easy management features.

    108 CrashPlan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. UrBackup icon
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    UrBackup is a open source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time.

    52 UrBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  3. Bacula icon
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    Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit managing backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.

    78 Bacula alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • BSD
     
  4. Areca Backup icon
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    Areca Backup is a file backup software which can be run on Windows or Linux. It creates backup copies (which can be encrypted and compressed) of your files and stores them on external drives, USB keys, FTP servers, supporting incremental, differential and full backups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts. By supporting incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup Server significantly reduces network load and saves valuable storage space.

    44 Proxmox Backup Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Debian
     
  6. BackupPC icon
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    BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server's disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. Fast, affordable and top-rated backup and disaster recovery solution for virtual, physical, cloud and SaaS environments.

    9 NAKIVO Backup & Replication alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • UNIX Web Browser
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
    • Amazon Simple Storage Service
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Microsoft 365
    • Microsoft 365 (Office)
    • Oracle Database
    • TrueNAS
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  8. Backup Exec gives you simple, complete backup and recovery protection for your business—to cover all data wherever it resides.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ShadowProtect icon
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    Fast and reliable disk-based backup that captures full, differential and incremental point-in-time backup images of your entire system. This includes the operating system, applications, configuration settings and data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Bareos icon
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    Bareos is a 100% open source fork of the backup project Bacula . Bareos is in development since late 2010, it has a lot of new features: Certified for SUSE, Red-Hat, Univention, Oracle Linux, AIX , Solaris, BSD with lots of Plugins for NetApp...

    13 Bareos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. Rsnapshot icon
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    rsnapshot is a rsync based backup utillity, providing filesystem snapshot functionality. It can take incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines.

    42 Rsnapshot alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. BackupChain icon
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    BackupChain Backup Software backs up your system, virtual machines, and databases while running. Run backups locally, remotely, and off-site via FTP with this professional backup utility. Includes FTP server.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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