Carbonite provides automatic, continuous cloud backup for Windows and Mac, with Home and Business plans that are designed to be simple to set up and leave running.
Each app below addresses a specific gap in Carbonite's offering. We picked them based on real user review patterns and feature differentiation.
Backblaze Personal Backup offers truly unlimited storage for one Mac or PC at $9/mo or $99/yr. It runs silently in the background, backs up external drives (on higher plans), and supports file restore via browser download or a physical USB/hard drive shipment.
Explore Backblaze data →iDrive backs up unlimited devices — PCs, Macs, iPhones, Android, and NAS — under one subscription. It offers continuous backup, 30-day snapshots, and a physical data restore by mail service. The free tier includes 10 GB.
Explore iDrive data →Acronis combines full-image and file-level backup with active ransomware protection, vulnerability assessment, and antivirus. It supports bare-metal restore and universal restore across hardware. Available for home and business users.
Explore Acronis Cyber Protect data →CrashPlan for Small Business offers unlimited backup per device with continuous backup, 90-day version history, and support for external hard drives. It dropped its home plan in 2017 and focuses exclusively on business customers.
Explore CrashPlan data →Veeam is the leading backup solution for VMware and Hyper-V environments, with support for physical servers, NAS, and cloud workloads. It offers instant VM recovery, replication, and ransomware protection. Primarily for IT professionals.
Explore Veeam Backup data →Arq is a desktop backup application with a one-time license fee. It backs up to Backblaze B2, AWS S3, Google Drive, or any SFTP/WebDAV destination. Strong encryption, versioning, and deduplication are built in.
Explore Arq Backup data →Carbonite was acquired by OpenText in 2019 and is now bundled with Webroot security products under the OpenText portfolio.
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