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CloudBerry Backup allows archiving data to all major public cloud storage services, including Amazon Glacier, Azure Archive Cold Blob Storage, and Google Coldline. Enhanced archive mode in CloudBerry Backup automatically merges your files into a single archive which is then uploaded to the backup storage. Jun 05, 2019  Cloudberry Backup Ultimate is a business-oriented Bring-Your-Own-Storage (BYOS) platform through which you can manage your backup solutions in one dashboard. You can hook up either cloud storage apps, such as Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure, or your own local device, be it a USB stick, an external hard drive, or a server.

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CloudBerry Backup is uniquely versatile backup program that covers just about any mixed storage scenario. Have some data on OneDrive that you want to back up to Google Drive? CloudBerry can do that. Want to back up the data from your Documents folder to BackBlaze and your home NAS box? Easy-peasy. From your PC to an external hard drive as well as Google drive? No big deal. CloudBerry’s scope is truly dizzying.

Alas, the language, concepts, and sheer number of options can be dizzying for non-IT types, and you’ll need to spend at least $120 to acquire disaster recovery features. The good news? There’s a free version that takes care of the cloud and local backup basics.

This review is part of our ongoing roundup of the best Windows backup software. Go there for information on competing products and how we rated them.

Features

As you might guess from the name, CloudBerry Backup’s best trick is interfacing between online backup and storage services. It will connect a plethora of them with read/write access, and as I mentioned, copy data from one to the other. As I write this, I’m backing up my phone data stored on OneDrive to Google Drive.

The list of supported services is impressive. Just some of the biggies are Amazon S3 and Glacier, Microsoft One Drive and Azure, Google Drive, BackBlaze, etc. But there are a whole lot more, as shown in the screen capture below.

As so many services are included, I was a perplexed to find the popular Dropbox missing from the list. CloudBerry said it was looking into it. Apple’s iCloud is not supported, because the folks in Cupertino don’t allow third parties to access the service in that fashion.

Not just about online

While the one-job (“plan,” in CloudBerry-speak), service-to-service backup is CloudBerry’s raison d’etre, it can also back up from your local computer to an online storage service, and from your PC to local destinations such as USB hard drives, NAS boxes, and other PCs on your network. It even supports FTP, which means you can set up your own remote backups. The pricier versions also support imaging (backing up entire drives or partitions) and restoring to different hardware.

CloudBerry Backup is also supreme configurable, as you can see from the dialog shown above. There’s scheduling, retention settings, inclusion/exclusion filtering of files, file versioning (or not), and a whole lot more. For experienced users, it’s great. For the user who just wants to click a button and have their stuff well and truly backed up, not so much. To be fair, if you simply ignore all the options and click-through, you should be fine.

Note that CloudBerry Backup does not sync/mirror as such; however, there is an option to delete files from the destination that have been deleted from the source, which is similar. Even better, you can define how long before the delete occurs, as a safety net. Yup, like I just said, options are a good thing!

Design and performance

CloudBerry Backup is easy on the eye, if not particularly modern, and the interface is intuitively laid out. It’s easy if you know what you’re doing and are familiar with the backup universe. However, as with so many Windows backup programs, it’s not newbie-friendly.

Concepts such as “bare metal” (restoring to a different PC with different hardware) and “file system storage account” (for backing up to local drives) can be tough sledding for the less-experienced. To be fair, it’s obvious from the company website that the program is largely aimed at the IT market, and the free version is a bit of an afterthought. Hence the geekiness.

To its credit, CloudBerry, unlike many backup programs that offer only one destination for your backup, allows you two: one online and one local. That said, unlimited destinations for each data set would be better to cut down on confusion and the number of plans you must create.

CloudBerry performed flawlessly in all my testing, which included online to online, PC to online, PC to USB, PC to NAS backups. The only bug I spotted was an endless loop when using the “Adding CloudBerry Remote Assistant” option while creating bootable media. It kept downloading the assistant, then not creating the disk. Said disk, once created, booted fine, and my small restore went off without a hitch.

Versions and price

CloudBerry Backup is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, both clients and servers. The free version is limited to managing 200GB of data, and there’s only forum support from your peers, while the $30 desktop version offers company support and can handle up to 5TB of data. To get imaging or disaster recovery features, you’ll need to plop down at least $120 for server edition (Windows or Linux). Note that I did not test the SQL or Exchange backup facilities in the more expensive versions. You can find a full version comparison at the very bottom of the CloudBerry Backup product page.

