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Alternatives to AOMEI Backupper
20 backup & disaster recovery tools sit alongside AOMEI Backupper in this directory. Below is what separates each from AOMEI Backupper on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- 8
- AOMEI Backupper starts at
- Free, then $40/year
Why people look past AOMEI Backupper
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the AOMEI Backupper entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
AOMEI Backupper publishes a single plan, Professional at $40/year. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Automated cloud-to-cloud backup
- No free tier, where AOMEI Backupper has one.
- Starts $11 a month cheaper, at $29/month.
- 2 tiers to AOMEI Backupper's 1.
Integrated backup and cybersecurity protection
- No free tier, where AOMEI Backupper has one.
- Starts $28 a year dearer, at $68/year.
- 3 tiers to AOMEI Backupper's 1.
SaaS backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365
- No free tier, where AOMEI Backupper has one.
- Starts $36 a month cheaper, at $4/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Enterprise SaaS backup made simple
- Starts $37 a month cheaper, at $3/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
- Starts $40 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a free model rather than freemium.
Built-in backup for every Mac
- Starts $40 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a free model rather than freemium.
Every AOMEI Backupper alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOMEI Backupper (this page) | Free, then $40/year | Freemium | 1 | |
| BackupifyAutomated cloud-to-cloud backup | $29/month | - | 2 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Acronis Cyber ProtectIntegrated backup and cybersecurity protection | $68/year | - | 3 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Spanning BackupSaaS backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 | $4/month | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| CloudAllyEnterprise SaaS backup made simple | Free, then $3/month | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Borg Backup | Free | Free | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Apple Time Machine | Free | Free | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Bacula | Free | Open-source | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Clonezilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Amanda Enterprise | Free, then $30/month | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Datto SIRIS | $1095/one-time + recurring | - | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Commvault Complete Data Protection | On request | - | 4 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Dell EMC NetWorker | $80/month | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Altaro VM Backup | $595/perpetual | - | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Arcserve UDP | $25/month | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Comet Backup | $49/month | Subscription | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Cohesity | On request | Quote | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Datto Backup | On request | Quote | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Bacula Enterprise | $500/year | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Axcient x360Recover | $99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs AOMEI Backupper |
| Cohesity DataProtect | On request | - | - | vs AOMEI Backupper |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the AOMEI Backupper badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (6)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- CloudAlly , Free, then $3/month
- Borg Backup , Free
- Apple Time Machine , Free
- Bacula , Free
- Clonezilla , Free
- Amanda Enterprise , Free, then $30/month
Cheaper than AOMEI Backupper (8)
Entry price under AOMEI Backupper's $40/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Backupify , $29/month
- Spanning Backup , $4/month
- CloudAlly , Free, then $3/month
- Borg Backup , Free
- Apple Time Machine , Free
- Clonezilla , Free
- Amanda Enterprise , Free, then $30/month
- Arcserve UDP , $25/month
What you would be giving up
AOMEI Backupper is most often brought in for free disk and file backup on a personal windows machine, system image and bare metal recovery, cloning a drive when upgrading to a larger disk on the paid editions, scheduled incremental backups. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If AOMEI Backupper is broadly right and the question is cost, the AOMEI Backupper pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Backup & Disaster Recovery category lists everything the directory holds, and best backup & disaster recovery tools ranks them.
AOMEI Backupper runs on windows. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about AOMEI Backupper alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to AOMEI Backupper?
- 20 other backup & disaster recovery tools are listed in this directory, led by Backupify, Acronis Cyber Protect, Spanning Backup, CloudAlly. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to AOMEI Backupper?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: CloudAlly, Borg Backup, Apple Time Machine, Bacula, Clonezilla.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to AOMEI Backupper?
- Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under AOMEI Backupper's $40/year: Backupify at $29/month, Spanning Backup at $4/month, CloudAlly at Free, then $3/month, Borg Backup at Free.
- Why do people look for an alternative to AOMEI Backupper?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from AOMEI Backupper?
- AOMEI Backupper is most often brought in for free disk and file backup on a personal windows machine, system image and bare metal recovery, cloning a drive when upgrading to a larger disk on the paid editions, scheduled incremental backups. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to AOMEI Backupper?
- Bacula is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these AOMEI Backupper alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Backup & Disaster Recovery, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare AOMEI Backupper against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against AOMEI Backupper covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every backup & disaster recovery tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Backup & Disaster Recovery category, 20 tools beside AOMEI Backupper. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.