SmartShield Alternatives

SmartShield is described as 'Allows administrators to ensure the ongoing integrity of their workstations without limiting usability. With SmartShield Protection enabled, all changes made to a workstation are removed with every restart. This makes unwanted system changes an impossibility' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SmartShield for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best SmartShield alternative is Deep Freeze. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Reboot Restore Rx or rdiff-backup. Other great apps like SmartShield are Shadow Defender, Duplicacy, ToolWiz Time Machine and Windows File History.

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  1. Deep Freeze icon

    Deep Freeze

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    Deploys a robust SaaS model to freeze computer settings and protect data by restoring the original system state upon every reboot, streamlining IT asset management and enforcing comprehensive system control without the need for continuous manual administration.

    13 Deep Freeze alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Almost everyone thinks Deep Freeze is a great SmartShield alternative.

    • Deep Freeze is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to SmartShield.

    • Deep Freeze is the most popular commercial alternative to SmartShield.

    • Deep Freeze is Paid and ProprietarySmartShield is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Shadow Defender

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    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business, or public environments without performance loss.

    13 Shadow Defender alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Duplicacy icon

    Duplicacy

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    Duplicacy is a new generation local and cloud backup tool that supports cross-computer deduplication. It is free for personal use and source code is available to commercial users.

    78 Duplicacy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Duplicacy is the most popular Linux alternative to SmartShield.

    • Duplicacy is the most popular Open Source alternative to SmartShield.

    • Duplicacy is Paid and Open SourceSmartShield is Paid and Proprietary
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    Shadow Defender

    Uses virtualized Shadow Mode on Windows to redirect all system changes, blocks malware and unwanted modifications, allows selective saving of folders or files, easily restores the system after reboot, and works in home, business,...

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  6. Reboot Restore Rx icon

    Reboot Restore Rx

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    Reboot Restore Rx makes it easy to maintain PC’s in small public access computing environments (classrooms, computer labs, kiosks, internet cafes, libraries, etc.). Every time you restart the PCs they will automatically reset to your predefined baseline setting.

    21 Reboot Restore Rx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Reboot Restore Rx as an Alternative to SmartShield
    Jang
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    Similar featureset, lower priced than other solutions (Deep Freeze).

    jholland41
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    Similar feature set and it has a freeware version

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    • Almost everyone thinks Reboot Restore Rx is a great SmartShield alternative.

    • Reboot Restore Rx is the most popular free alternative to SmartShield.

    • Reboot Restore Rx is Freemium and ProprietarySmartShield is Paid and Proprietary
  7. rdiff-backup icon

    rdiff-backup

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    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 in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.

    80 rdiff-backup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. ToolWiz Time Machine icon

    ToolWiz Time Machine

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    Toolwiz Time Machine (Toolwiz multi-point restoration) is a powerful and easy-to-use undelete freeware, protecting your PC from data loss and improving its security.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Windows File History icon

    Windows File History

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    File History protects files from within the libraries, desktop, favorites, and contacts folders and creates copies of the files. in any event of a system refresh, reset or crash the files that were backed up via File History can easily be restored.

    69 Windows File History alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Clean Slate icon

    Clean Slate

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Lethe

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    Lethe is a Deep Freeze -like partition freezing software for Debian GNU/Linux and Lihuen GNU/Linux (May work on other Debian-based GNU/Linux distributions). Lethe makes the partitions behave like a Live CD: all changes made on the file system...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  13. FarStone RestoreIT icon

    FarStone RestoreIT

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    RestoreIT® 7 is based on FarStone's patented "Advanced System Restore " technology. RestoreIT® 7 is a new, and powerful, innovation designed to recover your entire PC in 60 seconds for an effortless recovery from any disaster.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. Wioski icon

    Wioski

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    Wioski is a self-healing kiosk-computer running Windows 7 / 8 / 10. It’s made with standard Microsoft technologies and is distributed totally free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  15. Zinstall Backup icon

    Zinstall Backup

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    Full PC backup, extremely fast and allows to restore to a completely different Windows and computer. For example, restore programs, settings and files from a backup of Windows 7 32bit Dell to a Windows 10 64bit HP (without wiping...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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