Alternatives to FBackup
Free Windows file backup with presets for common applications. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
FBackup
Free Windows file backup with presets for common applications.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FBackup.
Cobian Reflector
Free scheduled file backup for Windows, successor to Cobian Backup.
Cobian Reflector is free file backup for Windows that adds encryption and FTP targets and runs as a service, but it also lacks disk imaging.
Windows File History
Built-in Windows tool that versions files to an external or network drive.
Windows File History is built into Windows and keeps multiple file versions on an external or network drive, without application data presets.
AOMEI Backupper
Windows backup and cloning tool with scheduled system and file jobs.
AOMEI Backupper adds disk imaging and scheduled incremental backups in its free edition, though real-time sync and some features are paid.
EaseUS Todo Backup
Windows backup software for system, disk and file backups on a schedule.
EaseUS Todo Backup adds system and disk images with incremental and differential scheduling in its free edition, with some destinations paid.
Iperius Backup
Windows backup for files, virtual machines, databases and cloud targets.
Iperius Backup offers a free edition for file backup and paid editions that add images, virtual machines and databases on Windows.
Duplicati
A backup client with a web interface that encrypts your files and pushes them to more than twenty cloud services.
Duplicati is open source under MIT with incremental encrypted backups to many cloud services and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Hasleo Backup Suite
Free Windows backup for system images, disks, partitions and files.
Hasleo Backup Suite adds free system imaging and cloning to file backup, but commercial use requires a paid licence unlike FBackup.
Backup4all
A Windows backup program with full, incremental, differential and mirror backups to local and cloud storage.
Backup4all is the paid sibling from the same vendor, adding incremental, differential and mirror backups with cloud destinations on Windows.
Also worth comparing
These listings name FBackup as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Bvckup 2
A Windows backup utility that keeps one folder an exact, quickly updated copy of another.
FBackup is free Windows file backup, including for commercial use, with application presets, but it lacks incremental backup and delta copying.
Handy Backup
Windows backup software for files, emails, applications and databases, saved to local, network or cloud storage.
FBackup is free for personal and commercial use on Windows with application data presets, but lacks incremental backup and disk imaging.
SyncBack
Windows backup and folder synchronization software with cloud storage, versioning and scripting support.
FBackup is a free Windows file backup tool, allowed for commercial use, with plugins for common application data, but it lacks disk imaging and incremental backup.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
FastCopy
Fast Windows file copy and mirror tool with verification.
TeraCopy
Replaces the Windows copy dialog with a queue, verification and resume.
Ludusavi
Backs up and restores PC game saves across Steam, GOG, Epic, Heroic, Lutris and more, using a community-maintained list of where each game hides them.
GameSave Manager
A Windows utility that backs up, restores and transfers save data for PC games.
