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SyncBack is a backup and synchronization software that helps users securely back up, synchronize, and restore important data files with ease. This backup and synchronization tool is used by individuals, small businesses, and organizations worldwide, including law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and government departments.
The software can easily back up data or synchronize important files to another drive, directory, or network. It is highly configurable yet simple to use and integrates with Windows Scheduler to automate backups.
Using software to back up data is effortless: select the files you want to secure and choose a destination for them. Once the schedule is set, it automatically runs without manual intervention. Features such as fast backup, threaded copying, and parallel transfer ensure rapid performance and minimal downtime.
Intelligent Synchronization offers complete control and configurability. You can decide how the program should respond in every situation, such as what should happen if a file is changed, deleted, or a new file is created.
SyncBackSE is a comprehensive backup and synchronization utility for home use, offering an extensive help file, online articles, and free support. This feature-rich software provides powerful options for backing up and synchronizing files with accuracy and speed. It includes an extensive help file, detailed online articles, and free support to guide users through every step, ensuring smooth and secure data backup operations.
SyncBackPro delivers advanced backup and sync performance, giving professionals the tools they need for dependable and versatile data control. As the most powerful edition in the SyncBack lineup, it supports a wide range of cloud services for seamless online storage and recovery. The inclusion of FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support in the software gives users advanced, secure transfer options that outperform SyncBackSE, making it suitable for both business and enterprise-level backup management.
The Pro includes extensive cloud integration, supporting nearly every major cloud storage platform for flexible and secure data backup. It works seamlessly with Amazon S3, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, Google Photos, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft OneDrive, OneDrive for Business (Office 365), SharePoint (Office 365), Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, OpenStack, Backblaze B2, OVH, Egnyte, hubiC, Citrix ShareFile, pCloud, and WebDAV. The software boosts performance with parallel and threaded file transfer technology, ensuring faster and smoother data movement between cloud services.
SyncBack Touch builds on SyncBackPro and SyncBackSE by delivering cross-platform remote access to file systems, streamlining backup, restore, and synchronization processes. Designed for flexibility, it works smoothly across Windows, macOS, and Android devices, ensuring data can be managed and protected from any platform. This makes SyncBack Touch an ideal solution for users who want reliable cross-device data control and effortless backup automation.
Features:
- Copy Locked or Open Files
- Supports Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Amazon Cloud Drive, Azure, Google Storage, Office 365 (OneDrive for Business and SharePoint), and SugarSync.
- Fast Backup and Smart Synchronization
- Backup Emails Stored on a POP3/ IMAP4/ Exchange Server
- Versioning – Keep Previous Backup Versions
- Scripting – Configure How SyncBackPro Runs
- Powerful FTP/SFTP Engine and Encryption
- Automatic Drive Failure Detection (S.M.A.R.T.)
- Incremental Backups
SyncBack – Pros & Cons
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| ✓ Automates scheduled backups and synchronization through Windows Scheduler, reducing the need for repeated manual runs. | ✗ The wide range of synchronization rules and configuration options can make setup more complicated for users who only need basic backups. |
| ✓ Intelligent Synchronization provides detailed control over how changed, deleted, and newly created files are handled. | ✗ Several advanced capabilities vary by edition, so users may need SE or Pro for features beyond the core free functionality. |
| ✓ Supports incremental backups, versioning, and copying of locked or open files for more flexible data protection. | ✗ The main desktop application is limited to Windows, while cross-platform access is provided separately through SyncBack Touch. |
| ✓ Offers broad storage options, including local drives, network locations, and multiple cloud services such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Amazon S3. | ✗ Cloud and remote-transfer features introduce additional configuration requirements compared with simple local-drive backups. |
| ✓ Uses threaded and parallel transfers for faster data movement, while Pro version adds extensive cloud, FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support. | ✗ More sophisticated functions such as scripting and advanced secure-transfer capabilities are concentrated in the higher-tier editions rather than the basic product. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Can SyncBack automate backups on a schedule?
Yes, SyncBack can automate backup and synchronization jobs through Windows Scheduler. This helps you run tasks at planned times without needing to start each backup manually.
Is SyncBack free to use?
Yes, a free SyncBackFree edition is available. The page also provides trial downloads for the SE and Pro editions, which offer additional capabilities beyond the free version.
Can SyncBack restore previous versions of files?
Yes. Versioning can preserve earlier backup versions, giving you access to previous copies of files instead of keeping only the latest version. This can be useful when a file is accidentally changed, overwritten, or deleted.
Can SyncBack back up files that are currently open?
Yes. The software supports copying locked or open files, making it possible to include files that are being used during a backup operation.
What is the difference between SyncBack and FreeFileSync?
SyncBack is a broader backup and synchronization suite with multiple editions, versioning, email backup, and extensive cloud-storage support. FreeFileSync focuses on folder comparison and synchronization, with modes such as Mirror, Two-way, and Update, plus version management, SFTP/FTP support, scheduling, and locked-file copying.