End users: Stick with the free version

CloudBerry Backup in its full glory is impressive in its scope. Advanced users should check out the free or desktop version, and anyone doing IT should check out the desktop and server versions. But it’s a handful for the average user, who might be better off with something easier such as Aomei’s MultCloud for syncing their online services. And if you’re simply looking to back up your computer’s data, check out our guides to the best Windows backup software and the best online backup services.

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    Though the concepts and language aren't newbie friendly, CloudBerry Backup is a multi-tool par excellence. It interfaces with nearly all the online storage services, while providing local file and image backup as well as first-class disaster recovery with boot media. It's the most comprehensive backup solution out there. Take a look.

    Pros

    • Backs up to local media and online services
    • Backs up from one online service to another

    Cons

    • Language and concepts are needlessly arcane
    • Lacks the imaging and recovery features of the $120 version

Coupon Codes

MSP360 Backup
Developer(s)MSP360
Initial releaseApril 2009; 10 years ago
Stable release
5.9 (Windows) / 15 June 2018 (15 months ago)[1];
2.6 (Mac/Linux) / 4 September 2018 (12 months ago)[2]
Operating systemWindows Server, Windows, macOS, Linux
TypeOnline backup
LicenseFreemium
Websitewww.cloudberrylab.com/backup.aspx

MSP360 Backup (former CloudBerry Backup) is an online backup app developed by MSP360. The software is integrated with 3rd-party cloud storage providers and supports data backup and restore for Windows (desktop and servers), macOS and Linux. Additionally, it offers support for Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, VMware, Hyper-V, Office 365 and G Suite (Google Apps).

MSP360 Backup is available in several commercial editions as well as a free offering (MSP360 Backup Desktop Free). MSP360 Managed Backup is a SaaS solution and is designed to help manage backup and recovery across multiple computers or servers.

  • 1MSP360 Backup
    • 1.3Features
  • 2MSP360 Managed Backup
  • 3Reception & Recognition

MSP360 Backup[edit]

MSP360 Backup is designed to automate the backup and recovery of files, folders, and system images. It is storage-agnostic, meaning storage is decoupled from the backup license. Customers work directly with the cloud storage providers that have the pricing and features they need. MSP360 Backup supports over 20 cloud storage providers, including: Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, OpenStack, S3 Compatible, and others.[3][4][5][6] MSP360 Backup supports multiple data storage tiers, including lower cost options like Microsoft Azure Cool Blob Storage and Archive Blob Storage[7], Amazon S3 Infrequent Access and Glacier, and Google Cloud Storage Nearline and Coldline[8][9].

History[edit]

The 2011, MSP360 Backup was released with support for Amazon S3.[10] It was subsequently updated with support for Microsoft Azure[11], Google Cloud Platform[12] and a number of other cloud vendors.

In late 2011, MSP360 released a Windows Server Edition, followed by support for Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, and Bare Metal Restore.[13]

MSP360 Backup added additional operating system support for Linux and macOS in 2015.[14][15] A freeware version of MSP360 Backup also appeared that year.[16][17]

Technology[edit]

MSP360 Backup is written primarily in the C# and C++. programming languages. Windows versions also rely on .NET, while MSP360 Managed Backup is built using C#, Asp.NET, Angular, and Node.js.

Features[edit]

MSP360 Backup provides backup and recovery functionality to / from the cloud, local storage, and network shares.

User interfaces[edit]

Backup and recovery plans can be configured using a graphical user interface.[3][18] A command-line interface is also available for all editions of MSP360 Backup on all supported operating systems (Windows, macOS, and Linux).[4][19]

Backup and Restore Optimizations[edit]

MSP360 has developed a proprietary block-level algorithm that speeds data uploads during backups to the cloud.[20] In addition, the company uses a proprietary image-based algorithm to back up complete systems as image files, while retaining the ability to recover only specific files from within those images, if desired.[21]

MSP360 Backup supports the recovery of images directly to cloud-based virtual server services such as Amazon EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, and Google Compute Engine, as well as to bare-metal devices. The product can restore system images to computers with no operating system installed by using bootable USB or ISO disk images.[22][4]

