AOMEI Cyber Backup vs Iperius Backup

AOMEI Cyber Backup centralizes backup and recovery for VMware ESXi and Hyper-V virtual machines, Microsoft SQL Server databases, and physical Windows PCs and servers. Its web console supports automatic and scheduled jobs, with full, incremental, and differential backups, instant and point-in-time recovery, and restores to another location. Destinations include hard drives, NAS drives, network shares, and cloud storage such as AWS S3. The maker describes immutable backups to guard against ransomware changes and encryption to protect backup data. Task monitoring reports backup status, and email notifications can flag successful jobs or issues. A free edition covers basic enterprise backup and recovery; the listed customized VM plan is $99 a year, while unlimited VM coverage is $999 a year. On Linux, the product currently backs up virtual machines only. Platforms listed include Linux, web, and Windows, with support available by email.

Iperius Backup is freemium Windows software for backing up computers and servers. The product lists ransomware protection, mixed backup scope, and mixed restore modes. Its Free plan costs nothing and supports Windows and Windows Server; a 21-day trial is also listed. The Basic plan includes drive imaging, disk cloning, bare-metal restore, and backup to cloud, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, NAS, and network locations. It also provides open-file backup with VSS, file synchronization, and incremental backup. Other plans target specific resource types: Advanced DB lists unlimited databases, Advanced 365 lists unlimited accounts, and Advanced VM lists unlimited virtual machines. The Full plan lists unlimited databases, virtual machines, and Microsoft 365 accounts. Iperius Backup is headquartered in Grottammare, Italy. Plan details distinguish the free Windows option from paid plans with expanded backup destinations, restore functions, and workload allowances. No macOS, Linux, or mobile platform is listed.