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Clonezilla vs Macrium Reflect: catalog facts
Clonezilla	Macrium Reflect
Free Free and open source, released under the GPL and developed at Taiwan's NCHC Free Software…	Paid A paid licence is required after the trial.
Linux	Windows
Images a whole drive including the boot loader, so a restore just boots Skips unused blocks on filesystems it understands, keeping images small	Reliable bare-metal imaging with a well-tested rescue environment Rapid Delta imaging and restore shortens both operations substantially
You boot into it; there is no scheduled or background operation The destination drive must be at least as large as the source	The long-standing free edition was retired; it is now a paid product with a trial Windows only, closed source
Downloadable app, Operating system	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL (see project site)	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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