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Backup & Recovery Champion |
In a total of 1,224 interviews with users of I.T. security solutions, across 50 different criteria, BackupAssist achieved the highest award possible – “Champion” status – beating out many market giants including Veritas, IBM, CA and Commvault. |
2019 Review |
"The Best Cloud Storage and Online Backup Services of 2019" BackupAssist is an ideal backup solution for a small business because it combines intuitive software with performance and affordability. |
Product of the Year - Finalist 2017 |
The extremely prestigious and competitive TechTarget awards, BackupAssist achieved finalist status, along with six other vendors that included IBM and Veeam. BackupAssist was the only vendor focused exclusively on SMEs, and the only vendor with a product priced starting at under $500. |
User Rating of 4.8/5 |
“Hassle-free backups everyday!” We've been using BackupAssist for 7 or 8 years now and have been very happy with it. We back up our servers to a NAS device in another one of our buildings. The backups always run as expected and we receive a detailed report via email after the backup is complete. |
Community Rating of 4.5/5 |
"Very high performance/price ratio" Works almost flawless in a small company setup (4 servers/26 workstations). We are fine with filesystem, SQL and Exchange backup. |
Claim your FREE 30 DAY LICENSE and get peace of mind today
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During your trial period, we will send you information on how to download and install BackupAssist Desktop, best practice backups for cyber-resilience, important recovery procedures, and of course the all-important Recovery Bible.
Software Updates
BackupAssist Desktop v14.0.2 (72.33 MB)
Upgrade from older versions including from BackupAssist WFH v12.x and earlier
Software Updates Without Prerequisites
BackupAssist Desktop v14.0.2 and dependencies (154.70 MB)
Legacy Versions
- Some of these older versions may not be supported.
- No further product updates will be supplied for theses versions.
- These versions can run on old operating systems and use technologies that are out of date.
- Our technical support staff will not support you some of these versions if you choose to install and run any of these versions.
- Review our EOL policy.
Supports: Windows 7, 8, 10 (32-bit/64-bit); Windows Server 2008 (64 bit)/ 2008 R2 / 2012/ 2012R2 (including Hyper-V); plus Windows SBS 2008 / 2011. Minimum Browser Versions Microsoft IE9,Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Google Chrome 19.0.
- Client-side software - BackupAssist Desktop comes deployed with the necessary Rsync libraries, so no additional software is required.
- Server-side software (where you are hosting your data) - You can host your data on any Windows or Linux machine. Additional software is required for Windows machines.
Most Linux distributions contain the prerequisites of a SSH server and Rsync. Please read our BackupAssist for Rsync Whitepaper for more information.
- License/Version - Both BackupAssist and the cwRsync package contains components with following terms of licensing:
Component | Version | Licensing | In Short | Download | Patches |
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Rsync | 3.0.7 | Rsync license | Free to use (GPL) | Download source | Rsync |
Cygwin and GNU tools | 1.5.25-15 | CYGWIN license | Free to use (GPL mostly) | Download source | |
OpenSSH | 5.1p1 | OpenSSH license | Free to use (BSD) | ||
OpenSSL | 0.9.8h | OpenSSL license | Free to use (BSD) | ||
cwRsync (the rest!) | 2.1.5 | cwRsync license | Free to use (MIT License) | ||
rsyncrypto | 1.12 | GPL | Free to use (GPL) | Download source | rsyncrypto |
Latest Reseller Versions
BackupAssist Desktop v14.0.2 (72.33 MB)
Upgrade from older versions including from BackupAssist WFH v12.x and earlier
Reseller Updates Without Prerequisites
BackupAssist Desktop v14.0.2 and dependencies (154.70 MB)
BackupAssist Desktop v14.0.2 .MSI installer (76.49 MB)
For remote and unattended installations of BackupAssist Desktop and for integration into system configuration suites.
Legacy Versions
- Some of these older versions may not be supported.
- No further product updates will be supplied for theses versions.
- These versions can run on old operating systems and use technologies that are out of date.
- Our technical support staff will not support you some of these versions if you choose to install and run any of these versions.
- Review our EOL policy.
Within 30 days, you'll master:
- Backup for essential and enhanced cyber-resilience.
- Full server recovery and Hyper-V rapid recovery.
- Restoring files, mailbox items in Exchange, and other common data retrieval tasks after user accidents.
- Advanced tasks like restoring Hyper-V VMs, SQL databases
Here’s a typical plan to become cyber-resilient within 30 days. It’ll take about 2-4 hours per week over the next four weeks. After the free trial, you won’t just have backups; you’ll also have a well tested disaster recovery plan that you can put into action when disaster strikes.
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You too can join the other hundreds of thousands of organizations in 165 countries that we've helped become cyber-resilient.
What do our clients say?
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
About backupassist
Linus Chang
Founder of BackupAssist
I first became aware of the need for backups when I worked at my university’s helpdesk. A PhD student come in with a broken floppy disk, asking for help. We tried some recovery techniques which failed… and then she broke down uncontrollably, seeing 3 years of her research and her mostly-complete thesis simply vanish.
Fast forward a few years, I saw the same problems in a business context. Why was it so difficult to back up a Windows Server? We were using batch scripts, and silent failures were a huge risk.
As a long time computer programmer (I started in 1985, aged 8, on the Apple //c), I decided to take action and write BackupAssist. That was in 2002. Fast forward to today, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of I.T. administrators get reliable backups, and most importantly, get their data back when it matters the most. We’ve done the thinking and hard work, so you can follow a simple plan.
In the age of cyber crime and ransomware – let’s all stay cyber-resilient.
Wilson Nheu
CEO at BackupAssist
Hello, I’m Wilson Nheu and I’m the CEO at BackupAssist.
I spent nearly 10 years leading the R&D department at BackupAssist before taking on my current role. That first-hand insight into the nuts and bolts of our software, combined with a passion for market strategy have led me to where I am today.
There have been so many changes in the backup industry in the past few years, and I’m certain there will be even more in the years to come. We here at BackupAssist want to ensure that your business is cyber-resilient enough to keep up with the ever-evolving cyber-threat landscape, but at a cost that provides exceptional value for your money.
My goal is to ensure that BackupAssist evolves with the changing landscape while continuing to provide you with the products and services that meet your business needs.