BURP Alternatives

BURP is described as 'Burp is a network backup and restore program. It uses librsync in order to save network traffic and to save on the amount of space that is used by each backup. It also uses VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) to make snapshots when backing up Windows computers' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BURP for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and FreeBSD apps. The best BURP alternative is BorgBackup, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BURP are CrashPlan, Minarca, Areca Backup and Bacula.

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  1. BorgBackup icon
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    BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.

    37 BorgBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Cygwin
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
    • BorgBackup is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to BURP.

    • BorgBackup is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BURP.

    • BorgBackup is Free and Open SourceBURP is also Free and Open Source
    • BorgBackup is Privacy focused and LightweightBURP is not according to our users
  2. 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.

    104 CrashPlan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • CrashPlan is the most popular Web-based, Windows & SaaS alternative to BURP.

    • CrashPlan is the most popular commercial alternative to BURP.

    • CrashPlan is Paid and ProprietaryBURP is Free and Open Source
  3. Minarca icon
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    Self-hosted opensource software to backup all your data on Linux, Windows and Mac

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Minarca is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BURP.

    • Minarca is Free and Open SourceBURP is also Free and Open Source
  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. 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.

    77 Bacula alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  6. borgmatic icon
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    borgmatic is simple, configuration-driven backup software for servers and workstations. Protect your files with client-side encryption. Backup your databases too. Monitor it all with integrated third-party services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. 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
     
    • BackupPC is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to BURP.

    • BackupPC is Free and Open SourceBURP is also Free and Open Source
  8. Emborg icon
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    Emborg is a simple command line utility to orchestrate backups. It is built as a front-end to Borg, a powerful and fast deduplicating backup program. With Emborg, you specify all the details about your backups once in advance, and then use a very simple command line interface...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Kup is created for helping people to keep up-to-date backups of their personal files. Connecting a USB hard drive is the primary supported way to store files, but saving files to a server over a network connection is also possible for advanced users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Wasabi icon
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    Storage made simple. Faster than Amazon's S3. Less expensive than Glacier.

    113 Wasabi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Very efficient backup system based on the git packfile format, providing fast incremental saves and global deduplication (among and within files, including virtual machine images).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
     
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    Snebu -- Simple Network Backup Utility An easy to set up and use snapshot-style backup system for Linux. Each backup is a full snapshot of your system, classified with a retention schedule (such as daily, weekly, monthly, etc). Individual backups can be manually expired, or exp.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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