r/Backup is a subreddit with 8k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses backup, windows, drive, software, and solution, and they frequently recommend/review backup software, backup solution, and backup solutions.
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Popular Themes in r/Backup
#1
Solution Requests
: "Best free/open source back up software"
18 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "How to Save years of Yahoo Mail on Short Notice??? I am a sudden storage hostage"
8 posts
Popular Topics in r/Backup
#1
Backup
: "Hooray for r/Backup!"
260 posts
#2
Windows
: "User friendly backup solution for Windows"
68 posts
#3
Drive
: "iDrive vs cubebackup for a full Google workspace backup?"
45 posts
#4
Software
: "Best free/open source back up Software"
42 posts
#5
Solution
: "Is there any good truenas encrypted zero knowledge cloud backup package Solutions?"
35 posts
#6
Cloud
: "Microsoft Word will save your files to the Cloud by default"
27 posts
#7
External
: "NAS Replaced Our Cloud Tools and Became Our Remote Team's Backbone"
24 posts
#8
Data
: "I have extremely little funds, unemployed and struggling to find work, and all I have is my laptop, and all of my valuable writings and art on this thing. What ways can I backup my Data as much and as cheaply as possible?"
23 posts
#9
Sync
: "Syncbackfree question on error msg "copy is not identical to the original""
11 posts
#10
Ssd
: "When do flash drives and Ssds start to fail?"
11 posts
Products Discussed in r/Backup
Backup Software
86 reviews
#1
Uranium Backup
4.6★ from 10 reviews
#2
Macrium Reflect
4.3★ from 8 reviews
#3
Veeam
4.3★ from 8 reviews
Backup Solution
43 reviews
#1
Veeam
4.5★ from 8 reviews
#2
NAKIVO
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#3
iDrive
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Backup Solutions
26 reviews
#1
BDRSuite
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Veeam Agent
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
UrBackup
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/Backup
#1
Question
: "How do I set up automatic backups to several cloud accounts from one place on a Windows PC?"
81 posts
#2
Vendor Promo
: "Portabase v1.2.9 – open-source database backup/restore tool, now supporting SQLite"
9 posts
#3
How-to
: "Has the 3-2-1 Backup Rule Finally Died? Why I'm Now on the 3-2-1-1-0 Train"
9 posts
#4
News
: "The 3-2-1 Rule is Dead. Long Live the 3-2-1-1-0. (And why 'Verification' is the hardest part.)"
8 posts
#5
Sad Backup Story
: "I audited a "Ransomware-Proof" environment. It took 72 hours to recover. Here is why Physics > Marketing."
5 posts
#6
Crosspost
: "Windows 11 user has 30 years of 'irreplaceable photos and work' locked away in OneDrive - and Microsoft's silence is deafening"
5 posts
#7
Wiki edit
: "Backup wiki - suggestions"
2 posts
#8
Happy Ending Story
: "Crosspost: Can't recover my files"
2 posts
#9
Rant
: "EaseUS Todo Backup = PUP + Scareware"
1 post
#10
Solved
: "Looking for feedback on a small Windows Robocopy GUI I built"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Backup
Yearly
+3k members(68.9%)
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Last updated: June 14, 2026