BackupAssist
Making Windows Backup easy since 2002
Ranked #3 in Business continuity software for small businesses, and on 1 more ranking.
BackupAssist provides business-grade backup and data protection software for Microsoft Windows environments. It helps organisations survive cyber attacks, ransomware, and hardware failures with a clear path to recovery.
At a glance
| Best for | small and medium businesses |
From BackupAssist's own website.
Company facts
| Social profiles | LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube |
Facilities and features
Its website also mentions:
- Published pricing
- Free trial
What stands out
The product offers immutable cloud backup to prevent tampering or deletion of data.
“Immutable Cloud Backup ensures backup data cannot be changed, deleted, or encrypted until the retention period expires.”BackupAssist, own website
The product automates routine testing of backups to ensure reliability when needed most.
“Automate routine testing of your backups to ensure that you can rely on them when you most need them,”BackupAssist, own website
Worth knowing
Cloud backup is an add-on feature rather than included in the base license for Classic.
“For BackupAssist Classic, Cloud backup is an add-on feature.”BackupAssist, own website
How it ranks
BackupAssist is ranked 3rd of 10 in Business continuity software for small businesses (Lister Score 90.0) and 5th of 10 in SaaS backup software for small businesses (Lister Score 90.0).
#3 in Business continuity software for small businesses · Lister Score 90.0
Automates routine testing of backups to ensure reliability when needed most.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 18; buying information on its own site 12.
“BackupAssist keeps you in business when disaster strikes. Survive cyber attacks, ransomware, natural disasters, hardware failures”BackupAssist, own website
“Our specialty was, and still is, producing easy-to-use backup software at an affordable price for the small and medium business market.”BackupAssist, own website
| Rank | Business continuity software for small businesses | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acronis | 94.0 |
| 2 | Zoolz Business | 92.0 |
| 3 | BackupAssist | 90.0 |
| 4 | Arpio | 88.0 |
| 5 | Arcserve | 84.0 |
| 6 | CrashPlan | 84.0 |
| 7 | Scality | 84.0 |
| 8 | Veeam | 84.0 |
| 9 | DataCore Software | 82.0 |
| 10 | Unitrends | 82.0 |
#5 in SaaS backup software for small businesses · Lister Score 90.0
Automates routine testing of backups to ensure reliability when needed most.
How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 18; buying information on its own site 12.
“Microsoft 365 Backup BackupAssist 365 Office 365 & IMAP mailbox backup”BackupAssist, own website
“Our specialty was, and still is, producing easy-to-use backup software at an affordable price for the small and medium business market.”BackupAssist, own website
| Rank | SaaS backup software for small businesses | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSP360 | 100.0 |
| 2 | Nakivo | 98.0 |
| 3 | ProBackup | 96.0 |
| 4 | Zoolz Business | 92.0 |
| 5 | BackupAssist | 90.0 |
| 6 | Backblaze | 88.0 |
| 7 | Ottomatik | 86.0 |
| 8 | SnapShooter | 86.0 |
| 9 | Arcserve | 84.0 |
| 10 | CrashPlan | 84.0 |
Frequently asked questions
How does BackupAssist rank on Lister?
BackupAssist is ranked 3rd of 10 in Business continuity software for small businesses (Lister Score 90.0) and 5th of 10 in SaaS backup software for small businesses (Lister Score 90.0).