Iperius Backup vs Timeshift

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.

Timeshift is a free Linux utility that creates incremental filesystem snapshots and restores a system to an earlier state. It offers rsync snapshots using hard links and BTRFS snapshots using built-in filesystem features. Scheduling can run hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or at boot, with configurable retention counts. Home-directory contents are excluded by default, because the tool focuses on system files and settings rather than personal data. Restores can run from the active system or another installation with Timeshift, including an Ubuntu Live CD or USB; a restore launched from the running system requires a reboot to finish. Listed supported configurations include normal, LUKS-encrypted, LVM2, BTRFS, GRUB2, and EFI setups, subject to constraints. BTRFS requires an Ubuntu-type layout with @ and @home subvolumes. Docker and other containerized systems are unsupported. Timeshift is maintained by Linux Mint within the XApp project, with installation instructions for Debian-based distributions, Fedora, Arch, and ALT Linux.