Rclone AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Backup Clients

The best Backup Client alternative to Rclone is FreeFileSync, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Rclone and 13 are Backup Clients so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Backup Client alternatives to Rclone are Duplicati, Restic, SyncBack and GoodSync.

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  1. GoodSync icon
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    A comprehensive solution for file synchronization and backup, GoodSync allows seamless and real-time file sync across desktops, mobiles, and cloud services directly, bypassing third-party servers. Ideal for both personal and professional needs.

    More about GoodSync on AlternativeTo134 GoodSync alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. FreeFileSync icon
     636 likes

    Open-source software for syncing and backing up files across Windows, macOS, and Linux by transferring only essential data.

    120 FreeFileSync alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Chocolatey
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  3. Duplicati icon
     356 likes

    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.

    153 Duplicati alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Restic icon
     70 likes

    restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.

    72 Restic alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  5. SyncBack icon
     144 likes

    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.

    109 SyncBack alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  6. UrBackup icon
     40 likes

    UrBackup is a open source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time.

    57 UrBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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  7. Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts. By supporting incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup Server significantly reduces network load and saves valuable storage space.

    47 Proxmox Backup Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Debian
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  8. RcloneView icon
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    RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI that unlocks the full potential of the Rclone CLI tool—without requiring any command-line use. Designed for seamless cloud file management, it empowers users to:

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Android
    • Fedora
    • AppImage
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  9. GoBackup icon
     1 like

    Performs scheduled command-line backups of databases and files to various cloud storage platforms, supporting S3, GCS, Aliyun OSS, FTP, SCP, with options for tar archives, file splitting, standalone daemon mode, and management via Web UI or HTTP API.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  10. Rustic icon
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    Rustic is a backup tool that provides fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups written in Rust. It reads and writes the restic repo format described in the design document and can be used as a restic replacement in most cases.

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    • BSD
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  11. GS RichCopy 360 icon
     46 likes

    GS RichCopy 360 is the ONLY file copy utility that utilizes its own proprietary Multi-Threading technology that uses all available logical cores in the system.

    141 GS RichCopy 360 alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. Rclone UI icon
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    Rclone UI is a light, transparent layer on top of rclone to manage your cloud storage, backups, and syncing operations more easily!

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  13. VRangeSync icon
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    VRangeSync is a freeware File synchronization for Unix/Linux and Microsoft Windows. It is a command-line utility which copy and move data from one location to another on a storage device. It is a data migration, cloner, file replication and synchronization software.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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