Compare BackupPC and SyncToy - Apr 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BackupPC or SyncToy?

SyncToy is more expensive to implement (TCO) than BackupPC, and SyncToy is rated higher (88/100) than BackupPC (85/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.

Looking for the right Backup solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

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Zmanda A Corbonite Company: BackupPC is a utility to backup multiple systems to a disk-based file system. The key feature of BackupPC is file-level De-Duplication. Combined with an open source compression scheme, this saves a tremendous amount of disk space by backing up only one copy of identical files (even if the file had different names on different systems), and enables...

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Who is more expensive? BackupPC or SyncToy?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Backup software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for BackupPC and SyncToy.

BackupPC price starts at $49.95 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 BackupPC is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Backup software. SyncToy price Has a free version , When comparing SyncToy to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Backup software cost.

Bottom line: SyncToy is more expensive than BackupPC.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared BackupPC Vs. SyncToy based on some of the most important and required Backup features.

BackupPC: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

SyncToy: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

BackupPC's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and SyncToy's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.