Arq Alternatives

Arq is described as 'Is backup software for your Mac or Windows PC' and is a Cloud Storage service in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Arq for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone apps. The best Arq alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Arq are Rclone, rsync, Restic and Acronis True Image.

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Arq is backup software for your Mac or Windows PC.

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    Pioneering scalable cloud backup offers unlimited data protection and application storage with S3 compatibility, ensuring seamless data recovery and privacy compliance, backed by 24/7 support at one-fifth the cost of traditional solutions.

    122 BackBlaze alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
  1. Duplicati icon
     337 likes

    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.

    131 Duplicati alternatives
    Duplicati screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Top Duplicati Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Automatic Backup
    4.  Encrypted Backup
    5.  Data deduplication
    6.  File Versioning
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Scheduling
    9.  Local Storage
    10.  Cloud Sync
    11.  AES-256 Encryption
    12.  Guided configuration
    Duplicati iconArq Icon

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    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Arq.

    • Duplicati is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Arq.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceArq is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Rclone icon
     159 likes

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

    87 Rclone alternatives
    Rclone screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  File Sync
    3.  Cloud Sync
    4. MEGA icon  MEGA integration
    5. Google Drive icon  Google Drive integration
    6.  Backup to Cloud Storage
    7. Nextcloud icon  Nextcloud integration
    8.  Synchronization
    9. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Onedrive integration
    10.  End-to-End Encryption
    11.  Multiple Account support
    12.  Portable
    Rclone iconArq Icon

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  3. rsync icon
     267 likes

    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. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring...

    129 rsync alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku

    rsync Features

    1.  File Sync
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Schedule Backup
    4.  File by file encryption
    5.  Cloud Sync
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Folder Sync
    8.  Delta Backup
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  4. Restic icon
     62 likes

    restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.

    52 Restic alternatives
    Restic screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Data deduplication
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Remote backup
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Data Compression
    7.  Schedule Backup
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  File Versioning
    11.  Ad-free
    Restic iconArq Icon

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    Comments about Restic as an Alternative to Arq
     
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    It's dramatically faster, gives nice diagnostics, very easy to script, compatible with many cloud providers, and most importantly, it has vigorous current active development as an open-source project.

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    • Restic is Free and Open SourceArq is Paid and Proprietary
    • Restic is LightweightArq is not according to our users
  5. Acronis True Image icon
     241 likes

    A software product produced by Acronis that provides data protection including, backup, archive, access and recovery for Microsoft, macOS, iOS and Android operating systems.

    149 Acronis True Image alternatives
    Acronis True Image screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Acronis True Image Features

    1.  Disk Imaging
    2.  Disk Cloning
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Automatic Backup
    5.  Schedule Backup
    6.  Recover Corrupted Files
    7.  Differential Backup
    8.  Clone to smaller disks
    9.  Ransomware Protection
    10.  Data Protection
    Acronis True Image iconArq Icon

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    • Acronis True Image is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Arq.

    • Acronis True Image is the most popular commercial alternative to Arq.

    • Acronis True Image is Paid and ProprietaryArq is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. BackBlaze icon
     102 likes

    Pioneering scalable cloud backup offers unlimited data protection and application storage with S3 compatibility, ensuring seamless data recovery and privacy compliance, backed by 24/7 support at one-fifth the cost of traditional solutions.

    122 BackBlaze alternatives
    BackBlaze screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Top BackBlaze Features

    1.  Remote backup
    2.  Incremental Backup
    3.  Unlimited storage
    4.  Encrypted sync
    5.  Encrypted Backup
    6.  AES-256 Encryption
    7.  End-to-End Encryption
    8.  Two-factor Authentication
    9.  File Versioning
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Cloud Sync
    12.  Automatic Backup
    BackBlaze iconArq Icon

    BackBlaze VS Arq

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    • BackBlaze is the most popular Web-based alternative to Arq.

    • BackBlaze is Paid and ProprietaryArq is also Paid and Proprietary
  7. Time Machine icon
     171 likes

    Time Machine is the breakthrough automatic backup that’s built right into Mac OS X. It keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac — digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents. Now, if you ever have the need, you can easily go back in time to recover anything.

    93 Time Machine alternatives
    Interface

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Time Machine Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Differential Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Schedule Backup
    5.  File Versioning
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Bundled with macOS
    Time Machine iconArq Icon

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  8. AOMEI Backupper icon
     71 likes

    Comprehensive Windows backup solution supporting PCs and servers. Offers backup, restore, cloning, disaster response, system migration, and flexible recovery on various storage.

    35 AOMEI Backupper alternatives
    AOMEI Backupper screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AOMEI Backupper Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Differential Backup
    3.  Disaster Recovery
    4.  Photo Recovery
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    7.  Portable
    8.  Schedule Backup
    AOMEI Backupper iconArq Icon

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  9. CrashPlan icon
     252 likes

    Data Protection for SMBs with Cloud Backup.

    104 CrashPlan alternatives
    Desktop app. Works on Windows, OS X, and Linux.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    CrashPlan Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Incremental Backup
    3.  Unlimited storage
    4.  File Versioning
    5.  Automatic Backup
    6.  AES Encryption
    7.  Multiple languages
    CrashPlan iconArq Icon

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  10. SugarSync icon
     342 likes

    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.

    183 SugarSync alternatives
    Sync files  between your computer and phone

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Office Outlook
    • Kindle Fire

    SugarSync Features

    1.  Selective Synchronization
    2.  Cloud Sync
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Folder Sync
    5.  Multiple languages
    SugarSync iconArq Icon

    SugarSync VS Arq

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  11. UrBackup icon
     37 likes

    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.

    42 UrBackup alternatives
    UrBackup screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    UrBackup Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Encrypted Backup
    5.  Multiuser mode support
    UrBackup iconArq Icon

    UrBackup VS Arq

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  12. Round Sync icon
     6 likes

    Round Sync helps you to manage your files, everywhere you go, on your local device or on most cloud providers.

    57 Round Sync alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Round Sync Features

    1.  WebDAV Support
    2.  WebDAV Sync
    3.  Material design
    4.  Support for DLNA
    Round Sync iconArq Icon

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