Alternatives to Uranium Backup
Windows backup software for files, databases, drive images and virtual machines, with a free edition. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Uranium Backup
Windows backup software for files, databases, drive images and virtual machines, with a free edition.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Uranium Backup.
Iperius Backup
Windows backup for files, virtual machines, databases and cloud targets.
Iperius Backup is a similar freemium Windows tool covering files, images, virtual machines and databases, with most capabilities also reserved for paid editions.
Handy Backup
Windows backup software for files, emails, applications and databases, saved to local, network or cloud storage.
Handy Backup is paid Windows software backing up files, emails, applications and databases to local, NAS and cloud storage, storing backups as regular files.
Backup4all
A Windows backup program with full, incremental, differential and mirror backups to local and cloud storage.
Backup4all is paid Windows software with full, incremental, differential and mirror file backups to local and cloud storage, but no listed database or VM backup.
NovaBACKUP
Commercial local and cloud backup software for Windows PCs, servers, virtual machines and applications.
NovaBACKUP combines local and cloud backup with editions for PCs, servers, VMs and Microsoft 365, but it is paid with no free edition.
BackupChain
Windows backup software for PCs, servers and virtual machines, sold with a perpetual license.
BackupChain adds Hyper-V live VM backup, deduplication and open backup formats under a perpetual licence, but it targets IT professionals rather than home users.
AOMEI Backupper
Windows backup and cloning tool with scheduled system and file jobs.
AOMEI Backupper is a freemium Windows tool for system, disk, partition and file backups with a bootable rescue disc and scheduled incremental jobs in the free edition.
EaseUS Todo Backup
Windows backup software for system, disk and file backups on a schedule.
EaseUS Todo Backup is a freemium Windows tool for system, disk and file backups with emergency boot media, though backup to tape is a paid feature.
SyncBack
Windows backup and folder synchronization software with cloud storage, versioning and scripting support.
SyncBack adds two-way folder sync, versioning and scripting to Windows backups with cloud destinations, but it focuses on files rather than databases and drive images.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Uranium 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.
Uranium Backup has a free edition and covers files, databases, drive images and virtual machines on Windows, with tape, NAS and external disk support.
Cobian Reflector
Free scheduled file backup for Windows, successor to Cobian Backup.
Uranium Backup has a free Windows edition and adds databases, drive images, virtual machines and tape, with many features in paid editions.
FBackup
Free Windows file backup with presets for common applications.
Uranium Backup has a free Windows edition with incremental and differential scheduling, plus paid features for databases, images and tape.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MyDumper
A multi-threaded command-line tool for logical backup and restore of MySQL and MariaDB databases.
Veeam Agent
Image-based backup agent for Windows and Linux endpoints, free for individual machines.
Macrium Reflect
Windows disk imaging and recovery with rapid delta restore.
Veeam Backup & Replication
Windows backup server that protects virtual machines, physical machines, NAS shares and cloud workloads.