MSP360 Backup software supports synthetic full backup functionality for Amazon S3 and Wasabi Hot Storage. When performing a typical incremental backup sequence, it is advised to perform full backups from time to time. Which is time and resource consuming. To reduce the bandwidth and amount of data uploaded, with synthetic full backup feature software scans the data, previously backed up to the storage and uploads only new and modified blocks instead of the full set of files. According to MSP360 tests, synthetic full backups are up to 80 percent faster than a typical full image-based backup.[23][6][24]

Application-Aware Backup[edit]

MSP360 Backup can perform backups of Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange databases and recover them to an active, running state.[6][22][25] On Linux, MSP360 Backup allows users to back up files and folders to cloud storage. The product supports a variety of Linux distributions, including: Ubuntu, Debian, SUSE, Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, Oracle Linux and Amazon Linux.[26]

Backup, Compression and Encryption Options[edit]

MSP360 Backup can be configured to perform a complete backup of a file directory or disk image. It also supports incremental backup functionality at the block level, meaning that users are able to back up only new or updated portions of files after an initial backup has been completed.[25]

Backups can be executed manually or via custom schedules.[27]

MSP360 Backup supports file compression and 256-bit AES encryption. Server-side encryption (encryption-at-rest) for cloud storage with support and filename encryption are also available.[28][25][6]

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Data Recovery and Restoration[edit]

MSP360 Backup provides flexible data recovery options. Backups can be restored to physical, virtual, or cloud virtual machines.[29] The product can restore all files from a backup, or recover selected individual files. The product includes a recovery wizard that guides users through the data restoration process.[30]

Other Features[edit]

MSP360 features also include:

  • Email notifications to alert users about the status of backup and recovery operations.[27][4]
  • Granular control of the backup process and file versioning.[31]
  • Flexible configuration of data retention policies.[4]
  • Support for hybrid backup (local and cloud backup in a single pass.[32][25]

Editions and Versions[edit]

MSP360 Backup is available in several editions, each designed to address different use cases. Windows Desktop edition is intended for file and image-based backups, whereas the Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, and Ultimate editions are designed to meet the needs of businesses running Windows Server.[31][27] MacOS and Linux editions address backup needs on those platforms.[5][33][26]

Pricing[edit]

Pricing for MSP360 products is based on a one-time purchase fee. Purchasers pay the one-time fee for each computer, server or other devices on which they want to operate MSP360. Pricing is per device, not per user; once a license has been purchased for a device, there is no limit on the number of users or accounts that can operate the product from that device or how long they can use the product.[34]

Free versions of CloudBerry Backup are available for personal use as well.[35]

MSP360 Managed Backup[edit]

MSP360 Managed Backup is a SaaS solution designed for managed service providers (MSPs) and businesses that need a way to centrally manage backup with their customers and within their environments. The hosted SaaS solution provides the means to manage and monitor large environments from a single dashboard. [36][4]

MSP360 Managed Backup uses a subscription-based licensing model. It supports white-labeling / rebranded so managed service providers can sell backup as a service under their own brand.[37]

Third-Party Integration[edit]

MSP360 Managed Backup is integrated with Autotask, ConnectWise, Optitune, Office 365, Google G Suite, and NinjaRMM.

Reception & Recognition[edit]

Awards and Partnerships[edit]

MSP360 Backup has received several awards, including the latest Silver Stevie Award in 2018.[38] The product has constantly been ranked as one of the market leaders by G2 Crowd, which updates its rankings every three months.[39]

MSP360, the developer of MSP360 Backup, is a Gold winner in the SMB Product of the Year category in Best in Biz Awards 2018 International.[40]

In addition to these awards, MSP360 holds partnerships or certifications with Microsoft, VMWare, Google Cloud, ConnectWise, Oracle, OpenStack, and Amazon Web Services[41][42][43].

Product Reviews[edit]

  • 4/5 iMore.com[5]
  • 4/5 Gartner Peer Insights[44]
  • 4.5/5 The Windows Club[25]
  • 4/5 IT PRO[45]
  • 3.5/5 PCWorld.com[31]
  • 3.5/5 PCMag.com[27]

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

References[edit]

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