What’s New in SyncBack 12.1.34.0:
Release Date 2026-10-22
- New (Pro): PAR2 support (included as part of Insider Access) (video)
- New (Pro): “Make file uploads the current version in Egnyte” (Cloud > Advanced settings, off by default) (help)
- New (SE/Pro): Password Backup (included as part of Insider Access) (video)
- New: A profile can be set to only run as part of a group and/or group queue (video)
- New: Password generators and checkers (video)
- New: -exportgroup to export a group and all its profiles
- New: In main interface, can now drag & drop profiles in a group (not a parallel group) to reorder them
- Updated (Pro): Improved reconnection attempt for Google Cloud Storage for certain socket errors
- Updated (Pro): Improved scanning performance for detecting which profiles use a secret
- Updated (Pro): Change for B2 to ignore marker objects that indicate a folder
- Updated (SE/Pro): Faster exit with many profiles and schedules: backing up profiles on exit no longer reads the
- Windows Task Scheduler twice per profile (a test with 347 profiles went from over 11 minutes to 26 seconds)
- Updated (SE): Integrity Check removed from the group queue right-click menu, as file integrity checking is SyncBackPro only
- Updated: Faster window restore with many profiles and schedules: only profiles that changed while SyncBack was minimized are refreshed, instead of reloading them all
- Updated: The profile configuration window opens faster when there are many profiles or scheduled tasks (modifying a group, creating a new profile, comparing profiles)
- Updated: Much faster file hashing. Verifying is up to about 4.5 times faster, and SHA-256 hashing (used by file integrity) is up to about 13 times faster
- Updated: Profiles no longer run if variables in critical places do not expand, e.g., destination folder
- Updated: When exporting a group profile, you are now prompted if you want to also export all the profiles in the group or just the group
- Updated: When changing a group to a queue group, a warning is given if the group contains sub-groups
- Fixed (SE/Pro): A profile in a group queue set to Rescan did a normal Fast Backup instead of a full rescan
- Fixed (SE/Pro): Command line parameters given to a group queue (e.g. -full, -source, -dest, -nofilter) were not passed on to the profiles in it
- Fixed (SE/Pro): A forced full rescan (-full, or Rescan in a group queue) was lost if SyncBack had to re-launch the profile to run elevated or not elevated
- Fixed (SE/Pro): Creating or editing a schedule that does not need elevation (administrator rights) showed a Windows UAC prompt
- Fixed (SE/Pro): On change detection kept running for profile even after deletion
- Fixed (SE/Pro): Profile variables not expanded in some cases
- Fixed (SE/Pro): When using parallel transfers, two files could (rarely) be given the same temp name
- Fixed (SE/Pro): With worker threads enabled, restoring a file of 100 MB or more from FTP downloaded it twice and left a temp file in the restore folder
- Fixed (SE/Pro): FTP: an upload is no longer reported as failed when the connection drops just after the last byte was sent
- Fixed (SE/Pro): A failed or stopped download from an FTP, SFTP, cloud, SyncBack Touch or MTP location no longer leaves a half-written file, and no longer deletes the existing file it was replacing
- Fixed (SE/Pro): An empty compressed file on an FTP server is now reported as an error instead of a missing file
- Fixed (SE/Pro): SyncBack Touch: the “Failed to change NTFS security” warning now says why it failed
- Fixed (SE/Pro): Errors creating hard links, symbolic links, and junction points now show the real reason
- Fixed (SE/Pro): Warn when using DPAPI encryption for the settings and using “Do not store password” with a schedule
- Fixed (Pro): If connection dropped during multi-part SFTP download, part of restored file could be left blank while the restore reported success
- Fixed (Pro): When part of multi-part upload failed repeatedly, its temp files were left on the server. Now removed at the end of the run.
- Fixed (Pro): SFTP (Chilkat and DevArt engines): interrupted uploads and downloads now resume instead of starting the file again
- Fixed (Pro): SFTP (DevArt engine): a failed download no longer leaves an empty file behind
- Fixed (Pro): SFTP: when resuming an upload with safe copy off, the partial file on the server is now checked before more is added to it
- Fixed (Pro): S3, Azure, Google Storage, Rackspace and Egnyte: updating only a file’s dates no longer wipes its stored creation date
- Fixed (Pro): If Egnyte keeps a newer version as the current one instead of the uploaded file, the log now shows a warning explaining why and how to fix it
- Fixed (Pro): If a file’s dates and attributes cannot be saved after uploading to Egnyte, the file is now reported as an error
- Fixed (Pro): S3, Azure and B2: warnings during uploads with parallel workers (e.g. an old file version that could not be deleted) were not shown in the log
- Fixed (Pro): Cloud restores now put back a file’s last-access date
- Fixed (Pro): Office 365: signing in with the wrong type of Microsoft account now explains what to check
- Fixed (Pro): A rare problem when several cloud transfers refreshed the sign-in token at the same time
- Fixed (Pro): A possible crash in the 64-bit version when a cloud file lookup failed
- Fixed (Pro): VBScript and JScript location scripts now receive SHA hash requests (they were never called)
- Fixed (Pro): Pascal scripts: SetFileVersion now returns -1 when it fails
- Fixed (Pro): New Profile wizard: a secrets manager reference in the cloud username or password is no longer replaced by the real value
- Fixed (Pro): The wizards now show a busy cursor while a secret is fetched
- Fixed (Pro): A possible crash when signing in to Google Storage from profile setup or the New Profile wizard
- Fixed: Cancelling an email sign-in no longer shows an empty error box
- Fixed: Screen readers now read the correct hint for each Filters button
- Fixed: A possible crash when a changed password is applied to other profiles that use the same server
- Fixed: Clicking a “profile started” or “profile finished” Windows notification could misbehave, as it was handled on a background thread
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Supported Operating Systems: Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit).
