Backup4all Portable is a mobile version of Backup4all that can be installed on portable USB or Firewire devices. Below you can find a comparison of the features available in each edition.
To view a list of features grouped by edition visit the Help Me Choose section.
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| Backup Destinations | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Price | $ 53.27 $ 39.95 | $ 24.94 $ 19.95 | $ 53.27 $ 39.95 | $ 62.44 $ 49.95 |
| Backup to FTP (SSL support, active/passive transfer modes) | ![]() |
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| Backup to SFTP | ![]() |
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| Backup to CD/DVD (single/dual layer) | ![]() |
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| Backup to Blu-ray/HD-DVD | ![]() |
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| Backup to external hdd (USB/Firewire) | ![]() |
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| Backup to network drives | ![]() |
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| Backup to removable media (USB flash drive, floppy) | ![]() |
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| Backup to local hard drives | ![]() |
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| Backup to ZIP drives | ![]() |
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| Can be installed only on portable USB flash drives | ![]() |
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| Backup Sources | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Backup from local hard drives | ![]() |
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| Backup from CD/DVD/Blu-ray | ![]() |
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| Backup from external hdd drives | ![]() |
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| Backup from removable media | ![]() |
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| Backup from network drives | ![]() |
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| Backup from ZIP drives | ![]() |
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| Interface | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Start application at Windows startup | ![]() |
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| Minimize application to system tray | ![]() |
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| Browsable file and folder tree of the backup sources | ![]() |
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| Add sources with drag-drop | ![]() |
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| Backup View | ![]() |
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| Brief View | ![]() |
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| Backup statistics | ![]() |
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| Backup summary | ![]() |
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| Lock program interface with a password | ![]() |
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| Show "Getting Started" window | ![]() |
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| Show versions in Explore View | ![]() |
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| Search as-you-type for backup jobs/groups in backup list | ![]() |
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| Show History window with backup, restore, test logs | ![]() |
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| Show available space in destination on Statistics View | ![]() |
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| Manage multiple backup configurations | ![]() |
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| Group backup configurations | ![]() |
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| Create desktop shortcuts for backup jobs and backup groups | ![]() |
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| Default predefined backups | ![]() |
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| Microsoft Outlook backup plugin | ![]() |
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| Resizable windows. Store window position and size | ![]() |
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| Store column positions, size and visibility | ![]() |
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| Toggle toolbar buttons hints and captions | ![]() |
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| Show/hide main toolbar | ![]() |
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| Visualization modes for application startup | ![]() |
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| Change background color option | ![]() |
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| "Show errors in tray" option | ![]() |
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| View jobs/groups in backup list as Tree or List | ![]() |
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| View jobs/groups in backup list as Icons | ![]() |
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| MSI setup for automatic deployment | ![]() |
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| Automatic updates | ![]() |
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| Browsable file and folder tree of the backup contents | ![]() |
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| File finder in Explore View (by name) | ![]() |
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| Sort files in Explore View (by name, size or date) | ![]() |
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| Multiple selection Explore View | ![]() |
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| Multi-language support | ![]() |
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| Feature Group: Backup | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Backup open files | ![]() |
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| New Backup Wizard | ![]() |
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| Select individual files and folders to be backed up | ![]() |
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| Inclusion and exclusion filters for files and folders | ![]() |
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| Create and use general predefined filters | ![]() |
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| Possibility to Pause/Resume or Stop the backup | ![]() |
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| Override filters | ![]() |
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| AES encryption (128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit) | ![]() |
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| Email notifications on success, errors, warnings | ![]() |
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| Run program/action before and/or after backup | ![]() |
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| Run program/action only once | ![]() |
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| "Clean backup" action with parameters | ![]() |
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| Clear backup before executing a scheduled job | ![]() |
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| Erase disc before backup | ![]() |
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| Use local catalogs | ![]() |
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| Play sound on success, warning, error | ![]() |
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| Set backup thread priority | ![]() |
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| "One Touch Backup" feature | ![]() |
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| Independent spanned backups | ![]() |
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| Back up empty folders | ![]() |
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| Delete sources after successful backup | ![]() |
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| Create backup log | ![]() |
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| Create backup catalog file | ![]() |
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| Run backup at system shutdown | ![]() |
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| Run backup at log on OR log off | ![]() |
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| Free Backup Plugins | ![]() |
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| Possibility to set memory usage for backing up | ![]() |
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| Plug-n-Backup | ![]() |
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| Browsable file and folder selection | ![]() |
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| Assign volume labels for removable media | ![]() |
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| Assign label for each backup version | ![]() |
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| Feature Group: Backup Types | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Mirror backup - without compression | ![]() |
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| Mirror backup with individual file compression (.zip) | ![]() |
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| Full backup | ![]() |
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| Store multiple versions for full backup type | ![]() |
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| Differential backup | ![]() |
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| Store multiple versions for differential backup type | ![]() |
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| Incremental backup | ![]() |
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| Store multiple versions for incremental backup type | ![]() |
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| Limit number of backup versions | ![]() |
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| Feature group: Backup Format | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Compress backup files (zip format) | ![]() |
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| Support for zip64 technology | ![]() |
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| Choose zip compression level | ![]() |
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| Password protected zip files | ![]() |
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| Customize zip name prefix | ![]() |
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| Split zip files | ![]() |
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| One to one copy | ![]() |
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| Copy files with NTFS security permissions and alternate streams | ![]() |
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| Custom application data file locations | ![]() |
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| Feature Group: Backup Execution | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Show backup progress | ![]() |
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| Execute all backup configurations in a group | ![]() |
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| Perform unattended backups using built in schedulers | ![]() |
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| Perform unattended backups using Windows scheduler | ![]() |
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| Command line | ![]() |
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| Feature group: Test | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Test backups (uses CRC32) | ![]() |
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| Test FTP backups (uses CRC32) | ![]() |
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| "Test after backup" option | ![]() |
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| Set test thread priority | ![]() |
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| Backup test performed after writing each disc | ![]() |
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| Create test log | ![]() |
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| Feature group: Restore | Backup4all Portable | Backup4all Lite | Backup4all Standard | Backup4all Professional |
| Restore wizard | ![]() |
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| Restore all files as of specific date | ![]() |
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| Restore specific backup increments | ![]() |
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| Filter files to restore | ![]() |
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| Restore to different folder | ![]() |
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| Restore selected file | ![]() |
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| Restore selected version of a file | ![]() |
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| Restore selected folder | ![]() |
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| Restore preview | ![]() |
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| Set restore thread priority | ![]() |
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| Create restore log | ![]() |
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