Alternatives to Returnil for all platforms with any license

Deep Freeze

Deep Freeze Reboot Restore Software prevents any changes made on your system making PCs indestructible. Reboot Restore software is a comprehensive Windows System Restore...

Commercial Mac Windows
Remote Management Restore on reboot Recover deleted files Igloo for data storage ... Persistent Storage Add a feature

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Déjà Dup

Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the 'right way' (encrypted, off-site, and regularly) and uses...

Free Open Source Linux
Encrypted backups Incremental backup Schedule Backup Well integrated in Debian 9 Add a feature

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Toolwiz Time Freeze

Toolwiz Time Freeze is an effective Instant System Restore software to keep your computer system safe and protect your computer from undesired changes. It can also...

Free Windows
No features added Add a feature

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Comodo Time Machine

Comodo Time Machine (CTM) allows non-commercial users to quickly restore their entire system to an earlier point in time (including the registry, critical operating...

Free Personal Windows
Recover lost data Add a feature

42 Like
- Discontinued According to the Comodo Team, CTM is still in development, but the old version was removed from the official website. Latest version, 2.8.155286.178, released in July 2010, can be still downloaded from the official forum.
Shadow Defender

Shadow Defender is an easy-to-use security solution (for Windows operating systems) that protects your PC/laptop real environment against malicious activity and unwanted...

Commercial Windows
Privacy protection Add a feature

25 Like
Reboot Restore Rx

Reboot Restore Rx makes it easy to maintain PC’s in small public access computing environments (classrooms, computer labs, kiosks, internet cafes, libraries, etc.)....

Freemium Windows
Persistent Storage Remote Management Restore on reboot Add a feature

144 Like
Steadier State

Steadier State is the fastest and easiest way to restore Windows 7 to an earlier snapshot. Each user creates files and installs programs on C:\, the PC's only...

Free Windows
Persistent Storage Portable Add a feature

18 Like
Clean Slate

Restores your computer to its original configuration discarding unwanted computer changes. Just log off or reboot. Clean Slate is easy yet powerful. Discards unwanted...

Commercial Windows
No features added Add a feature

21 Like
Rollback Rx

RollBack Rx client is a robust system restore utility that enables home users and IT professionals to easily restore a PC to a time before certain events occurred. ...

Freemium Windows
Crash recovery Recover deleted files Persistent Storage Schedule Backup Add a feature

95 Like
SmartShield

SmartShield allows administrators to ensure the ongoing integrity of their workstations without limiting usability. With SmartShield Protection enabled, all changes made...

Commercial Mac OS X Windows
No features added Add a feature

12 Like
rdiff-backup

rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory, but extra reverse diffs are stored...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

8 Like
- Discontinued The product seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.2.8, released in March 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Lethe

Lethe is a Deep Freeze -like partition freezing software for Debian GNU/Linux and Lihuen GNU/Linux (May work on other Debian-based...

Free Open Source Linux
Persistent Storage Add a feature

18 Like
- Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.34, released in January 2011, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
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Wioski

Wioski is a self-healing kiosk-computer running Windows 7 / 8. It’s made with standard Microsoft technologies and is distributed totally free.

Free Windows
Persistent Storage Add a feature

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PowerShadow

PowerShadow is more than instant restoration software. It is a revolutionary preventive approach to computer integrity protection. You can use PowerShadow to virtualize...

Commercial Windows
No features added Add a feature

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