Ferro Backup System Alternatives

Ferro Backup System is described as '(FBS) is a professional, network backup system intended for small offices and large corporations and institutions alike. It allows you to protect data stored at desktops, laptops and network file servers operating under Microsoft Windows®, Novell' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ferro Backup System for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Ferro Backup System alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ferro Backup System are rsync, Time Machine, CrashPlan and Time Machine for Linux.

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  1. Duplicati icon
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    Duplicati stores encrypted, incremental backups with AES-256 encryption and GPG, compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS. Supports cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and includes a built-in scheduler, auto-updater. Run backups through a web interface or command line.

    134 Duplicati alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Ferro Backup System.

    • Duplicati is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Ferro Backup System.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceFerro Backup System is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedFerro Backup System is not according to our users
  2. rsync icon
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    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...

    130 rsync alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
     
  3. Time Machine icon
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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.

    92 Time Machine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. 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 & SaaS alternative to Ferro Backup System.

    • CrashPlan is the most popular commercial alternative to Ferro Backup System.

    • CrashPlan is Paid and ProprietaryFerro Backup System is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Use Time Machine to automatically back up your personal data, including apps, music, photos and documents. Having a backup allows you to recover files that you later delete or can't access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Automatic set-and-forget backup for iCloud Photos and Drive with manual, scheduled, full, or incremental syncing to external drives, NAS, or third-party clouds, preventing data loss, enabling file recovery, offloading files from your Mac, and requiring no subscription.

    52 Parachute Backup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Duplicacy icon
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    Duplicacy is a new generation local and cloud backup tool that supports cross-computer deduplication. It is free for personal use and source code is available to commercial users.

    78 Duplicacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Backer icon
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    Backer is a visual front end to the rsync command. It allows the user to select multiple folders and back them up to multiple locations. It stores your backup settings for you so that all your backups can be run easily using a single button click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  9. Nero BackItUp icon
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    Creates your backup quickly and easily to an external hard drive, optical media or the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
     
    • Nero BackItUp is the most popular Android alternative to Ferro Backup System.

    • Nero BackItUp is Paid and ProprietaryFerro Backup System is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Nero BackItUp is LightweightFerro Backup System is not according to our users
  10. Systemback icon
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    Simple system backup and restore application with extra features. Systemback makes it easy to create backups of system and users configuration files. In case of problems you can easily restore the previous state of the system. There are extra features like system copying, system.

    50 Systemback alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Back4Sure icon
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    Back4Sure is a feature-rich backup solution for typical backup use. No VSS Volume Shadow Copy function for open files. The program can make a backup to hard-disk, USB drive or network and can also be compressed using high or low compression settings to a ZIP or 7-zip file of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. KLS Backup icon
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    KLS Backup - Powerful backup and synchronization program with FTP, WebDAV and cloud support (Windows Azure, Amazon S3, Eucalyptus Walrus)

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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