Time Machine AlternativesOnly apps categorised as System Restore Tools

The best System Restore alternative to Time Machine is Rollback Rx. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try TimeShift or UrBackup. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Time Machine and 19 are System Restore Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting System Restore Tool alternatives to Time Machine are Macrium Reflect, Paragon Backup & Recovery, EaseUS ToDo BackUp and Back In Time.

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  1. Rollback Rx icon

    Rollback Rx

     102 likes

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

    47 Rollback Rx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Rollback Rx as an Alternative to Time Machine
    m8r-5b599u
    Positive
    1

    Same functionality. both have quick restore one for Mac and PCs

    cyrusdavidson
    Positive
    -3

    Offers multiple snapshots, and you are able to restore to them at any point. Not just some files but all files in the hard drive are included in the restore. It can also revert you back even if you are hit by ransomware which is at large during the time of this post.

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    • Rollback Rx is Paid and ProprietaryTime Machine is Free and Proprietary
  2. TimeShift icon

    TimeShift

     78 likes

    TimeShift for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and Time Machine tool in Mac OS. TimeShift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of file system at regular intervals.

    33 TimeShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Comments about TimeShift as an Alternative to Time Machine
    Paul
    Positive
    0

    Great piece of software to take snapshots of your system and easily restore it.

    TimeShift icon
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    • TimeShift is Free and Open SourceTime Machine is Free and Proprietary
    • TimeShift is Lightweight and Privacy focusedTime Machine is not according to our users
  4. Macrium Reflect icon

    Macrium Reflect

     198 likes

    Offering robust backup, disk imaging, and cloning, the tool supports secure, easily recovered back-ups on local, network, and USB drives, catering to both personal and commercial needs. The subscription model provides varied rate plans for home, workstation, and server uses, ensuring comprehensive data protection.

    87 Macrium Reflect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. UrBackup icon

    UrBackup

     39 likes

    UrBackup is a open source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time.

    47 UrBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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  7. Paragon Backup & Recovery icon

    Paragon Backup & Recovery

     31 likes

    Paragon Backup & Recovery is an advanced backup and recovery software. You may backup files, volumes and disks entirely or pick one at a time. Select the OS partition, and you get all the necessary boot partitions. If your operating system crashes, you can recover it easily.

    55 Paragon Backup & Recovery alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  8. EaseUS ToDo BackUp icon

    EaseUS ToDo BackUp

     59 likes

    Provides full, incremental, and differential backups for files, partitions, and system. Offers disaster recovery, automatic scheduling, fast disk or partition cloning, encrypted storage, backup verification, selective file restore, and management tools.

    61 EaseUS ToDo BackUp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Reboot Restore Rx icon

    Reboot Restore Rx

     149 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about Reboot Restore Rx as an Alternative to Time Machine
    andyroddick0797
    Positive
    0

    Time machine functionality. Restore to previous baseline automatically

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    • Reboot Restore Rx is Freemium and ProprietaryTime Machine is Free and Proprietary
  12. Genie Timeline icon

    Genie Timeline

     36 likes

    Offers continuous, automatic backup for music, videos, photos, and documents with settable frequency, backup resumption, system recovery, space-saving, restore points, lightweight operation, easy setup, turbo mode, and support for local, external, or network drives.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. SuperDuper! icon

    SuperDuper!

     34 likes

    SuperDuper makes recovery painless, because it makes creating a fully bootable backup painless. Its incredibly clear, friendly interface is understandable, easy to use, and its built-in scheduler makes it trivial to back up automatically.

    33 SuperDuper! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  14. Snapper - Snapshot Manager icon

    Snapper - Snapshot Manager

     5 likes

    Snapper is a tool for Linux file system snapshot management. Apart from the obvious creation and deletion of snapshots it can compare snapshots and revert differences between them. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root users to view older versions of files and revert...

    18 Snapper - Snapshot Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • openSUSE
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  15. R-Drive Image icon

    R-Drive Image

     5 likes

    R-Drive Image is a potent utility providing disk image files creation for backup or duplication purposes. A disk image file contains the exact, byte-by-byte copy of a hard drive, partition or logical disk and can be created with various compression levels on the fly without...

    40 R-Drive Image alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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