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MSP360 Backup Freerestic
Freemium

Free for personal use; business use requires a paid edition.

 Free

Free and open source, with no paid edition.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Works with local disks, network shares and several S3-compatible cloud providers
  • File-level and image-based backups on Windows
  • One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first
  • Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed
  • Personal use only; business use needs a paid edition
  • Not compatible with domain-joined Windows machines
  • Command line only; any graphical interface or scheduling comes from third-party projects
  • Still pre-1.0, so the project does not yet guarantee backward compatibility across major versions
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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