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Alternatives to UrBackup
21 backup tools sit alongside UrBackup in this directory. Below is what separates each from UrBackup on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- -
- UrBackup starts at
- Free
Why people look past UrBackup
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the UrBackup entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
UrBackup publishes a single plan, UrBackup at Free. 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.
Modern data protection for enterprise workloads
- Publishes an entry price of $250/year, where UrBackup does not.
Free open-source backup with encryption
Priced and rated the same as UrBackup on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
The best open source backup software for Linux
- Sold on a open-source model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
Kubernetes application backup with a free tier up to one terabyte
- Publishes an entry price of $0.2/node hour, where UrBackup does not.
- Sold on a Per node hour model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 2 tiers to UrBackup's 1.
Open source backup and migration for Kubernetes cluster resources
Priced and rated the same as UrBackup on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Backup and recovery for OpenStack, Kubernetes and Red Hat Virtualization
- Sold on a Per node per year model rather than Open source, no licence fee.
- 2 tiers to UrBackup's 1.
Every UrBackup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UrBackup (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | |
| Veeam Backup & ReplicationIf you need agent based image backup with application awareness and vendor support rather than a community forum | Free, then $250/year | - | - | vs UrBackup |
| DuplicatiIf you want backups written directly to cloud object storage with client side encryption and no server to run | Free | - | - | vs UrBackup |
| BaculaFor a larger fleet with tape, catalogue and retention policy requirements that a small server model does not cover | Free | Open-source | - | vs UrBackup |
| Portworx Backup | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | 2 | vs UrBackup |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | 2 | vs UrBackup |
| Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes | Free | Per worker node | 2 | vs UrBackup |
| CloudCasa | Free, then $69/month | Per node per month | 3 | vs UrBackup |
| rustic | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| Proxmox Backup Server | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs UrBackup |
| Kopia | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| AOMEI Backupper | Free, then $39.95/one-time | One-time | 3 | vs UrBackup |
| Redstor | On request | Quote | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | 3 | vs UrBackup |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | Quote | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| HYCU | On request | Quote | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| BDRShield | On request | Quote | 1 | vs UrBackup |
| Comet Backup | $19/month | Subscription | 4 | vs UrBackup |
| Backupify | $29/month | - | 2 | vs UrBackup |
| Commvault Complete Data Protection | On request | - | 4 | vs UrBackup |
| Datto Backup | On request | Subscription | - | vs UrBackup |
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 UrBackup badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (12)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Veeam Backup & Replication , Free, then $250/year
- Duplicati , Free
- Bacula , Free
- Portworx Backup , Free, then $0.2/node hour
- Velero , Free
- Trilio , Free
- Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes , Free
- CloudCasa , Free, then $69/month
What you would be giving up
UrBackup is most often brought in for a small office with windows workstations that needs bare metal restore without per seat licensing, schools and labs where machines are re-imaged often and a known good image must be recoverable, backing up a mixed fleet to one server on premises with a web interface non specialists can use, replacing an expiring commercial endpoint backup licence where the budget is the constraint. 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 UrBackup is broadly right and the question is cost, the UrBackup pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Backup category lists everything the directory holds, and best backup tools ranks them.
UrBackup runs on linux, windows, macos, freebsd. 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 UrBackup alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to UrBackup?
- 21 other backup tools are listed in this directory, led by Veeam Backup & Replication, Duplicati, Bacula, Portworx Backup. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to UrBackup?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Veeam Backup & Replication, Duplicati, Bacula, Portworx Backup, Velero.
- Why do people look for an alternative to UrBackup?
- 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 UrBackup?
- UrBackup is most often brought in for a small office with windows workstations that needs bare metal restore without per seat licensing, schools and labs where machines are re-imaged often and a known good image must be recoverable, backing up a mixed fleet to one server on premises with a web interface non specialists can use, replacing an expiring commercial endpoint backup licence where the budget is the constraint. 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 UrBackup?
- Bacula is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these UrBackup alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Backup, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare UrBackup against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against UrBackup 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 tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Backup category, 21 tools beside UrBackup. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.