Redo Rescue vs UrBackup

Redo Rescue is free, open-source backup and recovery software for Linux, Windows, and macOS. It makes image backups and supports bare-metal recovery, including restoring a system to a blank new drive. Users can also preserve a target drive's layout and restore data to different parts of it. The live environment is based on 64-bit Debian and comes as an ISO to write to CD or USB and boot from. Version 3.0 works with real and virtual machines, supports UEFI Secure Boot, and can restore backups created with version 1.0. Password-protected remote access and a VNC server allow another person to assist with recovery. Detailed logs and error reporting are available, and the maker describes the interface as point-and-click. The release is under GNU GPLv3; the maker says its code can be audited, modified, and copied at no cost. Redo Rescue supports computer and server backup, but not mobile backup. The maker provides instructions for creating boot media on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The plan costs nothing.

UrBackup is backup software from UrBackup in Ulm, Germany, covering computers, mobile devices and servers. It runs on Android, Linux, macOS and Windows. The listed backup scope combines file and image backups, while restore modes are mixed. Ransomware protection is included. UrBackup core is AGPLv3+ open-source software with a self-hosted server for file and image backups; no price is listed for that plan. A free plan is available, with paid options from €15.50. The Change block tracking option for the UrBackup Client on Windows costs €15.50 a month, billed per client excluding VAT. It speeds incremental image and file backups, includes 2.x updates and works with UrBackup Server 2.x. A separate client for Microsoft Hyper-V 2016 or later backs up virtual-machine disks as images and restores those images to VHD or VHDX files.