rsync Alternatives

rsync is described as 'File and directory synchronization tool for Unix systems with delta encoding, compression, recursion, SSH support, permission preservation, and flexible filters' and is a very popular File Sync tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 100 alternatives to rsync for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best rsync alternative is Syncthing, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like rsync are FreeFileSync, TeraCopy, Rclone and Duplicati.

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rsync alternatives are mainly File Sync Tools, but if you're looking for Backup Clients or File Copy Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Free, Linux, Mac and Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to rsync.
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  1. Bvckup 2 icon
     78 likes

    Simple fast backup for Windows. At a glance - small and very lean, very fast delta copier, excellent user interface, device tracking, shadow copying, move/rename detection, run-as-a-service mode, robust support for multi-million item backups with terabytes of data, intelligent...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. Round Sync icon
     10 likes

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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Toucan icon
     38 likes

    Toucan is a small portableapp utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities. It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function that you want.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. Synkron icon
     75 likes

    Synkron is an application for folder synchronisation and folder-backups that allows you to configure your synchronisations in detail. Despite having many features, the user interface of Synkron is very user-friendly and easy to use.

    67 Synkron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. Bacula icon
     30 likes

    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.

    78 Bacula alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • BSD
     
  6. Syncovery icon
     39 likes

    Back up your data and synchronize PCs, Macs, servers, notebooks, and online storage space.

    69 Syncovery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Veeam Agent icon
     22 likes

    Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux work with Veeam Availability Suite to deliver Availability for ALL workloads — virtual, physical and cloud — from a single management console, extending Veeam’s leadership position from being the best for VMware vSphere...

    47 Veeam Agent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. DirSync Pro icon
     37 likes

    DirSync Pro is a small, but powerful utility for file and folder synchronization. Java JRE 1.7 or above is needed to run DirSync Pro.

    89 DirSync Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Rsnapshot icon
     15 likes

    rsnapshot is a rsync based backup utillity, providing filesystem snapshot functionality. It can take incremental snapshots of local and remote filesystems for any number of machines.

    42 Rsnapshot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  10. SyncFolders icon
     26 likes

    SyncFolders helps you to synchronize the contents of two folders, including any subfolders, track file modifications and deletions in a local database, propagate deletions and detect file renames, which is a noteworthy feature.

    33 SyncFolders alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. SyncToy icon
     119 likes

    SyncToy is a free PowerToy designed by Microsoft, that provides an easy to use graphical user interface that can automatically synchronize local or network files and folders, but not WebDAV-, "Windows Mobile" files or folders and no triangle-sync as only Allway Sync...

    70 SyncToy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Areca Backup icon
     37 likes

    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.

    82 Areca Backup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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