Macrium Reflect vs Rescuezilla
Macrium Reflect
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Rescuezilla
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| Figure | Macrium Reflect | Rescuezilla |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Backup software | 8.3 (#45) | 7.6 (#98) |
| Spec score · Disk backup tools | 8.1 (#5) | 7.7 (#8) |
| Spec score · Disk Cloning Software | 7.9 (#12) | 7.6 (#19) |
| Spec score · Disk Imaging Software | 8.0 (#14) | 7.6 (#22) |
| Backup scope | mixed | mixed |
| Computer backup | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Supported platforms | windows | Windows,macOS,Linux (computers); Rescuezilla boots from USB using a Linux live environment |
| Purpose | Macrium Reflect Home is a backup and recovery solution for personal users that can protect an entire system or selected files and projects. | Rescuezilla is an open-source disk imaging app for backup, restore, and recovery. |
| Restore modes | mixed | mixed |
| Support | The maker says its dedicated Support Team can help with technical issues or problems with Macrium Reflect. | The help page directs users to GitHub issues and the SourceForge forum, where it says the developer provides direct assistance with restoring data. |
Plans
Macrium Reflect
- Reflect LTSCPrice not published
- Reflect X Home — 1-year termPrice not published
- Reflect X Home — 3-year termPrice not published
- Reflect X StandalonePrice not published
- SiteBackupPriced on request
- TechniciansPrice not published
In their own words
Macrium Reflect
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Rescuezilla
Rescuezilla is a free, open-source disk imaging app for computer backup, restore, and recovery. It starts from a USB stick or CD-ROM in a Linux live environment, so it can be used when the computer’s regular operating system will not boot. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, and its images are compatible with Clonezilla in both directions. Supported image types include raw images and virtual machine formats from VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V, and QEMU. Graphical tools can edit, manage, and resize partitions, and the app can recover deleted files to another drive. A beta feature lets users browse files inside supported backup images, though large gzip- or zstandard-compressed images may be slow to browse. Rescuezilla can connect to SMB/CIFS network shares, some of which may require SMB 1.0. The USB environment runs read-only, so changes made during a session disappear after reboot. To restore to a smaller disk, the source disk must first be resized with GParted.