Backaroo Alternatives

Backaroo is described as 'Once you’ve downloaded Backaroo, you’ll see it’s actually just 2 simple apps: a ‘Sender’ and a ‘Receiver’. The Sender goes onto machines that will send backups, and the Receiver goes onto the machine that will store them' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are five alternatives to Backaroo for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, iPhone and Android Tablet apps. The best Backaroo alternative is BackBlaze. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Time Machine. Other great apps like Backaroo are Nero BackItUp, ChronoSync and Parachute.

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Once you’ve downloaded Backaroo, you’ll see it’s actually just 2 simple apps: a ‘Sender’ and a ‘Receiver’. The Sender goes...

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Backaroo alternatives page was last updated Mar 17, 2025
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  1. BackBlaze icon

    BackBlaze

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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.

    118 BackBlaze alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Top BackBlaze Features

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

    BackBlaze VS Backaroo

     

    • BackBlaze is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Backaroo.

    • BackBlaze is the most popular commercial alternative to Backaroo.

    • BackBlaze is Paid and ProprietaryBackaroo is Free and Proprietary
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    Time Machine

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    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.

    91 Time Machine alternatives

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    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    Interface

    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 VS Backaroo

     

    • Time Machine is the most popular free alternative to Backaroo.

    • Time Machine is Free and ProprietaryBackaroo is also Free and Proprietary
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    Nero BackItUp

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    Nero BackItUp is a software for file and data protection on personal computers or laptops. It enables automatic backup of files to three locations, including USB hard drives. It offers features such as scheduling backups daily, weekly, or monthly, continuous file backup, and...

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    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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    Nero BackItUp Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Encrypted Backup
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Time-machine

    Nero BackItUp VS Backaroo

     
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    Nero BackItUp

    Nero BackItUp is a software for file and data protection on personal computers or laptops. It enables automatic backup of files to three locations, including USB hard drives. It offers features such as scheduling backups daily, w...

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    ChronoSync

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    ChronoSync can synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups to almost anything you can connect to your Mac: select cloud services, other Macs, NAS drives, external drives, PC's or anything you can mount as a volume.

    64 ChronoSync alternatives

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    • Mac
    Create multiple synchronizer documents and add them to a Container.

    ChronoSync Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Schedule Backup
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Cloud Sync
    6.  Synchronization
    7.  Backup on mount
    8.  Bootable Backup

    ChronoSync VS Backaroo

     
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    Parachute

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    With Parachute you can backup your data to both local and remote locations, including your hard disk, external disks, FTP/SFTP servers, USB memory sticks, network volumes, your iDisk and pretty much anything your Mac can connect to.

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    • Mac
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    Parachute Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  WebDAV Support

    Parachute VS Backaroo

     
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