FolderRewind vs ServerBackup

FolderRewind is a free Windows application for backing up and restoring files, project data, and game saves. It offers full, smart incremental, and overwrite backups using 7-Zip, with 7z and zip compression and configurable levels, methods, and thread counts. The home page says encrypted backups use AES-256. Automation can run at intervals, on a schedule, at startup, for selected targets, or when conditions are met. FolderRewind uses rclone to transfer local backup chains to cloud storage as an extra redundancy layer; its guide demonstrates OneDrive setup and mentions WebDAV bridges such as OpenList. The official MineRewind extension adds Minecraft save discovery, hot backup and restore, hotkeys, and coordination with the current world. Restoring partial backups forces Overwrite and disables Clean to prevent removing files outside the backup scope. Requirements are Windows 10 version 1809 or later, or Windows 11, on x64 or ARM64. The maker recommends Microsoft Store; MSI is marked beta and MSIX is offered for advanced sideloading.

ServerBackup is a Minecraft server backup plugin for administrators seeking to protect server files and worlds from data loss, griefing, and chunk failures. It schedules backups automatically and offers in-game commands to target a particular world, folder, or file. Those commands can also list and search backups, remove them, and zip or unzip folders. Backup creation runs asynchronously, separately from the server’s main thread. Dynamic Backups are designed to save only world chunks or regions that may have changed. The plugin can upload and download backups through an external FTP server and list remote backups; the maker says transfers use SSL encryption. A configuration setting can delete local backups after upload. Many settings are customizable through config.yml. ServerBackup is free, with Linux and self-hosted platforms listed. The homepage offers version 2.10.0 for Minecraft 1.18 and later, plus an alternate version for earlier releases. SFTP on port 22 does not work with its FTP backup feature.