EaseUS Todo Backup vs Minarca

EaseUS Todo Backup is backup and recovery software for Windows and macOS, with listed coverage for computers and servers and ransomware protection. The Free plan covers file, system, disk, and partition backup and recovery. The paid Home Yearly plan costs $39.95 per year, billed yearly, for one computer and 1 TB of cloud storage. Home Perpetual is $59.95 per once, billed Perpetual, and covers one computer. Home Lifetime Upgrades is $79.95 per month, billed Lifetime Upgrades, also for one computer. The product is described as freemium, with paid plans from $39.95/yr. Its backup scope and restore modes are both listed as mixed, so those labels do not specify one uniform scope or restoration mode. EaseUS, the maker, was founded in 2004. The listed operating systems are Windows and macOS. The plan details distinguish the Free plan’s backup and recovery coverage from the computer allowance and cloud storage specified for paid home options.

Minarca is a free, open-source backup solution that places an agent on computers and uses a central server for management. It backs up Linux, Windows and macOS systems, with destinations including remote servers and external disks. Its web interface provides a dashboard, logs and statistics, while the server can keep separate repositories and disk quotas for multiple users. Minarca uses rdiff-backup for incremental backups; its maker says the reverse incremental differential method helps resist data corruption. Large restores can be handled with the local agent, while smaller datasets can be restored through the web interface. The software also creates a mirror of backed-up directories that can be accessed and restored from the filesystem, with or without the application. A central Minarca server is required to back up a desktop computer. Listed agents support Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), macOS Catalina 10.15 and later, and 64-bit Linux, Ubuntu and Debian. The plan costs nothing and is self-hosted, with configurable user storage quotas.