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Areca Backup Alternatives

Areca Backup is described as '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' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Areca Backup for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Online / Web-based and Android. The best alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Areca Backup are Macrium Reflect, rsync, Rclone and TimeShift.

Areca Backup alternatives are mainly File Sync Tools but may also be Backup Clients or Disk Imaging Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Areca Backup.
This page was last updated Apr 25, 2022
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  • Free • Open Source
  • Windows
  • Linux

Areca Backup is a file backup software which can be run on Windows or Linux. It creates backup copies (which can be...

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  1. Duplicati is a backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on local storage, cloud storage services and remote file servers. The Duplicati project was inspired by Duplicity and had similar functionality until 2008.

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    rxfischer

    Functionality covers almost 100% of Areca

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  2. Protect your data, upgrade your hard disk or try new operating systems in the safe knowledge that everything is securely saved in an easily recovered backup file. Macrium Reflect supports backup to local, network and USB drives.

  4. rsync is a software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate.

  5. Rclone ("rsync for cloud storage") is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.

  6. TimeShift

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux

    TimeShift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and Time Machine tool in Mac OS. TimeShift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of file system at regular intervals.

  8. Déjà Dup

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux

    Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regularly) and uses Duplicity as the backend.

  9. SyncBack is a tool to backup, synchronize, and restore data files.

  10. Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is a software product produced by Acronis that provides data protection including, backup, archive, access and recovery for Microsoft, macOS, iOS and Android operating systems.

  11. 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.

  12. Back In Time

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    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux

    Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "FlyBack project".

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