Alternatives to Comet Backup

Backup software for MSPs and IT teams, with a central server and clients for many platforms. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Comet Backup.

  • IDrive 360

    Endpoint cloud backup service for businesses, MSPs and IT teams, managed from a central console.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    IDrive 360 is a paid endpoint backup service for businesses and MSPs with a central console, but storage is cloud-only and tied to IDrive's service.

  • CrashPlan

    Endpoint and server cloud backup platform for businesses, with ransomware recovery and legal hold.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    CrashPlan is a paid business cloud backup for Windows, macOS and Linux endpoints and servers, adding ransomware recovery and legal hold, with larger deployments quoted through sales.

  • UrBackup

    Manage file and image backups through a client-server system.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    UrBackup is free, open-source AGPL-3.0 client-server backup for file and image backups, but you install and maintain the backup server yourself.

  • BDRShield

    Hybrid backup platform for files, servers, VMs and SaaS with a free edition.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsLinux

    BDRShield covers files, servers, VMs and SaaS on Windows and Linux with free editions for smaller use, while full cloud-managed features require a paid tier.

  • Synology Active Backup for Business

    A Synology NAS package that backs up PCs, Macs, servers and virtual machines from one console.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSSelf-hosted

    Synology Active Backup for Business has no per-device licence fees and adds global deduplication, but it only runs on Synology NAS hardware.

  • Retrospect Backup

    Commercial backup and recovery software for Windows and Mac servers, endpoints and virtual environments.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Retrospect Backup is paid business software for Windows and Mac servers and endpoints with built-in ransomware detection, but no Linux edition is mentioned.

  • NovaBACKUP

    Commercial local and cloud backup software for Windows PCs, servers, virtual machines and applications.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    NovaBACKUP offers local and cloud backup with central management, but it runs on Windows only and lacks Comet's Linux and macOS clients.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Comet Backup as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • BackupAssist

    Commercial backup software for Windows servers, workstations and Microsoft 365 with local and cloud targets.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    Comet Backup covers Windows, Linux, macOS, hypervisors and Microsoft 365 from a central server, with a choice of Comet cloud, any S3 service or your own storage.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.