Time Machine Alternatives

Time Machine is described as 'The breakthrough automatic backup that’s built right into Mac OS X. It keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac — digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents. Now, if you ever have the need, you can easily go back in time to recover anything' and is a very popular System Restore tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Time Machine for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and FreeBSD apps. The best Time Machine alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Time Machine are Rollback Rx, TimeShift, Macrium Reflect and Restic.

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  1. Drive SnapShot icon
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    A fast and inexpensive imaging tool. Very simple yet powerful, following the KISS methodology. Can be run as a portable app, thereby opening up a lot of possibilities. For instance, I use it to remotely back up all the computers on our network via command line and PSEXE.

    38 Drive SnapShot alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. Rustic icon
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    Rustic is a backup tool that provides fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups written in Rust. It reads and writes the restic repo format described in the design document and can be used as a restic replacement in most cases.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. BackupVault icon
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    BackupVault is a UK based provider of secure, automated and offsite backup solutions aimed at the small/medium sized business.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Data Deposit Box is an established cloud backup solutions company that provides small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the premium security and protection services utilized by large enterprises. The Company's patented backup technology, known for its Exabyte scalability...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. The Linux Mint backup tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mint
     
  6. DriveImage XML icon
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    DriveImage XML is a reliable program for easy imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. Image creation uses Microsofts Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use.

    51 DriveImage XML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. KBackup icon
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    KBackup is an application which lets you back up your data in a simple, user friendly way

    54 KBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
     
  8. AJC Active Backup monitors files while you are working on them, archiving off each time you save. With just a few clicks of the mouse you can get back to any version of the file and see a diff of what you did. You can even restore parts of text files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. 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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    Zinstall Backup vs Time Machine Comments
    jontiller
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    It's basically Time Machine made for Windows

    • Zinstall Backup is Paid and ProprietaryTime Machine is Free and Proprietary
  10. 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
     
  11. Backup Maker icon
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    BackUp Maker is a professional, user-friendly tool for creating automated data backups. Configure once and let it save files based on time, intervals, or system events. Use partial backups, advanced filters, and multiple generations to protect your data efficiently and securely.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Baccus icon
     2 likes

    Baccus is a flexible, fast and efficient backup application for your Mac. Baccus simplifies and manages multiple backups to external drives and NAS systems.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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