Active@ Disk Image vs FSArchiver
Active@ Disk Image
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| Figure | Active@ Disk Image | FSArchiver |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · Disk Imaging Software | 8.5 (#9) | 7.6 (#21) |
| Encryption | The feature list states that image encryption supports AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256. | The site says archives can be encrypted with a password using Blowfish from libgcrypt. |
| Purpose | The software makes an exact copy of PC disks and stores it as an image for backup, upgrades, duplication, or recovery. | FSArchiver saves filesystem contents to compressed archives and can restore them to differently sized partitions or different filesystems. |
Plans
Active@ Disk Image
- FreewareFree
- Professional TrialFree
- Personal Standard$49, paid once
- Business Standard$59, paid once
- Personal Professional$79, paid once
- Business Professional$109, paid once
- Enterprise Standard$2,795, paid once
- Enterprise Professional$5,499, paid once
In their own words
Active@ Disk Image
Active@ Disk Image creates disk images for PC backup, upgrades, duplication, and recovery. It can image occupied clusters or capture raw sectors, then restore those images. Its tools include compression, image verification, splitting files into chunks, and mounting an image as a virtual drive. Standard and Professional feature listings include incremental and differential images; scheduled backups and scripting are also listed. A WinPE-based Active@ Boot Disk Lite component provides bootable media for restoring a PC system disk. Destinations include hard drives, SSDs, removable USB media, optical disks, network shares, NAS, and AWS S3. Encryption options are AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256. Listed Windows support spans Windows 7 through 11 and Windows Server 2003 through 2022. Older Windows versions, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris for PC can be handled in Raw Disk Image mode after booting the recovery media. Freeware and a fully functional 21-day trial are listed. Personal Standard is $49, paid once; business and professional licenses have other listed prices.
FSArchiver
FSArchiver has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.