Alternatives to Mail Backup X
A Mac and Windows app that backs up, archives and converts email from many mail clients. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Mail Backup X
A Mac and Windows app that backs up, archives and converts email from many mail clients.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Mail Backup X.
Got Your Back
A command-line tool that backs up Gmail messages to your computer through the Gmail API.
Got Your Back is free, open-source and scriptable from the command line on Windows and Linux, but it only backs up Gmail through the Gmail API.
getmail6
A command-line tool that fetches mail from POP3 and IMAP servers into local mailboxes.
getmail6 is a free, open-source command-line tool for macOS and Linux that fetches POP3 and IMAP mail into maildir or mbox, without an archive viewer.
Handy Backup
Windows backup software for files, emails, applications and databases, saved to local, network or cloud storage.
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.
Google Takeout
Google's web tool for exporting your data from Gmail, Drive, Photos and other services as archives.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Community Edition
A free Windows application for backing up Microsoft 365 mail, SharePoint and OneDrive for small organizations.
Google One
Google's subscription plan that adds cloud storage and Gemini AI features to a Google Account.
