There are three editions available: Lite, Standard and Professional.
Backup4all Lite edition implements the basic functionalities of a backup application:
- Easy file and folder selection
- File filtering - powerful filtering engine with lots of options (filter by attribute, size, date, name and type)
- Multiple backup job configurations
- Intuitive interface - explorer-like, lets you see all files from the backup and new files that will be stored at the next backup execution
- Backup open files (files in use) - uses the Volume Shadow Copy service that allows you to back up local open files from NTFS partitions in Windows XP/2003 Server
- Predefined backups (My Documents, My Pictures, IE Favorites, Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, Vista Mail, Backup4all Configurations)
- Backup summary/statistics
- Backup plugins - possibility to import plugins as Predefined Backups
- Mirror backup with individual file compression and encryption
- Mirror backup that copies NTFS permissions and alternate streams
- Backup and test operations can be paused/resumed/stopped
- Automatic updates
- Back-up empty folders
- "Getting Started" window with shortcuts to main operations
- Possibility to set memory usage for backing up
- MSI setup for automatic deployment
- Standard encryption (Zip2 compatible)
- Command line version
- Schedule backups (using Windows scheduler)
Backup4all Standard edition has all the features of Backup4all Lite plus:
- Full backup - starting point for all other backups, and contains all the data in the folders and files that are selected to be backed up
- Differential backup - contains all files that have changed since the last full backup
- Backup directly to CD, DVD and Blu-ray - Backup4all has its own built-in CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning support
- Version tracking - you can selectively restore any previous version of a backed up file directly from the main window
- Creates standard zip files that can be opened with any zip utility
- Zip64 support (can create zip files over 4GB)
- Disk spanning - automated support for splitting your backup between many removable disks or even on the same media
- Backup on-demand - you can configure Backup4all to execute a backup job or a backup tag when a button from an USB enclosure is pressed
- Sound notification - play custom success/warning/error sounds at the end of the backup
- Run action before/after backup
- Create shortcut for backup job/tag
- Cleanup operation (wich supports pause/stop)
- History window for Backup/Restore/Test/Cleanup operations
- Search as-you-type for backup jobs/tags in backup list
- Use sources from network destinations or mapped network drives
- Scheduled backups (using internal scheduler) - easily setup a powerful scheduler using the available scheduler configurations to make unattended backups
- Create and use predefined filters
- Option to lock program interface
- Backup View that shows the backup versions for each included file
Backup4all Professional edition has all the features of Backup4all Standard, plus:
- Incremental backup - stores all files that have changed since the last full, differential or incremental backup
- Backup to FTP and SFTP - backup your files to remote locations using the FTP and SFTP service (with SSL support, active/passive transfer modes, firewall support)
- Test FTP backups using XCRC (is supported by server) - this speeds up the testing as Backup4all will verify the backup based on the CRC information received from server
- Backup to Google Drive, One Drive, Box and DropBox
- Block backup
- Email notifications - you can configure Backup4all to send custom emails after a finished backup with success, error, warning notifications
- Run backup at system shutdown
- AES encryption - supports 128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit AES encryption
- Delete empty directories after backup
See Feature Matrix for a more detailed comparison between Lite, Standard and Professional editions.