Clonezilla vs Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis Cyber Protect: Acronis Cyber Protect includes system backup and restoration, the same job Clonezilla covers, with added cybersecurity features.
Clonezilla
Free disk cloning and imaging solution
As of 13 November 2026, Clonezilla is free to use. Clonezilla is a free, open-source partition and disk imaging/cloning program. Softwr lists it under Backup. Clonezilla is made by NCHC, launched in 2004, available on Linux, Windows.
Overview
What Clonezilla does
Clonezilla is a free, open-source partition and disk imaging/cloning program. It supports multiple file systems, multicast deployment for mass cloning, and can be run from live CD/USB for bare metal deployment.
What people use it for
- System backup and cloning
- Disk imaging and restoration
- Mass deployment scenarios
- Enterprise-scale cloning operations
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Clonezilla.
- The destination partition must be equal to or larger than the source partition
- Differential and incremental backup is not implemented
- Online imaging and cloning is not implemented; the partition being imaged or cloned has to be unmounted first
- The image format cannot be explored or mounted, so a single file cannot be recovered from an image
- Recovery media spanning multiple CDs or DVDs is not implemented; the recovery ISO must fit on one disc
- Clonezilla SE requires a DRBL server to be prepared in advance and the target machine to boot from the network
- Runs only on x86 or x86-64 processors and needs at least 196 MB of RAM
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Pricing
What Clonezilla costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Disk cloning
- Multicast
- Multiple file systems
Capabilities
Features
Disk/partition imaging
Disk cloning
Multicast deployment
Multiple file systems
Encryption support
Unattended mode
PXE boot
Integration with PXE boot
DRBL
Integration with DRBL
Samba
Integration with Samba
NFS
Integration with NFS
SSH
Integration with SSH
Linux support
Available on linux
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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Is Clonezilla free?
Yes, Clonezilla is completely free and open-source software licensed under GNU General Public License version 2. There are no paid versions, premium features, or subscription costs.
SourceWhat Clonezilla editions are available at no cost?
All three editions are free: Clonezilla Live for individual machine backups, Clonezilla Lite Server for mass deployment, and Clonezilla SE for large-scale enterprise cloning operations.
SourceCan I use Clonezilla commercially?
Yes, Clonezilla's GPL v2 license allows free commercial use. The software is open-source and requires no licensing fees for any deployment scenario.
Behind it
Who makes Clonezilla
- Company
- NCHC
- Based in
- Taiwan
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