BackupAssist keeps you in business when disaster strikes.
Survive cyber attacks, ransomware, natural disasters, hardware failures
and user accidents with the right backup and a clear path to recovery.
Be cyber-resilient.
- Protect Windows Servers, physical & virtual,
with disk-to-disk-to-cloud (D2D2C) backups. - Recover anywhere - locally or in the cloud.
- VM Instant Boot cuts downtime to near zero.
- Cyber-security features to combat ransomware and hacking.
- Protect Windows Servers, physical & virtual,
with traditional backup & recovery - Achieve onsite, offsite, offline backups
- Add-ons for Hyper-V, Exchange, SQL and tape
- Cyber-security features to combat ransomware and hacking.
- Protect Exchange mailboxes, Sharepoint documents and OneDrive for Business.
- Keep local copies of your cloud data.
- Full data ownership and control
- Extremely cost effective, no hosting costs.
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BackupAssist Products
BackupAssist Classic is licensed perpetually, with optional add-on features at extra cost. An optional BackupCare subscription provides enhanced protection.
BackupAssist 365 and BackupAssist ER are licensed through annual subscriptions.
All products are also available through our MSP program.
Perpetual with multiple options
Backups
Back up selected data volumes and applications, or entire Windows systems.
Back up individual selected files from the local machine or from your network servers. Or back up local Microsoft applications (Hyper-V, Exchange, SQL) in full, or selected components only, to match your specific needs.
Recoveries
Recover a specific version of files, mail items and mailboxes from the backup to where you need them, including to the original location.
Recover application-specific data, or entire applications for Hyper-V, Exchange and SQL Servers.
For BackupAssist Classic, advanced recovery features may require an add-on.
Destinations
Store your backups in a locally accessible storage device.
BackupAssist Classic also supports backup to rotating/archive media.
Store your backups in public or private cloud storage - e.g. Azure, AWS, Wasabi, BackBlaze and MinIO.
For BackupAssist Classic, Cloud backup is an add-on feature.
Take advantage of your specialized infrastructure to store your backups.
Tape backup is an add-on feature for BackupAssist Classic.
Cyber-security
Protect your backups from ransomware with CryptoSafeGuard. Retrieve and store forensic data with your backups with Cyber Black Box.
For BackupAssist Classic, these features require a BackupCare subscription.
BackupAssist Classic is licensed perpetually, with optional add-on features at extra cost. An optional BackupCare subscription provides enhanced protection.
BackupAssist 365 and BackupAssist ER are licensed through annual subscriptions.
All products are also available through our MSP program.
All-in-one subscription
Backups
Back up selected data volumes and applications, or entire Windows systems.
Back up individual selected files from the local machine or from your network servers. Or back up local Microsoft applications (Hyper-V, Exchange, SQL) in full, or selected components only, to match your specific needs.
Recoveries
Recover a specific version of files, mail items and mailboxes from the backup to where you need them, including to the original location.
Recover application-specific data, or entire applications for Hyper-V, Exchange and SQL Servers.
For BackupAssist Classic, advanced recovery features may require an add-on.
Destinations
Store your backups in a locally accessible storage device.
BackupAssist Classic also supports backup to rotating/archive media.
Store your backups in public or private cloud storage - e.g. Azure, AWS, Wasabi, BackBlaze and MinIO.
For BackupAssist Classic, Cloud backup is an add-on feature.
Take advantage of your specialized infrastructure to store your backups.
Tape backup is an add-on feature for BackupAssist Classic.
Cyber-security
Protect your backups from ransomware with CryptoSafeGuard. Retrieve and store forensic data with your backups with Cyber Black Box.
For BackupAssist Classic, these features require a BackupCare subscription.
BackupAssist Classic is licensed perpetually, with optional add-on features at extra cost. An optional BackupCare subscription provides enhanced protection.
BackupAssist 365 and BackupAssist ER are licensed through annual subscriptions.
All products are also available through our MSP program.
All-in-one subscription
Backups
Back up selected data volumes and applications, or entire Windows systems.
Back up individual selected files from the local machine or from your network servers. Or back up local Microsoft applications (Hyper-V, Exchange, SQL) in full, or selected components only, to match your specific needs.
Recoveries
Recover a specific version of files, mail items and mailboxes from the backup to where you need them, including to the original location.
Recover application-specific data, or entire applications for Hyper-V, Exchange and SQL Servers.
For BackupAssist Classic, advanced recovery features may require an add-on.
Destinations
Store your backups in a locally accessible storage device.
BackupAssist Classic also supports backup to rotating/archive media.
Store your backups in public or private cloud storage - e.g. Azure, AWS, Wasabi, BackBlaze and MinIO.
For BackupAssist Classic, Cloud backup is an add-on feature.
Take advantage of your specialized infrastructure to store your backups.
Tape backup is an add-on feature for BackupAssist Classic.
Cyber-security
Protect your backups from ransomware with CryptoSafeGuard. Retrieve and store forensic data with your backups with Cyber Black Box.
For BackupAssist Classic, these features require a BackupCare subscription.
Compare BackupAssist Products
BackupAssist Classic is licensed perpetually, with optional add-on features at extra cost. An optional BackupCare subscription provides enhanced protection.
BackupAssist 365 and BackupAssist ER are licensed through annual subscriptions.
All products are also available through our MSP program.
Perpetual with multiple options
All-in-one subscription
All-in-one subscription
Backups
Back up selected data volumes and applications, or entire Windows systems.
Back up individual selected files from the local machine or from your network servers. Or back up local Microsoft applications (Hyper-V, Exchange, SQL) in full, or selected components only, to match your specific needs.
Recoveries
Recover a specific version of files, mail items and mailboxes from the backup to where you need them, including to the original location.
Recover application-specific data, or entire applications for Hyper-V, Exchange and SQL Servers.
For BackupAssist Classic, advanced recovery features may require an add-on.
Destinations
Store your backups in a locally accessible storage device.
BackupAssist Classic also supports backup to rotating/archive media.
Store your backups in public or private cloud storage - e.g. Azure, AWS, Wasabi, BackBlaze and MinIO.
For BackupAssist Classic, Cloud backup is an add-on feature.
Take advantage of your specialized infrastructure to store your backups.
Tape backup is an add-on feature for BackupAssist Classic.
Cyber-security
Protect your backups from ransomware with CryptoSafeGuard. Retrieve and store forensic data with your backups with Cyber Black Box.
For BackupAssist Classic, these features require a BackupCare subscription.

