rsync Alternatives

rsync is described as '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' 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, Duplicati, TeraCopy and Rclone.

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  1. Z-DBackup icon
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    Z-DBackup is a modular backup system which can copy complex data sets quickly, easily and reliably to any kind of target drive and optionally even to CD-R/W, DVD+/-R/W, DVD-RAM, Blu-Ray, tape, USB flash drives and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. arRsync icon
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    arRsync is a Mac OS X frontend for the utility rsync . It is intended to provide a simple interface to a powerful backup and synchronisation tool. It is quite limited but it can already performed basic backups.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    A graphical user interface for rsync, which looks-and-feels like a standard FTP client, but uses the rsync protocol ‘under the hood’ to boost transfer speeds.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. @MAX SyncUp icon
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    @MAX SyncUp is a feature-rich utility for backing up and synchronizing data on a local network or over the Internet. @MAX SyncUp provides an Apple Time Machine style backup using hard links. It allows for the effective remote synchronizing through an RSync-like algorithm to...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Windows Backup and Restore (formerly Windows Backup and Restore Center) is a component of Microsoft Windows introduced in Windows Vista and included in later versions that allow users to create backups and restore from backups created earlier.

    34 Windows Backup and Restore alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Acrosync icon
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    Easy and efficient file synchronization and backup solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8.  Like
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    This utility has been written for two purposes: for making high availability clusters; for making backups of them; consider it a better and faster lsyncd written in C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. XCOPY icon
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    XCOPY is a command used on PC DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and related operating systems for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files across a network.

    19 XCOPY alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
     
  10. Retriev.er icon
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    Retriev.er - GUI for rsync written in Qt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Syncrify icon
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    Syncrify is an ideal remote backup solution for individuals as well as corporate users, offering a cost-effective way to quickly and easily backup files of any type and size to any machine running a variety of operating systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. BestSync icon
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    BestSync is a utility for following solutions:

    1. Synchronize files between PCs by utilizing network storage, USB drive, etc.
    2. Synchronize files with FTP server, support FTP/FTPS/SFTP(SSH File Transfer Protocol).
    3. Synchronize a folder with a ZIP file, support AES c.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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