Backup Solutions reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 385 Reddit reviews across 37 subreddits and 75 posts to rank the best Backup Solutions brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/sysadmin, r/msp, r/Office365, r/k12sysadmin, r/unRAID. Top-rated brands include Veeam (4.5/5), Backblaze (4.4/5), Acronis (4.1/5).

Stats

Reviews385

Subreddits37

Posts75

Brands84

Products25

Top communities

r/sysadmin88 r/msp81 r/Office36523 r/k12sysadmin20 r/unRAID20

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Veeam

4.5

(77)

"Image > veeam free."

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

"In the free version, it perfectly creates an image of my entire SSD to an NFS/SMB share once a week."

"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."

Backblaze

4.4

(23)

"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."

"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 is and always has been amazing, simple, and cheap."

"Backblaze plus github for code"

Acronis

4.1

(15)

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

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

"Check out Acronis True Image New Generation. It allows backing up all personal data and provides exclusive protection against ransomware."

"I am a huge acronis fan. If you want to DIY everything, veeam. If you want a veeam experience but dont want to DIY it all, acronis."

"I have been with Acronis for about 5 years, had issues in the beginning but the last 18-24 months it's been rock solid."

"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)."

Synology

4.4

(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."

"Synology C2"

"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."

Duplicacy

4.1

(11)

"Yup Duplicacy has never let me down."

"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."

"I pay i think $5/year after the first year. great software."

"Duplicacy just because of some scary stories about duplicati but look into Restic or Backrest ( a wrapper of restic)"

"Another upvote for Duplicacy but I use iDrive E2 S3."

"For data on the array, I use Duplicacy to Backblaze B2."

"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."

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."

Time Machine

4.8

(8)

"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 have a Time Machine capsule, which has saved me from one hard drive failure and one angry cat pissing all over my wife's laptop."

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

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

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."

Duplicati

4.0

(9)

"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."

"Probably duplicati. I don't have personal experience setting this up with B2, but MANY others have."

"Appdata and Duplicati - that is what I 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"

#10

Axcient

4.5

(8)

"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."

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

#11

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."

#12

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."

#13

Restic

4.1

(7)

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

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

"Restic, bupstash, kopia. These are modern backup tools with deduplication and compression."

"Restic has worked nicely for my usage."

"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."

#14

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."

#15

IDrive

4.2

(6)

"IDrive. best for home users"

"I also backup my external drive daily to the cloud. I went with an inexpensive service called iDrive."

"Idrive works well for me."

"Idrive has office 365 backup that might fit your needs."

"I am using IDrive for all my backup requirements, so for it is going good."

"Idrive.com"

#16

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."

#17

Dropsuite

4.4

(5)

"Dropsuite is exactly what you need"

"We use Dropsuite and is great for us."

"For o365 dropsuite and afi.ai are popular."

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

"We use dropsuite for o365."

#18

Backupify

3.5

(6)

"Backupify does a nice job."

"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"

#19

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."

#20

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."

#21

Nakivo

5.0

(4)

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

"I'm using nakivo for my remote servers. It handles full and incremental backups and supports both Windows and Linux systems."

"I've switched to NAKIVO for its cost-effectiveness and robust features. It supports comprehensive backups for MS365 and Google, data, clients, servers, and shared drives."

"I discovered Nakivo, and I love their automation features and scheduling capabilities. It makes backing up effortless and reliable."

#22

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."

#23

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."

#24

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."

#25

Afi.ai

4.0

(4)

"For M365 specifically we use Afi.ai and it’s been bulletproof — literally zero issues in 3 years across 3000+ mailboxes."

"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?"

#26

CloudAlly

4.0

(4)

"I use CloudAlly as they are the only cloud one I could find that would offer a single user license."

"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."

#27

Bacula

4.0

(4)

"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."

"Bacula is an open source backup solution that offers advanced features and is capable of performing full and incremental backups."

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

#28

Dropbox

4.0

(4)

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

"Dropbox handles photos and videos."

"Dropbox is the business! I use it for all of my documents."

"I'm a fan of Dropbox myself. I keep my work/research files there, along with encrypted versions of my personal records."

#29

AvePoint

4.0

3.7

3.0

(1)

"Move all the data into Sharepoint and forget about having to backup desktops."

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