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About BackupChain
BackupChain backs up files, disks, databases and virtual machines on Windows 11 back to XP and Windows Server 2025 back to 2003. It handles Hyper-V backup with change tracking, live virtual machine backup, VMware, versioned file backup, deduplication, delta compression and disk cloning, and it stores backups in open standard file formats.
It is aimed at IT professionals looking after servers and hypervisors, and is sold with a perpetual license rather than a subscription.
Strengths
- Hyper-V and live virtual machine backup
- Deduplication and delta compression
- Open standard backup file formats
- Perpetual license instead of a subscription
Limitations
- Windows only
- Aimed at IT professionals rather than home users
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid software with a perpetual license and no subscription required.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- BackupChain
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- IT administrators backing up Windows servers and Hyper-V hosts
- Categories
- Backup tools, Virtual machines, IT administration
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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