Backup Solution reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 371 Reddit reviews across 28 subreddits and 86 posts to rank the best Backup Solution brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Office365, r/selfhosted, r/sysadmin, r/msp, r/Backup. Top-rated brands include Veeam (4.6/5), Backblaze (4.2/5), Restic (4.3/5).

Stats

Reviews371

Subreddits28

Posts86

Brands94

Products9

Top communities

r/Office36550 r/selfhosted50 r/sysadmin40 r/msp39 r/Backup35

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Veeam

4.6

(49)

"I would definitely look into Object First."

"Veeam in first place and the rest, especially before updates or before reconfiguring something."

"Veeam, since it works with Proxmox now."

"Veeam is solid."

"I suggest Veeam, suits your needs."

"For Windows, Veeam is hands down the best option for whole image backups."

"Veeam."

"Well, Veeam does all that and it can work perfectly fine with a standalone host."

"All are super satisfied with the restore options and testing has always been smooth."

"Just Veeam it."

Backblaze

4.2

(21)

"Backblaze is really affordable and if you have a large initial upload the will mail a NAS to you let you start the backups locally and then you mail it back to them."

"Backblaze is the best"

"I have recovered a total of 14TB on two failed drives thanks to them."

"Backblaze"

"Yeah I've been reading about backblaze and its looking super attractive, even on their subreddit I see how amazing their support is."

"Backblaze"

"There is an unlimited Backblaze option which sounds fine, but your NAS should be running Windows or MacOS to be able to use it."

"You can still use backblaze computer backup to backup the nas data while keeping a copy on that large external drive."

"You might be able to leverage Backblaze Personal to back it up there for a flat fee each month."

"I believe backblaze allows you to bring your own encryption key, so that would never be an issue."

Restic

4.3

(16)

"[restic](https://restic.net/)"

"I really like Restic for backups."

"For me, restic is the king of backup."

"Consider using Restic. Restic is pretty flexible and allows keeping as many backup copies as you need."

"Personally I use restic (auto restic) for quick backups and proxmox backup server for VM backups."

"Restic supports resuming of backups I think."

"Restic backup to local and Backblaze."

"Borg and Restic would both be good choices - run from cron, they can automatically back things up and validate the backups."

"I can recommend restic."

"I personally use restic."

NAKIVO

4.6

(12)

"It supports incremental NAS backup, is affordable and has advanced features like immutability, encryption, and backup malware scan."

"It offers image-based incremental backups."

"Try out Nakivo. It supports incremental backups for SMB/NFS file shares."

"I used Nakivo to recover my files, and it worked perfectly."

"It's reliable and has a cheaper price compared to other options."

"I've switched to NAKIVO for its cost-effectiveness and robust features."

"Have you checked out Nakivo? It supports Windows 7 and XP clients, encrypts backup data at rest."

"NAKIVO with Wasabi or Backblaze B2 worked way better for me."

"Nakivo."

"Check out Nakivo. The pricing is very affordable."

Synology

4.7

(11)

"I have a Synology 2 drive raid 1 style NAS in my house connected to wired network. NAS is upgradable in size with the drives. I have a bucket in backblaze."

"My backups can go to external disk, cloud, etc as frequently as I want them to, and as soon as I set foot in my house all the pictures on my phone are magically transported to the unit and backed up."

"Buy a synology box. It’s a perfect solution."

"Very easy and cost effective."

"A bottom-of-the-line Synology would check all your boxes."

"The point of a NAS with RAID (all version except RAID 0) is that you can loose a drive."

"I’m about to setup a synology sync and then offload to glacier storage as well"

"Check out Synology for non-tech users."

"For a small business, I would suggest a Synology unit."

"Synology makes it dead easy"

Acronis

4.1

(12)

"Acronis, Casper, or Macrium Reflect are your best options."

"Get Acronis and just back up your entire PC that is running PLEX. I back mine up every night to a USB external."

"We like Acronis for this"

"+1 on Acronis. Really competitive pricing"

"Our pricing is very competitive."

"Acronis Cyber Protect or Synology Active Backup."

"Have you considered Acronis software yet?"

"I kicked out an acronis recovery USB drive."

"Acronis with cloud storage (not saying it’s the best option) starts at like $200/year/endpoint."

"We like Acronis for this."

Datto

4.7

(9)

"We use Datto SaaS Protection."

"Datto has some really solid backup solutions."

"Just get a Datto or Veeam appliance and call it a day."

"Datto is best in class IMO."

"Datto is best in class IMO"

"Datto SaaS can work for you, it's great and it covers M365."

"Datto SaaS"

"Datto does all 365 data."

iDrive

4.6

(9)

"Amazing solution."

"Use idrive mini. $10 for 500GB for the year."

"It has never let me down."

"I chose iDrive because it is fairly priced at less than $100/year for 5TB."

"IDrive ticks every box for linux."

"I use the "professor" discount so it's half off, but I am pretty sure the first year is below $10."

"I use iDrive for offsite backup. $70/year is not bad and it has versioning built in (to avoid ransomware)."

"Idrive offers this both workspace and office 365 back."

"Idrive"

Borg

4.4

(8)

"Borg"

"Borgbackup acts over that share to create backup and versioning."

"I really love Borg with borgmatic."

"Necroposting to suggest Borg backups. There is a GUI called Vorta if you aren't into scripting."

"Borg and Restic would both be good choices - run from cron, they can automatically back things up and validate the backups."

