Carbonite Online Backup - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 13, 2022

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Carbonite Online Backup vs. Alternatives in 2023

Although Carbonite online backup has its own customer base, there are several competitors. The three tough competitors of Carbonite are FBackup, Norton online backup, and IDrive.

• Functionality: FBackup is a cloud-based application that helps businesses back up their data. Users can back up and archive the sources using zip compression, allowing backup zip files to be larger than 2GB. Password protection is available for these zip files. In addition, users can take advantage of several free backup plugins. Norton online backup is an online backup solution that helps organizations secure their data from theft, data erasure, and data loss.
  
  This app uses government-grade encryption to keep sensitive data safe. Norton online backup supports both Windows and Mac OS with a single subscription. IDrive is a cloud-based server backup solution that allows users to various backup devices, including servers and mobile devices, all from a single account.
  
  In addition, it offers an online file sync functionality that allows the user to sync files and folders in real-time. It also stores the users historical data, allowing for point-in-time recovery and restoration for up to 30 file versions. The dashboards assist in managing all remote computer backups and push the change to backup sets, allowing the devices to operate almost in real-time. IDrive also has a free version available.
• Levels of services: FBackup offers various features such as Automatic backup, mirror backup, cloud backup, ransomware protection, backup open files, action-defined backups, multiple back-ups, backup with zip compression, backup plugins, multi-lingual and automatic updates. The most prominent features of Norton online backup include automatic backup, file transferring, Mac and Windows support, web-based restore, accidental deletion protection, keyword search, and file compression features.
  
  IDrive offers several features including, backup log, backup scheduling, recover & restore, cloud backup, compression, continuous backup, disaster recovery, encryption, incremental backup, local server options, multiple system support, remote server options, filter/search, secure data storage, VM backup, and restoration.
• Support: Users can get help from FBackup and Norton through emails and phone support. FBackup also provides support through FAQ/forums. IDrive supports its users through live videos, webinars, documentation, and chat. Whereas Carbonite backup is available with the help of the users via email, live chat, and documentation.