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Genie Backup Manager vs. Acronis True Image
 

Genie Backup Manager is a comprehensive data and system protection solution that offers a variety of features our competitors fail to deliver. The following is a comparison between Genie Backup Manager 8.0 and Acronis True Image Home 11

 
Storage media:    
Local\LAN
yes
CD/DVD yes
Removable media yes
REV support yes  
FTP yes  
Online yes  
Iomega REV Support yes  
Software Setup Needs 20MB or 200 MB of free space Needs 150 MB of free space
Disaster Recovery yes yes (via imaging)
Open File Backup yes
Rotating Backup types yes  
Free Plugins yes Limited
Backup types    
Full yes yes
Incremental yes
Differential yes yes
Mirror yes  
Data*    
MS Outlook personal folder, email accounts and settings Yes; Outlook 2007 Supported Emails and settings only; Outlook 2007 not supported
Outlook Express emails, email accounts and settings yes Only emails
Windows Mail yes
Windows Contacts yes  
Media yes
Images yes
Windows Address book yes  
Windows Contacts yes  
Favorites yes  
IE Settings v  
Fonts yes  
Windows Settings yes  
More Settings    
Purging yes  
Native backup yes  
Bandwidth throttling yes
Self restorable backups yes  
Security 128-bit SSL, AES 128,192,256, Zip password protection Only Password Protection
Mutli media spanning yes  
Backup transfer method yes  
Email notification yes yes
Catalog yes  
Virtual Drive to backup Online yes  
Scheduling Advanced scheduling, run every few minutes, create rotate backup types schedule for a single job Simples schedule, run daily, once, weekly and monthly
Pause/Resume, snooze backups yes  
Control Backup speed yes yes
Backup Agent yes  
Backup scripting yes  
Backup Verification Can be performed if backup is located in more than one location Unable to validate if backups are not in the same folder
Detailed log yes  
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* These items can be automatically backed up without installation of add-ons, configuration, or prompting the user to locate