Who uses BackupAssist?
Is it the right backup for me?
- Small and medium businesses (up to 500 staff),
- Corporates,
- Government departments, essential services,
- Universities and schools,
- Non-profits and NGOs.
How can BackupAssist help me? It's easy to find out!
What is Cyber-Resilience? How are backups key?
Organizations need cyber-resilience
Almost every organization relies on I.T. infrastructure to function – and that infrastructure can be damaged or sabotaged by:
- hacking, ransomware and other forms of cyber attack
- physical destruction – fire, flood, earthquake
- theft
- hardware failures
- user deletions – accidentally or intentionally.
In all cases, the surest path to resilience is the right backup strategy.
Backups need cyber-resilience too
Backups must also be cyber-resilient – that is, able to withstand attack by cyber criminals. Our CryptoSafeGuard and Cyber Black Box features are industry first cyber-security features that make backups resilient.
What makes the right Windows Server Backup Software?
For Windows Servers, the availability of the server and the applications and data on it are solely your responsibility. Therefore, the right backup and recovery software must provide comprehensive backup and recovery options.
Backup Capabilities
- Full server backups, including (where applicable) Active Directory, Hyper-V, Exchange Server, SQL Server.
- File based backups with version history.
- Back up to different destinations: USB HDD, NAS, Cloud storage, RDX.
- Variety of onsite, offsite and offline recovery points.
- Multiple backups and backup types for multiple layers of protection.
- Safeguards that protect the backups from corruption by ransomware.
Recovery and Retention
- Full server recovery (to same or dissimilar hardware) – for business continuity with minimal downtime.
- Point-in-time recovery of files and folders.
- Granular restore of lost emails, contacts, notes.
- Long-term data retention to satisfy compliance obligations.
- Encryption for sensitive backup data to secure against data breach.
- You control where your data is, 100% of the time.
Cyber-security focus
- Features to protect the backups from ransomware attack
- Alerts when suspicious activities affecting the backups are detected
- Securing backup configuration changes against unauthorized modifications
- Forensic activity logging to assist in cyber investigations and help prevent repeat attacks
What makes the right Office 365 Backup Software?
For Office 365, Microsoft provides guarantees of service availability, and provides some limited versioning and data retention (by default, 14 days of deleted emails and 93 days of deleted files in SharePoint and OneDrive for Business). Other cloud providers of hosted Exchange and IMAP mailboxes generally offer something similar.
The right backup software solution for Office 365, hosted Exchange and hosted files should provide superior data backup and recovery options.
Backup Capabilities
- Backup of Office 365 mailboxes, hosted Exchange, IMAP mailboxes.
- Backup SharePoint documents.
- Backup OneDrive for Business.
- Ability to store backups offline to combat hacking and sabotage.
Recovery and Data Retention
- File versioning and deleted item retention.
- Point-in-time recovery of files and folders.
- Granular recovery of individual emails, contacts, calendar items, notes, etc.
- Long-term data retention to satisfy compliance obligations.
- Encryption for sensitive backup data to secure against data breach.
- And importantly, it should fit within your budget.
- You control where your data is, 100% of the time.
Testimonials
BackupAssist has been very effective at supporting our data recovery requirements, providing us with maximum uptime regardless of whether system data became corrupted or was missing due to human error.
The software has served our organization reliably for years and we highly recommend it for both physical and virtual IT environments.
Arquitectonica
The feature set in version 10 is ideal for our operations and is expected to enhance our backup infrastructure with fast recovery, increased storage efficiency and superior data encryption.
Charlotte Behavioral Health Care
This is exactly the position some of my colleagues have found themselves in – it was ugly – and it wasn’t anything I wanted even the remotest possibility of having to deal with here. BackupAssist’s CryptoSafeGuard will deliver the extra layer of protection organizations need at an affordable price.
City of Milpitas, California
Industry Awards & Reviews

Backup & Recovery Champion
TechConsult Professional User Rating

Product of the Year - Finalist 2017
Data backup and recovery software

Capterra user rating - 4.8/5
“Hassle-free backups everyday!”

2019 Review
"The Best Cloud Storage and Online Backup Services of 2019"

Spiceworks Community Rating: 4.5/5
"Very high performance/price ratio."
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BackupAssist Classic has a host of features that give you flexible choices over what kind of backup technologies you use, how much data is stored, when your backups run, and how long your backups are kept. Did you know that it also provides you with full control of your data privacy, sovereignty, accessibility and anonymity?