Top 15 Borg Backup Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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

The main goal of Borg is to provide an efficient and secure way to backup data. The data deduplication technique used makes Borg suitable for daily backups since only changes are stored. The authenticated encryption technique makes it suitable for backups to not fully trusted targets.

1. Comodo Online Backup

Comodo Online Backup Comodo Backup is an excellent backup utility from the creators of Comodo Firewall . It’s free, easy to use and has everything you might need. You can easily backup your local files and folders to anywhere on your computer, network, DVD / CD or even FTP server. Plus it......

2. Toucan

Toucan Toucan is a small portableapp utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities. It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function that you want. Features: * Five synchronisation modes, Copy, Mirror, Equalise, Move......

3. Duplicati

Duplicati Duplicati is the only portable backup program, able to send backups in encrypted form to another computer or SkyDrive using one of several methods (WebDAV, FTP, SFTP/SCP/SSH, Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, USB disk, Windows network share). Time scheduler e.g. for auto-backups every 3rd Monday on 10 a.m.German, Danish, English, French,......

4. Backup4all

Backup4all Backup4all, backup software that performs incremental backup, differential, full and mirror backup to DVD, DVD-RW, CD, CD-RW, Blu-ray, HD-DVD, Dual layer drives, USB, network and backup to FTP. Backs-up open files, encrypts backups, sends backup notifications, schedules backups or can be used as a server backup software.......

5. Bonkey

Bonkey Despite a name that conjures up comedic visions, Bonkey the Backup Monkey is a serious backup program with tremendous potential. Not that it isnt good now; The program is easy to use, puts all the relevant options at your fingertips and backs up to multiple locations--including ftp or sftp locations,......

6. Attic Backup

Attic Backup Main featuresSpace efficient storage Variable block size deduplication is used to reduce the number of bytes stored by detecting redundant data. Each file is split into a number of variable length chunks and only chunks that have never been seen before are compressed and added to the repository.Optional data encryption......

7. GFI Backup

GFI Backup GFI Backup will allow all home PC users to keep regular and updated copies of their precious memories in the form of pictures, video, and other files and safeguard their data in case something goes wrong.GFI Backup is an easy-to-use backup and recovery software solution that allows users to backup......

8. bup

bup Very efficient backup system based on the git packfile format, providing fast incremental saves and global deduplication (among and within files, including virtual machine images).......

9. Syncovery

Syncovery Back up your data and synchronize PCs, Macs, servers, notebooks, and online storage space.You can set up as many different jobs as you need and run them manually or using the scheduler. The software comes with support for FTP, SSH, HTTP, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. You can use ZIP compression......

10. Duplicacy

Duplicacy Duplicacy is a new generation cloud-backup tool supporting 5 major cloud-storage providers (Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, Dropbox, and Backblaze), as well as local disks and SFTP servers (such as Mac/Linux computers or NAS boxes). Duplicacy is the only cloud-backup tool that offers all the following 7 essential......

11. iGoUSB

iGoUSB iGoUSB Backup is a portable plug'n use software solution that provides a simple, efficient and uncluttered way to save a copy of your computer files, documents, pictures, music and video files for the non-technical person. It is straight forward and visually intuitive for the novice and yet very powerful for......

12. Backup Maker

Backup Maker BackUp Maker is the professional solution for creation of data-backups. The ease of use as well as the range of functions enable you to create backup tasks for saving files and folders with a lack of time.Once the backup task has been configured you may forget backup creation confidently -......

13. Anacron

Anacron Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running continuously. It can therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly and monthly jobs (or anything with a period of n days),......

14. Gmailkeeper

Gmailkeeper Backup emails and labels from Gmail and Google Apps accounts to local disk......

15. PkgBackup

PkgBackup PkgBackup is a backup application for jailbroken iPhones that backs up & restores all of your Cydia apps, your Cydia sources, and even your homescreen layout. Simply sync your backup with iTunes or Dropbox- then, when you update or restore your device, bring back all of your Cydia apps by......