UrBackup AlternativesBackup Clients and other similar apps like UrBackup

UrBackup is described as 'Open source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time' and is a Backup Client in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to UrBackup for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best UrBackup alternative is Rescuezilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UrBackup are Duplicati, Rclone, Restic and Acronis True Image.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
UrBackup alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Rescuezilla icon
     425 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Free and straightforward disk cloning and imaging software that boots from a USB, supporting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Interoperable with Clonezilla and can recover and extract files. Includes partition editing, undeleting, and NTFS recovery. No installation needed.

    39 Rescuezilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    |
    1
    Comments about Rescuezilla as an Alternative to UrBackup
    Risei
    Negative
    1

    Rescuezilla is a bootable recovery tool, UrBackup is for backing up online endpoint systems to a central location.

    UrBackup Icon
    Rescuezilla icon
    • Rescuezilla is the most popular Linux alternative to UrBackup.

    • Rescuezilla is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to UrBackup.

    • Rescuezilla is Free and Open SourceUrBackup is also Free and Open Source
  2. Duplicati icon
     352 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Duplicati stores encrypted, incremental backups with AES-256 encryption and GPG, compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS. Supports cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and includes a built-in scheduler, auto-updater. Run backups through a web interface or command line.

    134 Duplicati alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    |
    1
    Comments about Duplicati as an Alternative to UrBackup
    yodarunamok
    Negative
    0

    Doesn't do image backups, just file backups.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    UrBackup Icon
    Duplicati icon
    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to UrBackup.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceUrBackup is Free and Open Source
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedUrBackup is not according to our users
  3. Rclone icon
     173 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Rclone ("rsync for cloud storage") is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.

    93 Rclone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
    |
    1
    Comments about Rclone as an Alternative to UrBackup
    Risei
    Negative
    1

    Rclone is not backup software.

    UrBackup Icon
    Rclone icon
    • Rclone is Free and Open SourceUrBackup is also Free and Open Source
  4. Restic icon
     66 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.

    59 Restic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  5. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Full image and file backups, disk cloning, and partition management across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android with ransomware protection, cloud storage, fast recovery, web-based remote management, and mobile device support for flexible, secure data protection.

    156 Acronis True Image alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • Acronis True Image is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to UrBackup.

    • Acronis True Image is the most popular commercial alternative to UrBackup.

    • Acronis True Image is Paid and ProprietaryUrBackup is Free and Open Source
  6. BorgBackup icon
     57 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.

    37 BorgBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Cygwin
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
     
  7. AOMEI Backupper icon
     76 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Protects operating systems, files, and disks on Windows PCs and Servers with full backup, cloning, and migration tools. Offers sync, encrypted backups, flexible restore to dissimilar hardware or partitions, scheduled and real-time backups, and space management features.

    39 AOMEI Backupper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. CrashPlan icon
     251 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Provides continuous, automated cloud backup and secure, scalable recovery for business servers, endpoints, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace, protecting critical data from deletion, ransomware, and failure with compliance, threat detection, and easy management features.

    104 CrashPlan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    |
    1
    Comments about CrashPlan as an Alternative to UrBackup
    yodarunamok
    Negative
    0

    CrashPlan doesn't support headless installs, and their Linux support is limited to very specific versions. Not really the same way I'd use UrBackup.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    UrBackup Icon
    CrashPlan icon
    • CrashPlan is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to UrBackup.

    • CrashPlan is Paid and ProprietaryUrBackup is Free and Open Source
  9. Time Machine icon
     171 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Time Machine is 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.

    92 Time Machine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Redo Rescue icon
     91 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Redo Rescue is an easy-to-use backup and recovery solution that can restore a fully working system from a backup image, even to a blank new hard disk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    |
    1
    Comments about Redo Rescue as an Alternative to UrBackup
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    This is more of cloning solution, not a backup.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    UrBackup Icon
    Redo Rescue icon
    • Redo Rescue is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to UrBackup.

    • Redo Rescue is Free and Open SourceUrBackup is also Free and Open Source
  11. Round Sync icon
     10 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Round Sync helps you to manage your files, everywhere you go, on your local device or on most cloud providers.

    65 Round Sync alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  12. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts. By supporting incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup Server significantly reduces network load and saves valuable storage space.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Debian
     
12 of 47 UrBackup alternatives