"I use borg to do nightly backups to a Synology NAS."

"There's a GUI wrapper for Borg called Vorta."

"Use borg or restic, rsync is not very efficient."

#10

Dropsuite

4.1

(8)

"We use dropsuite"

"DropSuite costs £1.65 per mailbox per month."

"DropSuite, Axcient, Acronis, Synology, take your pick."

"Dropsuite"

"I like Dropsuite."

"Yes, we do that with DropSuite."

#11

Cove

4.1

(8)

"We use cove backup."

"Cove"

"We use cove, it’s around $1nzd per user and covers exchange onedrive SharePoint teams"

"Cove is a very solid product, i use it for some of my clients."

"Cove should work for this."

"Cove also supports this."

#12

BDRSuite

4.1

(8)

"Checkout BDRSuite backup solution for Linux server backup."

"Try BDRSuite for Microsoft 365, backup and recovery solution for OneDrive contents."

"I think BDRSuite backup solution might be suitable option for you."

"Another option to consider could be BDRSuite."

"Consider trying out the BDRSuite Backup solution."

"It's a cost-effective solution for backing up Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, and Teams."

"Try BDRSuite, a robust and comprehensive alternative to other usual vendors."

"You can checkout BDRSuite backup solution for vmware where you can backup up to 10 VMS for free forever."

#13

ManageWP

4.4

(7)

"I am using ManageWP for both backup and managing all of my clients websites."

"Try ManageWP"

"I use ManageWP for almost 100 paid maintenance sites, it’s solid and reliable."

"You could use something like ManageWP or WP Umbrella to automate most of your management tasks."

"I use manage wp. It's cloud based, and you can set it up for automatic backups."

"I used to use managewp for this, recently switched to wp-remote."

#14

Duplicati

4.1

(7)

"Duplicati"

"I use duplicati on all our family systems."

"I prefer duplicati Open source, no limits, fast reliable UI with easy restore browsing versions clicking through the UI"

"Duplicati is what you need."

"Duplicati as backup tool."

"Free software solutions like Duplicati / Restic / Kopia ...might be a good choice."

"Duplicati is my choice."

#15

Axcient

3.8

(6)

"Axcient works well and simple to setup."

"I'm happy with Axcient."

"Axcient or synology box."

"Pricing via Pax8 is reasonable."

"Axcient, they have storage pooled at the msp level."

#16

rsync

4.4

(5)

"Rsync is magic and will only copy new data."

"Rsync is one of the best solutions out there."

"Rsync to external media, more than one, like u/knuthf suggested, and even the cloud, is a good idea."

"Rsync checks most of your boxes."

"I rsync that to another backup server."

#17

Bacula

4.2

(5)

"For your diverse backup needs, Bacula is a great choice."

"Bacula would be a great fit for your needs."

"Bacula, if you're looking for something enterprise-grade."

"It is versatile and can handle pretty much anything you throw at it."

"I would suggest Veeam or Bacula but they're client based - still pretty good though."

#18

Duplicacy

4.2

(5)

"So, long story short, PAID for Duplicacy and never looked back."

"Duplicacy has a paid gui and usually they have a lifetime sub on black friday."

"Have you looked at Duplicacy?"

"I would recommend Duplicacy or Kopia."

"One application that I believe could check all your boxes is open source Duplicacy."

4.5

(4)

"Backblaze B2 is a popular recommendation."

"Backblaze B2 is what I use. $6/TB/month."

"I use Backblaze B2 for smaller backups such as databases, config, etc through Duplicati."

"Running an added backup to, for example, Backblaze B2."

#23

Truenas

4.3

(4)

"I have my Proxmox machines backing up to my truenas, which is backed up to another truenas instance using zfs replication set to pull."

"Install TrueNas or Unraid and set them up in Raidz2."

"Using equipment you already have is usually a great idea."

"Truenas is free and can do Mac/windows/linux clients."

#24

Unitrends

4.3

(4)

"Unitrends"

"Unitrends is pretty good and simple to use."

"Unitrends is great for the least effort."

"Unitrends can work for this. It can do image backups and has a good variety of disaster recovery features."

#25

Commvault

3.2

(5)

"Something like Commvault, Spectrum Protect, or NetBackup."

"Commvault."

"We did but we have retired the iSeries."

"We used commvault for two years and found it performed badly."

#26

Time Machine

4.0

(4)

"If you need it to be an exact clone of the last backup then Time Machine is good."

"I use timemachine to a 4tb nvme disk on my nas."

"Time Machine is the free, built-in and easy backup solution."

"I’m familiar with hourly incremental backups using the builtin Time Machine process."

#27

Datto Alto

4.0

(4)

"Check out Datto Alto for backing up your Ubuntu servers."

"It's a high quality solution at a middle of the road price."

"Datto Alto is low-effort and relatively cheap."

"Check out Datto Alto. I think it's not bad in terms of price for medium-sized business."

#28

rclone

3.8

4.0

(3)

"I don’t use it anymore, but Updraft Plus I believe now has similar functionality (exporting)."

"Updraftplus or wpvivid."

"Updraft and Hetzner Storage Box + hosting backup."

#39

Cube Backup

3.7

(3)

"Check out Cubebackup."

"You can check cubebackup selfhosted alternative."

#40

Storj

3.3

3.0

(1)

"Hard to beat cost of storing the data."

#94

StorageCraft

1.0

(1)

"Stay the fuck away from storage craft / arcserve."

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