Best backup solutions on Reddit

333 reviews from r/sysadmin, r/msp, r/Office365 and 25 more subreddits

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Veeam

4.6

(67)

"Image > veeam free."

"This is working perfectly for my backups, to a local hard drive and a remote immutable location."

"Get Veeam. If you run professional services, use professional tools."

"We've been using Veeam for a long time already. Works great with Synology."

"Veeam for windows free"

"Veeam B&R does the job."

"Veeam checks every single box."

"Veeam!"

"I found Veeam to be the best at backing up virtual machines and hosts."

"Veeam ticks all the boxes."

Backblaze

4.5

(15)

"Has a redundant backup on Backblaze."

"Backblaze B2 via Restic and Restic to a local HDD."

"Backblaze for everything else."

"+1 for backblaze for personal user."

"Have you thought about Backblaze?"

"I would recommend backing up to a server or NAS and then having that backup to a cloud provider like Backblaze B2."

"Backblaze is cheap and easy to use."

"Backblaze 7$"

"Thus far Backblaze is the leader of our choices"

"Another recommendation for BackBlaze from me."

Synology

4.5

(13)

"Synology NAS with active backup."

"I have a synology NAS in my basement backing up 0365 every 2 hours."

"Synology and one of their backup clients would do the trick."

"Get yourself a synology nas. Does the workstation backup and the 365/sharepoint."

"Synology ActiveBackup."

"Some of the more powerful Synology NAS units come with active backup for Business."

"I suggest you to try out Synology."

"Synology with Active Backup."

"I use a Synology, you install a utility, sign in with a username and password for that customer."

"It's using the Active Backup for 365 app you can install from their app store."

Acronis

4.1

(12)

"Most of our clients use Acronis. Each workstation backs up twice per day."

"Look into combining Acronis Cyber Infrastructure and Acronis Cyber Backup."

"Acronis is good."

"Acronis Advanced Backup - Workstation, from pax8"

"Acronis. Everything you love about Veeam, none of the things you hate."

"I would vote Acronis for this setup."

"Acronis has paid cloud repository (up to 1 TB)."

"Acronos Cyber Cloud does this too :)"

"Look into combining Acronis Cyber Infrastructure and Acronis Cyber Backup."

"Check out Acronis Backup Cloud it must fill the bill perfectly."

Datto

4.2

(10)

"I can only vouch for Datto's BCDR."

"Datto or B&R."

"Datto!!!!!"

"I'm running Datto for my onsite and offsite backup."

"Datto Saas Protection does both, as mentioned allows for single seat licensing per O365 Organisation."

"I had a demo of the Datto SaaS backup."

"Datto if you want to use their cloud."

"Datto and Barracuda support both I believe."

"We try to use Datto where possible."

"Datto."

Altaro

4.6

(8)

"A great product for backing up O365 is Altaro by all means."

"Using Altaro O365 for few months now. Very cheap and no complicated setups."

"We started using Altaro Office 365 backup and been very happy with the product."

"I would recommend using Altaro, you can back up the physical machines."

"It is worth looking at Altaro, who have recently rolled out physical server backup."

"I use Altaro... works great with Hyper-V."

"It's cheap and it works."

"Altaro works for us."

OneDrive

4.3

(8)

"One drive! Setup the laptops with Azure AD, office 365, and folder redirects to one drive."

"Onedrive with folders redirected. If they already pay for o365 it's free."

"Why wouldn't you just use OneDrive's backup option."

"Especially when you see how well everything works with Onedrive."

"PFFFTTTT OneDrive. easy peasy."

"OneDrive folder redirection."

"Just go with OneDrive."

"Why not use OneDrive/Google Drive to get the data in the cloud."

OwnBackup

4.3

(8)

"Ownbackup is great."

"OwnBackup. It’s really a set and forget it too."

"Ownbackup is what I use."

"My firm has used them before with a number of clients with success."

"Take a look at this solution. I've seen the demo. Its impressive and is D365 friendly."

"Ownbackup is the best but not cheap."

"We use Ownbackup and just bought the Ownbackup archiving solution."

"Not sure if ownbackup is good but just dont go with GRAX."

Time Machine

4.7

(7)

"Time Machine for macOS is one of the most convenient options."

"Time Machine is my primary, with Backblaze as a secondary."

"Time Machine was a lifesaver for many many customers."

"I’ve always used Time Machine."

"I'd also do a local backup with Time Machine."

"You can continue using time machine or something similar."

#10

Axcient

4.7

(7)

"We use/love Axcient. Great product, great support, great price."

"We've been having great success with Axcient."

"Axcient and crashplan."

"I use Axcient at my MSP before and after going down the path of a proper Veeam deployment."

"Been enjoying Axcient."

"Axcient +1"

"I see that several of our partners have already recommended us, but I wanted to make myself available."

