Alternatives to Handy Backup

Windows backup software for files, emails, applications and databases, saved to local, network or cloud storage. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Handy Backup

    Windows backup software for files, emails, applications and databases, saved to local, network or cloud storage.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

Replacements

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

  • Iperius Backup

    Windows backup for files, virtual machines, databases and cloud targets.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

    Iperius Backup is also Windows only and covers files, virtual machines, databases and cloud targets, with a free edition usable for straightforward file backup.

  • Uranium Backup

    Windows backup software for files, databases, drive images and virtual machines, with a free edition.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

    Uranium Backup keeps the Windows focus and adds drive images, virtual machines and tape support, with a free edition while many features need a paid edition.

  • Backup4all

    A Windows backup program with full, incremental, differential and mirror backups to local and cloud storage.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    Backup4all is paid Windows software too, offering full, incremental, differential and mirror backups to local and cloud storage, plus a portable edition.

  • SyncBack

    Windows backup and folder synchronization software with cloud storage, versioning and scripting support.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    SyncBack moves to paid Windows software that combines backup with two-way folder sync, cloud destinations, file versioning and scripting for custom tasks.

  • NovaBACKUP

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

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    NovaBACKUP is commercial Windows software for local plus cloud backup, with editions for PCs, servers, VMs and Microsoft 365 and central management of several machines.

  • Cobian Reflector

    Free scheduled file backup for Windows, successor to Cobian Backup.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    Cobian Reflector is free with no feature restrictions, runs as a Windows service with encryption and FTP targets, but backs up files only.

  • Duplicati

    A backup client with a web interface that encrypts your files and pushes them to more than twenty cloud services.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Duplicati is free and open source under MIT, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and encrypts backups before sending them to many cloud services.

  • FBackup

    Free Windows file backup with presets for common applications.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindows

    FBackup is free for personal and commercial use on Windows with application data presets, but lacks incremental backup and disk imaging.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Handy 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

    Handy Backup is paid Windows software for small offices that backs up files, emails, applications and databases, storing them as regular files for single-item restores.

  • Mail Backup X

    A Mac and Windows app that backs up, archives and converts email from many mail clients.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Handy Backup is paid Windows software that backs up emails alongside files, applications and databases to local, NAS and cloud storage, with no macOS version.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.