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    Arq

    • Paid • Proprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Arq is super-easy online backup
    Back up your files automatically, to your own cloud account, with Arq.

    Just connect Arq to your own Google Drive account, Amazon Web Services account, SFTP server, Greenqloud account, DreamObjects account, or any S3-compatible server.

    Everything is encrypted before transfer, so your files are safe and secure.

    Arq backs up your files automatically, every hour.

    If you accidentally delete a file, you can go back in time and restore the file from your cloud backups.

    Back up external hard drives, NAS files, whatever you want. Arq has no limits.

    Try it for free for 30 days.
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    Features Vote on or suggest new features

    • Cloud sync
    • Encrypted backups
    • Cloud Storage
    • Backup
    • Sync with Amazon Drive
    • Time-machine

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    ari_stx
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    • Positive comment • over 3 years ago • 0 replies
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    Backs up and retrieves my data like it's supposed to, without much configuration hassle.

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    sandkeeper
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    • Positive comment • 8 months ago • 0 replies
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    Arq is a solid piece of software available either as a one-time purchase - for backing up to a hosting service of your choice - or as a reasonably-priced subscription using their own storage.

    The latest version, Arq 6, seems fairly solid but has attracted a lot of criticism for upgrade issues from Arq 5. I can't comment on that as I started on Arq 6, but what I can comment on is the complete lack of documentation for the latest version, which is pretty unforgiveable and means that messages about completely normal 'errors' during backup are difficult to interpret, necessitating a support ticket just to understand. The support team is pretty prompt, but honestly, seem kinda grumpy... probably due to all the issues from other customers.

    Love the software and would recommend, but can't give 5 stars due to the lack of documentation and slightly odd support attitude.

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    Backup & Sync

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    Summary and Relevance

    Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Arq, and it has gotten 25 likes

    • Developed by Haystack Software LLC
    • Proprietary and Commercial product.
    • One time purchase that cost about $50, and / or subscription that costs about $5 per month.
    • Average rating of 4
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    Arq was added to AlternativeTo by Ramy on Apr 14, 2011 and this page was last updated Oct 13, 2020.
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