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Best System Center Data Protection Manager Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from continuous data protection software ranked against System Center Data Protection Manager on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    IDrive Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb 6.8
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs IDrive
  2. 2
    Storware Backup & Recovery Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Storware Backup & Recovery
  3. 3
    VM Backup Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin Free6.4
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs VM Backup
  4. 4
    Veeam Agent for Mac Free plan Mac Free6.3
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Veeam Agent for Mac
  5. 5
    Vinchin Backup & Recovery Free plan LinuxWin Free6.3
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Vinchin Backup & Recovery
  6. 6
    Atempo Lina LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.5
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Atempo Lina
  7. 7
    UrBackup AndroidLinuxMacWin 5.5
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs UrBackup
  8. 8
    Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud Free trial AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted 5.3
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud
  9. 9
    Backblaze Computer Backup Free trial AndroidiOSMacWebWin $0.66/mo5.3
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Backblaze Computer Backup
  10. 10
    Bacula Enterprise Free trial AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted 5.2
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Bacula Enterprise
  11. 11
    CrashPlan for Business Free trial LinuxMacWebWin $0.27/mo5.2
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs CrashPlan for Business
  12. 12
    Carbonite Safe AndroidiOSMacWin $8/mo5.1
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Carbonite Safe
  13. 13
    Cohesity SiteContinuity apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Cohesity SiteContinuity
  14. 14
    Rubrik Security Cloud apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.1
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Rubrik Security Cloud
  15. 15
    Unitrends Backup Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin 5.1
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Unitrends Backup
  16. 16
    Arcserve ShadowProtect LinuxWin 5.0
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Arcserve ShadowProtect
  17. 17
    Cove Data Protection LinuxMacWebWin 5.0
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs Cove Data Protection
  18. 18
    CPRemote Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $5/mo5.0
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs CPRemote
  19. 19
    DataCore SANsymphony Free trial apiself-hostedWebWin 5.0
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs DataCore SANsymphony
  20. 20
    JetStream DR Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.0
    System Center Data Protection Manager vs JetStream DR

System Center Data Protection Manager alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1IDrive6.8Free plan—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2Storware Backup & Recovery6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
3VM Backup6.4Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
4Veeam Agent for Mac6.3Free planFreeMac
5Vinchin Backup & Recovery6.3Free planFreeLinux, Windows
6Atempo Lina5.5No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7UrBackup5.5No—Android, Linux, Mac, Windows
8Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud5.3No—Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Backblaze Computer Backup5.3No$0.66/moAndroid, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
10Bacula Enterprise5.2No—Android, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11CrashPlan for Business5.2No$0.27/moLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
12Carbonite Safe5.1No$8/moAndroid, iOS, Mac, Windows
13Cohesity SiteContinuity5.1No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
14Rubrik Security Cloud5.1No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15Unitrends Backup5.1No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
16Arcserve ShadowProtect5.0No—Linux, Windows
17Cove Data Protection5.0No—Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
18CPRemote5.0No$5/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
19DataCore SANsymphony5.0No—API, self-hosted, Web, Windows
20JetStream DR5.0No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about System Center Data Protection Manager alternatives

What is the best alternative to System Center Data Protection Manager?

IDrive, number 1 in continuous data protection software with a score of 6.8 out of 10. The others here: Storware Backup & Recovery, VM Backup, Veeam Agent for Mac and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to System Center Data Protection Manager?

IDrive is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 5 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.