Home, Compact, and Free have ability to automate tasks, either using a scheduler (all three have scheduler) or cyclic backup (Home only).Home, Compact, and Free can backup to multiple different locations, including locally (on your computer or external media, such as CD/DVD/BD/USB), or remotely (on a network computer or FTP).Home can create Linux-based and WinPE while Compact and Free can create Linux-based. Can create bootable CD/DVD or bootable USB/flash drives.Home, Compact, and Free can backup files which are currently being used, using either Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy or Paragon Hot Backup.Home and Compact also support incremental backup.
Home, Compact, and Free have multiple different backup methods, including full and differential backups.Home and Compact can perform file-level and drive-level/image-level backups Free can do drive-level/image-level backups.The following are the major differences between Paragon Backup & Recovery Free, Compact, and Home (click the chart to enlarge): But exactly what are the feature differences? Paragon Software doesn’t provide a chart that explicitly lists out the differences between the three versions but they do provide the relevant information in parts I’ve combined everything they tell us into a simple chart to help explain the differences between the three versions. It goes without saying Paragon Backup & Recovery Home has more features than Free and Compact. Although Compact has a price of $29.95, Paragon Software actually doesn’t sell Compact - that is their special version of Paragon Backup & Recovery that they giveaway as a freebie in promotions. Free is free for non-commercial use while Home is the one Paragon Backup & Recovery wants to sell you. Take note there are three versions of Paragon Backup & Recovery: Free ($0), Compact ($29.95), and Home ($39.95). Paragon Backup & Recovery is a file-level and drive-level backup program - it allows you to backup only just specific files, whole drives/partitions, and/or your entire system. If, however, you aren’t happy with the software we list in our review, Paragon Backup & Recovery is another option. This is why dotTech has a review on the best free file, drive, and system backup software for Windows. Backing up your data, whether it be specific files, whole drives and partitions, or your entire system, is a very important task and should be done regularly - because you never know when that moment will arrive when you lose everything.