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Alternatives to Carbonite
16 file storage & backup tools sit alongside Carbonite in this directory. Below is what separates each from Carbonite on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 16
- With a free tier
- 5
- Cheaper to start
- 4
- Carbonite starts at
- $6/month
Why people look past Carbonite
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Carbonite entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Carbonite carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 5 of the 16 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Carbonite publishes a single plan, Basic at $6/month. 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.
Unlimited cloud backup at an affordable price
- Starts $3 a month dearer, at $9/month.
- 2 tiers to Carbonite's 1.
Endpoint backup designed for work-from-anywhere
- Starts $2 a month dearer, at $8/month.
- 3 tiers to Carbonite's 1.
Mac and Windows backup to your own cloud storage
- Starts $44 a year dearer, at $50/year.
Free open-source backup with encryption
- Can be used without paying; Carbonite cannot.
Affordable online backup with multiple device support
- Can be used without paying; Carbonite cannot.
- Starts $2 a month cheaper, at $4/month.
Self-hosted file sync, sharing and collaboration platform
- Can be used without paying; Carbonite cannot.
- Starts $6 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 4 tiers to Carbonite's 1.
Every Carbonite 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonite (this page) | $6/month | Subscription | 1 | |
| BackblazeCloud backup service with unlimited storage for personal use and strong emphasis on speed and reliability. | $9/month | - | 2 | vs Carbonite |
| CrashPlanCloud backup solution offering unlimited storage, continuous backup, and version history for personal and business use. | $8/month | - | 3 | vs Carbonite |
| Arq BackupFlexible cloud backup software supporting multiple storage backends and offering incremental backups. | $50/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Carbonite |
| Duplicati | Free | - | - | vs Carbonite |
| IDrive | Free, then $4/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Carbonite |
| Nextcloud | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Carbonite |
| TrueNAS | Free | Open-source | - | vs Carbonite |
| Veeam Backup & Replication | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs Carbonite |
| Barracuda Backup | On request | Subscription | - | vs Carbonite |
| Box | On request | Subscription | - | vs Carbonite |
| Microsoft OneDrive | On request | Subscription | - | vs Carbonite |
| pCloud | On request | One-time | - | vs Carbonite |
| Sync.com | On request | Subscription | - | vs Carbonite |
| Tresorit | On request | Subscription | - | vs Carbonite |
| Veritas NetBackup | $100/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Carbonite |
| Zerto | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Carbonite |
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 Carbonite badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (5)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Duplicati , Free
- IDrive , Free, then $4/month
- Nextcloud , Free
- TrueNAS , Free
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
What you would be giving up
Carbonite is most often brought in for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection, compliance. 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 Carbonite is broadly right and the question is cost, the Carbonite pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the File Storage & Backup category lists everything the directory holds, and best file storage & backup tools ranks them.
Carbonite runs on windows, mac, web. 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 Carbonite alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Carbonite?
- 16 other file storage & backup tools are listed in this directory, led by Backblaze, CrashPlan, Arq Backup, Duplicati. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Carbonite?
- 5 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Duplicati, IDrive, Nextcloud, TrueNAS, Veeam Backup & Replication.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Carbonite?
- Yes. 4 of the alternatives below start under Carbonite's $6/month: IDrive at Free, then $4/month, Nextcloud at Free, TrueNAS at Free, Zerto at $5/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Carbonite?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Carbonite?
- Carbonite is most often brought in for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection, compliance. 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 Carbonite?
- TrueNAS is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Carbonite alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, File Storage & Backup, 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 Carbonite against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Carbonite 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 file storage & backup tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the File Storage & Backup category, 16 tools beside Carbonite. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.