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. There are more than 10 alternatives to SmartShield for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best alternative is Reboot Restore Rx, which is free. Other great apps like SmartShield are Deep Freeze, Shadow Defender, Duplicacy and rdiff-backup.

SmartShield alternatives are mainly System Restore Tools but may also be File Recovery Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of SmartShield.

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Reboot Restore Rx
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Freemium • Proprietary
System Restore Tool
Windows
23 alternatives to 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.). Every time you restart the PCs they will automatically reset to your predefined baseline setting.
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Reboot Restore Rx Features
Restore on reboot
Persistent Storage
Auto Update
Remote Management
Data Protection
Reboot Restore Rx vs SmartShield opinions
Almost everyone thinks Reboot Restore Rx is a great alternative to SmartShield.
Jang
Similar featureset, lower priced than other solutions (Deep Freeze).
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Similar feature set and it has a freeware version
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Deep Freeze
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Paid • Proprietary
System Restore Tool
Mac
Windows
16 alternatives to 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 solution that empower end users with each reboot.
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Deep Freeze Features
Restore on reboot
Remote Management
Data Protection
Igloo for data storage
Persistent Storage
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Shadow Defender
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
15 alternatives to 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 changes.

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Shadow Defender vs SmartShield opinions
Most users think Shadow Defender is a great alternative to SmartShield.
Duplicacy
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Paid • Open Source
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79 alternatives to Duplicacy
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.
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Duplicacy Features
1. Incremental BackupDuplicacy supports incremental backups (only back up the changed or new-added data since the last backup).
Onedrive integration
Cloud based
Data deduplication
rdiff-backup
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Free • Open Source
Windows
Linux
78 alternatives to 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 in a special subdirectory of that target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.
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rdiff-backup Features
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ToolWiz Time Machine
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Free • Proprietary
System Restore Tool
File Recovery Tool
Windows
69 alternatives to ToolWiz Time Machine
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.
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ToolWiz Time Machine Features
1. Automatic BackupToolWiz Time Machine will automatically back up your data periodically.
2. Schedule BackupToolWiz Time Machine supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 1.0.1.16, released in December 2013, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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Almost everyone thinks ToolWiz Time Machine is a great alternative to SmartShield.
Toolwiz Time Freeze
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Free • Proprietary
System Restore Tool
Windows
14 alternatives to 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 protect your files and folders from changes with a secure password protection.

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Clean Slate
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
16 alternatives to Clean Slate
Restores your computer to its original configuration discarding unwanted computer changes. Just log off or reboot. Clean Slate is easy yet powerful.
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Clean Slate Features
Restore on reboot
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Almost everyone thinks Clean Slate is a great alternative to SmartShield.
Lethe
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Free • Open Source
System Restore Tool
Linux
14 alternatives to Lethe
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...
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Lethe Features
Persistent Storage
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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Comodo Time Machine
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Free Personal • Proprietary
System Restore Tool
File Recovery Tool
Windows
30 alternatives to 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 system files and user created documents).
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Comodo Time Machine Features
Time-machine
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.

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