Backup Software Comparison Table
Features Summary SyncBackPro SyncBackSE
New in Version 6: Amazon S3 and Google Storage support
New in Version 6: Microsoft Azure support
New in Version 6: Backup of emails stored on a POP3/IMAP4 server
New in Version 6: Integration with SyncBack Management Service
New in Version 6: Can use a SysLog server for notification about profiles runs, creation, etc.
New in Version 6: SBHistory scripting object for access to profiles run history
New in Version 6: New script functions, function calls, and example scripts
Number of files included in backup/sync is no longer limited by free RAM
Scripting support (program and profiles can be configured using user created scripts)
Backup to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray with disk spanning (compression not required)
Backup to or restore from an email server (SMTP and POP3/IMAP4). This is not to be confused with synchronizing emails.
BZip2 compression (better compression ratio than Zip) LZMA compression used in the 7z format. A high compression ratio (generally higher than BZip2) and a variable compression-dictionary size (up to 4 GB) Profile can be automatically exported and added to root folder of CD/DVD/ISO
Automatic drive failure detection: checks for drive warnings or failure using S.M.A.R.T. (recorded in log file)
SyncBackPro supports SFTP as well as traditional FTP and FTPS
New in Version 6: Detect changes in file and folder name case and optionally correct them
New in Version 6: SmartSync options to skip and ignore changes
New in Version 6: Can choose what to do when cannot be prompted for action
New in Version 6: Option to not send log email if simulated run
New in Version 6: Can encrypt log file when emailed
New in Version 6: various command line parameters to display latest log file for a profile, switch monitors off, for Windows login password, clear SmartSync data etc.
New in Version 6: Copy symbolic links as-is
New in Version 6: Email bodies can now be plain text and/or HTML
New in Version 6: Can use hardware serial number for drive insert detection and in new variables
New in Version 6: Groups can also have time limits
New in Version 6: When running a profile because of file or folder changes then can set how long to wait with no changes before running profile
New in Version 6: new variables, e.g. HWSERIAL
New in Version 6: Regular expressions now treat the backslash character as a line separator
New in Version 6: Profile run history can be seen in profile setup window
New in Version 6:On Vista and newer, and if the locking application supports it, it can report the application that has a file locked
Free Technical Support
Copy open/locked (in-use) files (not Windows 2000)
Runs on server versions of Windows 2003 and above. File versioning so you can roll-back changes or deletions Incremental & differential backups
Fast Backup feature that can dramatically reduce backup time
Smart Synchronization (2-way file synchronisation) with fine-grained configuration options
Zip64 compression with unlimited file sizes and number of files
Zip64 compression with WinZip compatible 256-bit AES encryption
Create self-extracting Zip files
Backup to Zip files that can span removable media Backup to split Zip files
BWT compression (better compression for things like XML)
Supports UTF-8, MODE Z, XCRC, and MLSD/MLST FTP extensions for better performance
Backup to FTP using SSL/TLS connection Bandwidth throttling (FTP and network)
matching patterns in text data.
Email logs using SSL/TLS connection
Compress the log files when sending via email Use variables in source and destination paths Backup automatically when files change
Compare file contents from the Differences window (using external comparison programs)
Move files
Enable & disable profiles Automatically backup all profiles Run a profile on Windows logout Run a profile on Windows login
Run a profile automatically when external media is connected, e.g. a USB key is plugged in
Replace/delete files on reboot
Password protect profiles from modification and deletion
New in Version 6: Uses Windows 7/8 taskbar features - mousing over the task bar lets you stop and start profiles via that mini-window instead of the main window.
New in Version 6: Option to not log successfully copied, moved, or deleted files
New in Version 6: Profiles can be stored in the users roaming application data folder
New in Version 6: Option to ignore NTFS encrypted files
New in Version 6: Can stop Windows sleeping during long backups.
New in Version 6: Group settings main window lets you filter profiles listed
New in Version 6: /max prefix to maximize window when running programs in Run Before and Run After
New in Version 6: Profile result shows if profile aborted because too many files would be deleted
New in Version 6: Stop, pause, and resume buttons in progress panel
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Profile creation wizard
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Restore wizard
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Unicode enabled for multi-language filename support (including in Zip files and on FTP)
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Unlimited filename lengths (except for Zip compression)
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Run from external media, e.g. USB key
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Extensive and Comprehensive Help File
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Differences window that lets you change what actions to take with files
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: HTML log files that split into pages for easy access to what was copied, deleted, skipped, etc.
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Differences window showing what needs to be copied/deleted
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Run programs before and after profiles
profile based on the result of the Run Before program
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Start on Windows login
New to SyncBackFree Version 6: Fully Windows 8, 7 and 64-bit Compatible
Basic Backup Basic Synchronize
Restore - you do not require SyncBack/SE/Pro to restore files, and you have the option to use Windows Explorer to copy the files back to their original location if you wish
Does not use a proprietary file format to store backups - 'Backup files in native 'as is' format'
Schedule Backups
Fine-grained control over which files and folders to backup
Can stop an individual profile without stopping all the other profiles in the group
Zip compression Backup to FTP
Choose files and folders to backup Filters to include/exclude what to backup Email logs
Price SyncBackPro SyncBackSE
SyncBackPro & SyncBackSE backup software are commercial applications. SyncBackFree is free for personal, educational, charity, government, and commercial use.
US$54.95
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