User Reviews

  Perfect, but two little problems  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 4
• Overall:

I have been using BackUp4All pro since 2 years with perfect pleasure. It is easy to use, complete while keeping things simple. But I have two little problems. The first one is that unless you took care to save the software configuration files themselves, using the program itself, there is no easy way to restore the configuration files manually. I could not find in the complete help system any indication of which and where about the various config files. I had difficulties re-installing all the jobs after changing my computer. IMHO, config files should be all at the same place, possibly and preferably in the software directory itself for easy retrieval. The second trouble is the lack of history track on the web site of the developers. I had a rather old version and was unable to find what was change since then.

  Thumbs-up to the Romanians!  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 4
• Overall:

A wonderful application, it has all the features necessary for a backup-utility. It can even backup "open" files. If a backup-utility can backup Agnitum's Outpost then it's a worthy download. And Back4all did that!

  Its worth every penny!  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 4
• Value: 4
• Overall:

I am using Backy4All for about two years now, and I never had any serious problem with it. I have seen and tested others and I wasted a lot of time. But this software surprised me. It has a nice interface, and most of the features make sense (no unnecessary gadgets) and really are working. Its quite effective and not very difficult to configure backups: filters works as it should, before and after actions are handy, Backup logs are detailed enough and most important, you can rely on you backups. Whenever I needed support I first of all got an answer, second it was to the point, and third the response came within an reasonable time.

  Lacks two important features  

• Interface: 2
• Features: 1
• Ease of use: 2
• Value: 2
• Overall:

My primary complaint is that b4all does not automatically update the backup database when files or folders have been deleted from the hard drive; I have had to do this manually...a big hassle. Second, b4all does not offer encryption -- this may not matter to some but that is a deal killer for me.

  Response by software author  

This is really a malicious comment. I do not understand why on earth a backup program should delete files or folders from it s backup database. Backup4all marks the files as deleted and keeps the old versions in the database. This is not a synchronization program, it is intended to back up your work. You have automatic clean up features built in to the Type and Advanced page of the Backup Wizard if you want to get rid of obsolete files and folders. The second remark about encryption is also not true. Backup4all offers ZIP compression and encryption available from the Type page of the Backup Wizard.

  Excellent application  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 5
• Overall:

I've tried many other backup utilities until I found this one. It's reliable and very easy to use, not to mention the fact that their support is excellent. I highly recommend it!

  Very well designed  

• Interface: 5
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 4
• Overall:

Backup4all may seem a little pricey, but it's a true value when you discover all the features it provides. Stable, easy to use, and with a well designed interface, Backup4all is a natural at backups. Better yet, it accommodates every conceivable drive, from custom sizes to floppies to DVDs and their restorations. Simply put, Backup4all is no doubt impressive.

  An excellent backup application for everyday.  

• Interface: 4
• Features: 5
• Ease of use: 5
• Value: 3
• Overall:

As a developer myself, it was quite difficult to find a backup that really works. Don't know why, but most of today backup apps, are just featureless bloated and buggy garbageware best suited for business people with limited computer knowledge. In my company, we used almost any backup program available including famous "Backup MyPC", WinBackup and "Genie Backup Manager" before trying Backup4All. This one is really excellent with all real features people want. True incremental backups, built-in burner, ZIP disk support, zip64 deflate for beg backups (>2GB) and cataloging, all in less than 4MB. Backup4All is quite pricey (compared with others), but it's worth every cent. Support is also good, always got informative replies from them in less than 48 hours. Our Romanian friends did really good job ! Well done folks...