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title: Best Backup Software
canonical: https://saasranked.com/best/backup-software/
facts_checked: 2026-10-08
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# Best Backup Software

Back up a Windows PC so you can get files, or the whole system, back after a failure, theft or ransomware. 9 backup tools ranked by points out of 100 from 13 published rules. Method: https://saasranked.com/best/backup-software/how-we-score/

| # | Product | Points | What it backs up | Where backups go | Safety and recovery | Price | First-year price, one PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [EaseUS Todo Backup](https://saasranked.com/software/easeus-todo-backup.md) | 100 | 30/30 | 20/20 | 25/25 | 25/25 | $39.95/yr |
| 2 | [Duplicati](https://saasranked.com/software/duplicati.md) | 86 | 22/30 | 20/20 | 19/25 | 25/25 | $24/yr |
| 3 | [Paragon Backup & Recovery Community Edition](https://saasranked.com/software/paragon-backup-recovery.md) | 84 | 30/30 | 10/20 | 19/25 | 25/25 | $19.95/yr |
| 4 | [IDrive](https://saasranked.com/software/idrive.md) | 82 | 30/30 | 15/20 | 19/25 | 18/25 | $3/yr |
| 5 | [AOMEI Backupper](https://saasranked.com/software/aomei-backupper.md) | 82 | 30/30 | 15/20 | 12/25 | 25/25 | $39.95/yr |
| 6 | [Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows FREE](https://saasranked.com/software/veeam-agent.md) | 77 | 30/30 | 10/20 | 12/25 | 25/25 | $0 |
| 7 | [Acronis True Image](https://saasranked.com/software/acronis-true-image.md) | 75 | 30/30 | 15/20 | 25/25 | 5/25 | $49.99/yr |
| 8 | [Windows Backup (built into Windows)](https://saasranked.com/software/windows-backup.md) | 48 | 8/30 | 15/20 | 0/25 | 25/25 | $0 |
| 9 | [Backblaze Computer Backup](https://saasranked.com/software/backblaze.md) | 25 | 14/30 | 5/20 | 6/25 | 0/25 | $99/yr |

## 1. EaseUS Todo Backup

Best for: Home users who want a free edition with schedules and encryption. EaseUS Todo Backup suits home users who want a free tool that already schedules and encrypts backups, with a cheap upgrade path. Home adds restore to different hardware and Security Zone, a hidden partition that ransomware cannot reach. The catch: public cloud destinations take file backups only, not system images.

## 2. Duplicati

Best for: People who want free encrypted backups to cloud storage they already pay for. Duplicati suits people who want free, encrypted backups to storage they choose, from a USB drive to Amazon S3 or OneDrive. It sends only changed blocks, runs on a schedule and can lock backups against deletion on supported clouds. Full-disk backups are documented, but Duplicati does not describe its own rescue media, so a full restore starts from separate recovery media.

## 3. Paragon Backup & Recovery Community Edition

Best for: Home users who want a free system image backup to a local or external drive. The free Community Edition suits home users who want a system image and a bootable rescue stick at no cost. Paying for Hard Disk Manager Advanced adds disk copying, partitioning and email alerts, and it is sold as a perpetual licence as well as a subscription. The catch: Paragon lists no cloud destination, and the Community Edition is for non-commercial use only.

## 4. IDrive

Best for: Households backing up several PCs who also want a full system image. IDrive suits people who want both cloud and local backup, including a whole-machine image, from one app. Personal covers several computers under one user, and the free Basic plan and the $3-a-year Mini plan cost little to start. The catch is the yearly price: Personal discounts apply only to the first year, and IDrive warns that whole-machine restores may fail on dissimilar hardware.

## 5. AOMEI Backupper

Best for: Home users who want a one-time licence and a free starting point. AOMEI Backupper suits home users who want to start free and then buy once rather than subscribe. Professional adds encryption, automatic cleanup of old backups and Universal Restore to new hardware. The catch: AOMEI documents no ransomware shield for backup files, and its own cloud takes file backups only.

## 6. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows FREE

Best for: People who want free, scheduled image backups to a USB drive or NAS. Veeam Agent FREE suits people who want scheduled image backups at no cost and back up to a USB drive or NAS. It restores a whole system with bare-metal recovery, even on new hardware. The catch: the Free edition allows one backup job and no cloud or object storage, which is also where Veeam's immutable backups live.

## 7. Acronis True Image

Best for: People who want backup and ransomware protection in one subscription. Acronis True Image suits people who want imaging, cloud backup and ransomware protection from one vendor. All plans include full-image backup, the Survival Kit recovery drive and anti-ransomware protection, and backups use AES-256 encryption. The catch is the price: there is no free edition or one-time licence, and Essentials, the cheapest plan, has no cloud storage.

## 8. Windows Backup (built into Windows)

Best for: People who want free file backup without installing anything. The tools built into Windows suit people who only need their files backed up and already use OneDrive or an external drive. They cost nothing and need no install. The catch: Microsoft has deprecated its system image tool and documents no encryption or retention settings for these backups, so a full-system backup needs another product.

## 9. Backblaze Computer Backup

Best for: People who want hands-off, unlimited cloud backup of their files. Backblaze suits people who want every personal file and connected external drive backed up to the cloud without setting anything up. Storage is unlimited and one year of version history is free. The catch: it backs up files only, not Windows or programs, and saves only to Backblaze's own cloud.