#11

Duplicati

4.0

(7)

"It seems to support B2, and it's free and Open Source."

"I would check on Duplicati or Duplicacy. Both of them has a GUI and simple to use."

"I use Duplicati for this, because it has a nice GUI."

"I've tested duplicati, which seems to work great with google drive"

"Try duplicati, it has explicit support for HV and very capable when used from command line."

"I use Duplicati as a docker image."

"While I haven't used it I've had my eye on Duplicati for a while"

#12

UrBackup

4.5

(6)

"[UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows and Linux](https://www.urbackup.org/) ?"

"I've been using open-source UrBackup since 2016."

"Try urbackup.org, free and i had great success with it."

"I've been installing urbackup (free open/source) at many locations as a backup server and standalone."

"I use UrBackup, which does both file and image backups."

"Take a look to **UrBackup**. I think maybe that's what you're looking for."

#13

Synology Active Backup for Business

4.4

(5)

"It’s free, backup agent on windows, can connect to Google and Office service."

"Synology and use Active Backup for Business. Then setup off-site to wasabi. It works."

"Synology has a backup solution with an agent for each computer."

"It’s got a lot for a 'free' solution."

"Synology and active backup for buisness works well."

#14

Duplicacy

4.2

(5)

"My solution is **duplicacy**. It runs well on my ARM QNAP and supports a lot of storage and cloud backends."

"I would check on Duplicati or Duplicacy. Both of them has a GUI and simple to use."

"If you want something fancy that deduplicates, even across multiple computers."

"I ended up using Duplicacy with my OneDrive/GDrive storage."

"Duplicacy would be interesting to try as well."

#15

Cove

4.2

(5)

"Cove from N-able does everything on your list."

"We've been using Cove for >5 years for this and many other things."

"Cove, Datto and maybe Axcient are probably in the best sweet spot for your size."

"Check out Cove"

"I still believe that datto is a 'better' or maybe more mature than cove but so far cove has not failed us."

#16

Restic

4.2

(5)

"I use Restic to backup to a local NAS and Backblaze B2."

"Maybe you give restic a chance... with its rest server ??"

"Restic, or Borg."

"There are several decent commonly used backup packages, with many bloggers reviewing them, many of them mentioned by other commenters, but summarizing: * `restic`."

"I use restic when I back up to backblaze for offsite storage."

#17

Google Drive

4.2

(5)

"I moved my esphome projects onto my home assistant box, and use the Google drive backup addon."

"Google Drive with rclone"

"Google drive. 100gb for $20/yr."

"Google drive is a cloud back up."

"Google Drive. Setup a Google Drive for business account."

#18

Cohesity

4.8

(4)

"Cohesity is the solution to have."

"We tested both Cohesity and Backupify for protecting our O365 email data, and ended up going with Cohesity."

"We use Cohesity and it has been great, no issues at all."

"Check cohesity, nice solution or DellEMC data protect."

#19

Dropsuite

4.5

(4)

"Dropsuite is exactly what you need"

"We use Dropsuite and is great for us."

"We use and really like dropsuite for all our customers."

"We use dropsuite for o365."

#20

Druva

4.5

(4)

"Druva is awesome, entirely SaaS and very reasonably priced."

"For small locations, I'd recommend a backup to cloud type way. Something like Druva or Carbonite."

"Druva or cohesity dmaas."

"I am using Druva who just recently added Teams to their backup so have the full set now from your OP."

#21

Backupify

3.4

(5)

"It is a great cloud backup tool to have."

"For our Gsuite environment we have used backupify And syscloud."

"Backupify by Datto"

"I use backupify."

"Backupify"

#22

BDRSuite

4.3

(4)

"Check out BDRSuite, which offers both disk image and file-level backups. Also, available in a free version."

"You can try BDRSuite for Mac Backup."

"One of the best backup options for linux server you can try is BDRSuite."

"You can just try BDRSuite for Endpoint backup."

#23

Macrium Reflect

4.3

(3)

"The best backup solutions that do what you want are: Macrium Reflect."

"Macrium will do both data backups (full, followed by differential or incremental and image backups) and I love it but........ subscription now."

"Macrium Reflect is/was my favorite widget for this."

#24

WholesaleBackup

4.3

(3)

"A great solution for this is WholesaleBackup paired with Wasabi or B2."

"Check our WholesaleBackup for this, as you can white label it."

"Check out WholesaleBackup, as you can self-host or pair with Wasabi/Backblaze."

#25

Borg

4.3

(3)

"It works great for me, with encryption and deduplication."

"Borg backup and Time Machine."

"I use Borgbackup, been working great for years."

#26

Comet

4.0

(3)

"Comet will work for you"

"Take a look at Comet backup as well."

"Comet is cheap I am setting It up for these kind of customers."

