Feature Matrix

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Backup4all comes in three* editions: Lite, Standard and Professional.

Professional is the full edition with all features enabled, while Standard and Lite are the limited-functionality editions.

Below you can find a comparison of the features available in each edition.

*Backup4all for U3 is a portable version of Backup4all that works only on U3 smart USB devices.

 

Interface

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Start application at Windows startup

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Minimize/close application to system tray

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Browsable file and folder tree of the backup sources

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add sources with drag-drop

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Browsable file and folder tree of the backup contents

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

File finder in Explore view (by name)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sort files in Explore view (by name, size or date)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiple selection in Explore view

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup statistics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Available space in destination on Statistics view

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup summary

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Manage multiple backup configurations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Group backup configurations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create shortcut to predefined backup jobs

 

Yes

Yes

 

Predefined backups (My Documents, My Pictures, Outlook Express, Backup4all Configurations)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Resizable windows. Store position and size

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Resizable columns. Store position, size and visibility

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Toggle toolbar buttons hints and captions

New

New

New

New

Visualization modes for application startup

New

New

New

New

Change background color option

New

New

New

New

"Show errors in tray" option

New

New

New

New

 

 

 

 

 

Backup

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Backup open files (locked or in use)

New

New

New

New

Backup wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Browsable file and folder selection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Select individual files and folders to be backed up

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Inclusion and exclusion filters for files

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Override filters

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

AES encryption (128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit)

 

 

New

New

Email notifications on success, errors, warnings

 

 

New

New

Built-in scheduler

 

Yes

Yes

 

Run program/action before and/or after backup

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run program/action only once

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Run at system shutdown

 

 

New

 

Clear backup action with parameters

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Use local catalogs

New

New

New

New

Play sound on success, warning, error

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Assign volume labels for removable media

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Assign label for each backup version

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set backup thread priority

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

One Touch Backup feature

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Independent spanned backups

New

New

New

New

Delete empty directories after backup

 

 

New

New

Create backup log

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create backup catalog file

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Backup types

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Mirror backup

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Full backup

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Store multiple versions for full backup type

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Differential backup

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Store multiple versions for differential backup

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Incremental backup

 

 

Yes

Yes

Store multiple versions for incremental backup

 

 

Yes

Yes

Limit number of backup versions

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Backup format

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Compress backup files (zip format)

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Support for zip64 technology

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose zip compression level

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Password protected zip files

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Customize zip name prefix

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Split zip files

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

One to one copy (mirror backup)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom file locations (for temporary, initialization, log, catalog file folder)

New

New

New

 

 

 

 

 

 

Backup media

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Backup from/to local hard drives

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup from/to network drives

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup from/to USB drives

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup to FTP (SSL support, active/passive transfer modes, firewall support)

 

 

New

New

Backup from/to ZIP drives

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup from/to CD and DVD (using UDF drivers)

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup from/to CD and DVD (using built-in burner)

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Backup execution

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Show backup progress

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Execute all backup configurations in a group

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Perform unattended backups using built-in schedulers

 

Yes

Yes

 

Command line

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Test backups (uses CRC32)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Test FTP backups (uses XCRC)

 

 

New

New

Test after backup option

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set test thread priority

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Backup test performed after writing each disc

 

New

New

New

Delete Sources after successful backup

 

 

New

New

Create test log

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Restore

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Restore wizard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Restore specific backup increments

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Filter files to restore

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Restore to different folder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Restore selected file

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Restore selected version of a file

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Restore selected folder

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Restore preview

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Set restore thread priority

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create restore log

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

Languages

 

 

 

 

 

Lite

Standard

Professional

U3 Edition

Multi-language support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

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"New" means the feature is new and is available only from Backup4all 3

"Yes" means the feature was already available in previous Backup4all versions