Alternatives to Arq
Encrypted backup software for Mac and Windows that stores backups in your own cloud account or disk. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Arq
Encrypted backup software for Mac and Windows that stores backups in your own cloud account or disk.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Arq.
Kopia
An encrypted snapshot backup tool with both a command line and a proper desktop app, pointed at whatever storage you choose.
Kopia is free Apache-2.0 software with a desktop app and CLI, adding Linux support while keeping encryption and backups to storage you choose.
Duplicati
A backup client with a web interface that encrypts your files and pushes them to more than twenty cloud services.
Duplicati is free and MIT licensed with a web interface, encrypting backups to many cloud services and also running on Linux.
restic
A single-executable backup program that makes encrypted, deduplicated snapshots and can send them almost anywhere.
restic is free BSD-licensed and command line only, making encrypted deduplicated snapshots to many backends on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Duplicacy
A deduplicating cloud backup tool whose lock-free design lets several machines share one storage bucket.
Duplicacy lets several machines share one deduplicated cloud bucket and runs on Linux, but its free part is a command-line tool.
MSP360 Backup Free
Free backup software for personal computers that sends files to local drives, network shares or cloud storage.
MSP360 Backup Free sends backups to your own S3-compatible bucket, NAS or local disk on Windows, macOS and Linux, for personal use only.
Backblaze Computer Backup
Unlimited automatic cloud backup for a single Mac or Windows PC at a flat monthly price.
Backblaze Computer Backup stores data only in Backblaze's cloud with unlimited storage for one computer at a flat price, rather than your own storage.
Vorta
A desktop front end for BorgBackup, so encrypted deduplicated backups stop being a cron job.
Vorta is a free open source Borg front end for macOS and Linux, backing up to local disks, SSH servers or hosting services, with no Windows version.
BorgBackup
A deduplicating archiver for Linux, macOS and BSD that makes daily backups cost almost nothing beyond the day’s changes.
BorgBackup is free open source deduplicating command-line backup for Linux and macOS over SSH, without a native Windows build or graphical interface.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Arq as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Apple Time Machine
Built-in macOS backup tool that takes hourly snapshots automatically.
Arq is paid software for Mac and Windows that adds end-to-end encryption and backs up to your own cloud account or local disk.
Carbon Copy Cloner
A macOS backup app that makes scheduled copies, snapshots and bootable backups of your drives.
Arq moves to encrypted, versioned backups to your own cloud storage or disk on Mac and Windows, rather than bootable drive copies.
Carbonite
Automatic, encrypted cloud backup service for personal computers with unlimited storage and file restoration.
Arq is paid Mac and Windows software with end-to-end encryption that backs up to your own cloud account or disk, billed separately.
Get Backup Pro
A Mac app for incremental backups, encrypted archives, bootable disk clones and folder syncing.
Arq runs on Mac and Windows and makes end-to-end encrypted, snapshot-based backups to your own cloud account or disk, but does not make bootable clones.
IDrive
Cloud backup service that protects multiple computers, phones and servers under one account.
Arq stores encrypted backups in your own cloud account or disk on Mac and Windows, with storage billed separately by your provider.
Tarsnap
A command-line online backup service for Unix-like systems with client-side encryption and block-level deduplication.
Arq is paid Mac and Windows software with a graphical interface and end-to-end encryption, storing snapshots in your own cloud account or on local disk.
Windows File History
Built-in Windows tool that versions files to an external or network drive.
Arq is paid software that adds end-to-end encrypted, point-in-time backups to your own cloud account or disk, running on both Windows and macOS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
BorgBase
A hosted storage service for BorgBackup and Restic repositories with monitoring and append-only mode.
Backrest
Schedule and restore restic backups through a browser interface.
Restic REST Server
Provide a remote REST storage endpoint for restic backups.
