GoodSync AlternativesTop File Sync Tools & Backup Clients like GoodSync

GoodSync is described as 'Professional software for file backup and synchronization. It automatically syncs files across various platforms such as computers, mobile devices, or drives, with or without cloud-based services' and is a very popular File Sync tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GoodSync for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Web-based apps. The best GoodSync alternative is Syncthing, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GoodSync are FreeFileSync, Duplicati, Rclone and rsync.

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GoodSync is a professional software for file backup and synchronization. It automatically syncs files across various platforms such as computers, mobile devices, or drives, with or without cloud-based services.

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  1. Syncthing icon
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    Open-source, peer-to-peer service offering encrypted file synchronization, ensuring data privacy and user-autonomy without relying on cloud storage or central servers, suitable for various uses.

    130 Syncthing alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Termux
    • Terminal

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Peer-To-Peer
    2.  Decentralized
    3.  Folder Sync
    4.  File Sync
    5.  Real-time sync
    6.  End-to-End Encryption
    7.  Synchronization
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Large File Transfer
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Portable

    Syncthing VS GoodSync

     
    Comments about Syncthing as an Alternative to GoodSync
    Tupã Negreiros
    Negative Aug 18, 2020
    6

    Although Syncthing is a great file synchronizer, do not completely replace Goodsync, as it does not sync files on the same computer and has no option to move files (delete at source).

    bjarte
    Positive Jan 1, 2024
    0

    I agree with the above comment. While being a great tool for its use, this is not the same kind of tool as GoodSync. This is more of a backup tool. When running Syncthing on two directories on the same computer that was already in sync, it wasn't able to see that the files where already there and copied everything over again in addition to creating a lot of zip files instead of copying the actual files.

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    • Most users think Syncthing is a great GoodSync alternative.

    • Syncthing is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to GoodSync.

    • Syncthing is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GoodSync.

    • Syncthing is Free and Open SourceGoodSync is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Syncthing is Decentralized and LightweightGoodSync is not according to our users
  2. FreeFileSync icon
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    Open-source software for syncing and backing up files across Windows, macOS, and Linux by transferring only essential data.

    107 FreeFileSync alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Chocolatey

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  File Sync
    2.  Directory sync
    3.  Folder Comparison
    4.  Side by side version compare
    5.  Support for SFTP
    6.  Synchronization
    7.  Folder Sync
    8.  Drag and Drop
    9.  File Versioning
    10.  Portable
    11.  Command line interface
    12.  No registration required

    FreeFileSync VS GoodSync

     
    Comments about FreeFileSync as an Alternative to GoodSync
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    Guest
    Negative Jan 9, 2018
    2

    Only ftp and sftp connection are available in FreeFileSync. GoodSync has WebDAV, Azure, Amazon, Google Drive, Dropbox and more!

    Guest
    Positive May 27, 2018
    3

    In a quick test, I can tell it behaves almost identically to GoodSync. Seems to be a good program.

    John Edwards
    Negative Apr 22, 2019
    -3

    FreeFileSync is a disaster, it took 24hs to copy over all the files, GoodSync does it in 3hs (clean backup to empty local folder). And what's worrisome: it always finds some new 2-3 GB every time i compare the folders even though i didn't make any changes on the remote directory.

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    • Most users think FreeFileSync is a great GoodSync alternative.

    • FreeFileSync is Freemium and Open SourceGoodSync is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. 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.

    132 Duplicati alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    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.  Guided configuration
    12.  AES-256 Encryption

    Duplicati VS GoodSync

     
    Comments about Duplicati as an Alternative to GoodSync
    Guest
    Negative Nov 20, 2017
    -2

    It only allows backup local files to FTP, I needed the other way around i.e. backup FTP files on local directory.

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    • Some users think Duplicati is a great GoodSync alternative, some don't.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceGoodSync is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedGoodSync is not according to our users
  4. Rclone icon
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    Rclone ("rsync for cloud storage") is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.

    93 Rclone alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    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 VS GoodSync

     
  5. 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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  File Sync
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Schedule Backup
    4.  Folder Sync
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Cloud Sync
    7.  Encrypted Backup
    8.  Delta Backup
    9.  File by file encryption

    rsync VS GoodSync

     
    Comments about rsync as an Alternative to GoodSync
    Tupã Negreiros
    Negative Aug 18, 2020
    0

    rsync is great, but for me the biggest flaw is not having two-way synchronization.

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    • This alternative is disputed. rsync is a legitimate GoodSync alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • rsync is Free and Open SourceGoodSync is Freemium and Proprietary
    • rsync is Privacy focusedGoodSync is not according to our users
  6. Restic icon
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    restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.

    57 Restic alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    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 VS GoodSync

     
  7. SyncBack icon
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    SyncBack allows for backing up, synchronizing, and restoring files on Windows. It offers a free version, SyncBackSE and Pro for more features, including local networks and cloud backups. Ideal for individuals and large organizations like hospitals, ensuring data protection and recovery.

    96 SyncBack alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • SG flagSingapore

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Top SyncBack Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  AES-256 Encryption
    3.  File Versioning
    4.  End-to-End Encryption
    5.  Cloud Sync
    6.  Incremental Backup
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Selective Synchronization
    9.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    10.  Portable
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Decentralized

    SyncBack VS GoodSync

     
    • Almost everyone thinks SyncBack is a great GoodSync alternative.

    • SyncBack is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to GoodSync.

    • SyncBack is Freemium and ProprietaryGoodSync is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • SyncBack is DecentralizedGoodSync is not according to our users
  8. Kopia icon
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    Kopia is a fast and secure open-source backup/restore tool that manages filesystem snapshots in a remote storage. It features client-side encryption, compression, backup policies. command-line interface and more.

    16 Kopia alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  End-to-End Encryption
    4.  Command line interface
    5.  Schedule Backup
    6.  Automatic Backup
    7.  Incremental Backup
    8.  Remote backup
    9.  Selective Synchronization
    10.  No registration required
    11.  AES-256 Encryption
    12.  Data deduplication

    Kopia VS GoodSync

     
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    Unison is a file-synchronization tool for POSIX-compliant systems (e.g. *BSD and GNU/Linux), macOS and Windows, with the caveat that the platform must be supported by OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or diffe.

    53 Unison File Synchronizer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Bidirectional sync
    2.  Synchronization
    3.  File Sync
    4.  2 way sync
    5.  Command line interface
    6.  Folder Sync
    7.  Decentralized
    8.  Support for Rsync
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Gtk

    Unison File Synchronizer VS GoodSync

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    Round Sync Features

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

    Round Sync VS GoodSync

     
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