Compare SyncToy and Carbonite Online Backup - Mar 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SyncToy or Carbonite Online Backup?

Carbonite Online Backup is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SyncToy, and Carbonite Online Backup is rated higher (91/100) than SyncToy (88/100). Carbonite Online Backup offers users more features (7) than SyncToy (3).

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:

Microsoft Vs. Carbonite

Microsoft: Microsoft Corporation is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Carbonite: Since we launched Carbonite in 2005, we've backed up more than 300 billion files. Today we back up more than 350 million files every day. More importantly, we have restored nearly 20 billion files that would have been lost forever without us. We proved that simple is better. Carbonite has been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, New York...

Who is more expensive? SyncToy or Carbonite Online Backup?

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 SyncToy and Carbonite Online Backup.

SyncToy price Has a free version , On a scale between 1 to 10 SyncToy is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Backup software. Carbonite Online Backup price starts at $6 per month , When comparing Carbonite Online Backup to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Backup software cost.

Bottom line: Carbonite Online Backup is more expensive than SyncToy.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

Carbonite Online Backup: Access to open/locked files, Automatic update, Backup history, File sharing, Full Backup.

Target customer size

SyncToy's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, Carbonite is suitable for all business sizes as well as personal users.