#27

Bacula

4.0

(3)

"Bacula would be a good option. It supports both windows and mac and allows you to back up data to a local nas."

"Try Bacula Community or BareOS."

"You may want to check: Bacula, urBackup, Amanda."

#28

AvePoint

4.0

(3)

"There's also things like AvePoint, or Rubrik. Fully SaaS."

"It was very easy on setup and usage."

"Avepoint"

#29

CloudAlly

4.0

(3)

"Check out cloudally. $3/licensed user."

"You can backup with Cloudally.com which includes TEAMS."

"The main contenders were: CloudAlly: this is what I went with in the end."

#30

Afi.ai

3.7

(3)

"Let me suggest Afi.ai. It's SaaS, both G Suite and Office 365 are supported."

"Last year went with AFI.ai (in addition to t)"

"Anyone try/use afi.ai vs. backupify or syscloud?"

#31

Veeam Agent

5.0

(2)

"Veeam agent for Windows should work perfectly for your case."

"Veeam Agent is free and should do what you need."

#32

SolarWinds

4.5

(2)

"SolarWinds BU & Recovery team is fantastic!"

"Solarwinds MSP Backup?"

#33

IDrive

4.5

(2)

"IDrive. best for home users"

"Idrive.com"

#34

BorgBackup

4.5

(2)

"[https://github.com/borgbackup/borg](https://github.com/borgbackup/borg)"

"There are several decent commonly used backup packages, with many bloggers reviewing them, many of them mentioned by other commenters, but summarizing: * BorgBackup."

#35

NAS

4.5

(2)

"Mine backs up to my home NAS automagically."

"NAS with raid 5."

#36

Unraid

4.5

(2)

"I ended up just building a secondary unraid box that I keep at my parents house."

"I have build a second Unraid server and its running on another location."

#37

Cloudberry

4.5

(2)

"I highly recommend cloudberry to back up files to AWS S3."

"We use Cloudberry"

#38

BackupPC

4.0

(2)

"There are several decent commonly used backup packages, with many bloggers reviewing them, many of them mentioned by other commenters, but summarizing: * BackupPC."

"For file based backups my vote is for BackupPC."

#39

Syncthing

4.0

(2)

"Syncthing for $HOME directories."

"I have a plan to throw syncthing on a raspberry pi and attach XFS formatted usb hard drives to it."

#40

Macrium

4.0

(2)

"I use Macrium for myself and my customers."

"I think I'm doing exactly the same thing as you, but with Macrium (Free license)."

#41

rclone

4.0

(2)

"If you want multithreading and to store everything in some encrypted form."

"Just use rclone to push the backups to any cloud like Backblaze b2, Wasabi or any other."

#42

CrashPlan

4.0

(2)

"I use crash plan. It's great and only like $150 a year for unlimited backup on 1 machine."

"Buy crashplan for $10/mo/computer and call it a day."

#43

Msp360

4.0

(2)

"Msp360 works nicely."

"I think MSP360, formerly cloud berry, does both."

#44

Carbonite

4.0

(2)

"I worked at Carbonite in QA testing O365 backup - those are quite decent solutions I can recommend."

"We (located in Germany) are satisfied with Carbonite"

#45

Proxmox

4.0

(2)

"The easiest I have found is to make use of vm software and run your server loads through virtual machines."

"Proxmox has its own backup OS, dedicated to making backup boxes."

#46

Synology Active Backup

4.0

(2)

"Buy a Synology NAS. Get one you can run active backup for business."

"Synology, use Active Backup it will connect to each machine each day."

#47

Barracuda

4.0

(2)

"Why not another Cloud provider like Barracuda or Acronis?"

"This does it all and more if you are interested to improve security posture, sort archiving and Office365 backup"

#48

Acronis Cyber Protect

4.0

(2)

"We have the agent for x86_64-based Synology NAS devices and the pricing can be found here."

"Check out our Acronis Cyber Protect Backup Advanced Microsoft 365."

#49

Spanning

4.0

(2)

"I use Spanning."

"Don’t know why they don’t advertise more, but solid product."

#50

Microsoft 365

4.0

(2)

"There are tons of 365 backup solutions that are 100% cloud that work well."

"Get them all onto 365, there's NFP pricing available."

#51

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

4.0

(2)

"So far, based on your requirements, our Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud fills the bill."

"Acronis Agent can be installed right into Synology devices."

#52

Windows Backup

3.5

(2)

"Then just use windows backup."

"Windows backup comes into my mind."

#53

Samsung

3.5

(2)

"I use a Samsung T5 ssd, they're small and weigh only 50 grams."

"Check out this video from Matt Granger, he's a photographer and has an overview of a number of external SSD's."

#54

Acronis True Image

3.5

(2)

"Our Acronis True Image can do what you need."

"1. Acronis True Image. Not free."

#55

Microsoft OneDrive

3.5

(2)

"I'm using Microsoft OneDrive."

"Just go with OneDrive. That's what we do to our customers for their desktops."

#56

Backblaze B2

3.5

(2)

"I would recommend backing up to a server or NAS and then having that backup to a cloud provider like Backblaze B2."

"What I really want to have an encrypted backup to BackBlaze B2."

#57

Clonezilla

3.5

(2)

"But my solution would be to boot from a Clonezilla boot disk and save an image of the workstation to a USB backup drive."

"Clonezilla can do the job, but you'd have to disable bitlocker first."

#58

Datto Siris

3.5

(2)

"A Datto Siris appliance is your answer."

"A Datto Siris could be configured to do this during the open hours and replicate offsite after hours."

#59

Apple

5.0

(1)

"Time Machine is a great option. You don’t need a bootable backup."

#60

Windows 10 Backup Feature

5.0

(1)

"I use the Windows 10 built-in backup feature to backup my and my girlfriend’s data to my Synology NAS."

#61

Servosity

5.0

(1)

"We are loving Servosity."

#62

iland

5.0

(1)

"It's a single fee per user mailbox with no other charges."

#63

Gearset

5.0

(1)

"We picked up Gearset for deployment automation, but they have a back up solution as well that we ended up upgrading to."

#64

HubStor

5.0

(1)

"Super happy with my HubStor."

#65

Bvckup 2

5.0

(1)

"I've been running tests with Bvckup 2 and it's bonkers fast."

#66

Datto BCDR

5.0

(1)

"I use Datto BCDR, and the backup goes beyond just my documents."

#67

Cove N-able

5.0

(1)

"I use Cove from N-able, best for installation directly on VM rather than the host."

#68

Windows

4.0

(1)

"Seems like people are over complicating it. Use Windows in built backup."

#69

Starwind

4.0

(1)

"If you are looking for a fire-and-forget solution, look at Starwind backup appliance."

#70

Aomei

4.0

(1)

"Aomei seems enough for four servers."

#71

Microsoft

4.0

(1)

"OneDrive with Important Folders turned on."

#72

Corso

4.0

(1)

"If you are looking for something free and open-source, check out Corso."

#73

Degoo Cloud

4.0

(1)

"I saw Degoo Cloud as options; the need will definitely be 5-10TB over time."

#74

ElephantDrive

4.0

(1)

"I saw ElephantDrive as options; the need will definitely be 5-10TB over time."

#75

Amanda

4.0

(1)

"There are several decent commonly used backup packages, with many bloggers reviewing them, many of them mentioned by other commenters, but summarizing: * Amanda."

#76

External Enclosure

4.0

(1)

"I would go for an external enclosure since it's actually more reliable."

#77

Bluefactory

4.0

(1)

"Many Nonprofits use our backup solution at an affordable price."

#78

AWS Deep Glacier

4.0

(1)

"I'd probably shovel data into AWS Deep Glacier (~$1/TB/month)."

#79

Dropbox

4.0

(1)

"Data all has to be stored somewhere automatically backed up like Dropbox Business."

#80

Afi

4.0

(1)

"Afi for cloud."

#81

Ozhosting

4.0

(1)

"Ozhosting for Australian backup."

#82

iCloudPD

4.0

(1)

"Make a full backup of my library."

#83

PhotoPrism

4.0

(1)

"I've been backing up everything to a Photoprism instance."

#84

Kopia

4.0

(1)

"Kopia is a free and open source backup tool."

#85

Syncovery

4.0

(1)

"Love syncovery, uses some resources though...cloudberry also works well (in container)."

#86

Axcient X360 Cloud

4.0

(1)

"We use Axcient X360 Cloud."

#87

Altaro O365 Backup

4.0

(1)

"We've been using Altaro's O365 backup. Got our mails and sharepoint and OneDrive backed up on it, nice and simple."

#88

CometBackup

4.0

(1)

"CometBackup is decent, server is free with $2/endpoint file backup."

#89

Vinchin

4.0

(1)

"Vinchin backup and recovery solution is a good solution."

#90

Free File Sync

4.0

(1)

"What i needed was incremental sync and with Time Machine i don't have much control"

#91

Skykick

4.0

(1)

"Skykick"

#92

Fileshadow

4.0

(1)

"I use Fileshadow."

#93

Google Business account

4.0

(1)

"Not everyone will agree, but a Google Business account fits the bill."

#94

Jotta

4.0

(1)

"I use Jotta, there is a CLI that works on BSD."

#95

Storage Craft

4.0

(1)

"Storage craft solution does both I think."

#96

Salesforce Backup Service

3.0

(1)

"SF now have their own backup service offering."

#97

KUP

3.0

(1)

"There's KUP, which should work with bup and rsync."

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