IDrive e2 has fully integrated with MSP360 to offer a scalable, affordable storage solution, enhancing data backup and recovery options.

MSP360 introduces a Price Guarantee for managed service providers, ensuring stability and predictable costs without automatic price hikes.

MSP360 has introduced a public API for its RMM platform, enabling easier integration of endpoint data with popular dashboards and BI tools for enhanced operational efficiency.

MSP360 announces major upgrades to its free backup software, introducing client-side encryption and enhanced Object Lock capabilities to boost security for personal users.

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At a glance ### Expert's Rating ### Pros * Available in a fantastically capable free version * File-level and imaging (Pro version) backup * Supports prosumer/IT online storage services ### Cons * Pro version with imaging is subscription only * Lacks support for Consumer-grade online storage services * Proprietary data containers and images ### Our Verdict In its free incarnation, MSP360 Desktop Backup is a worthwhile upgrade to Windows File History. However, the Pro version is subscription-only which makes it very pricey over time. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today ### Price When Reviewed $29.99 per year ### Best Prices Today: MSP360 Desktop Backup Retailer Price MSP360 $29.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket I checked out both the free and paid versions of MSP360 Desktop Backup for this review. Shockingly, the free version maintains enough of the paid version’s features to warrant a 4-star rating — even without support for consumer-grade online storage support that its Cloudberry Backup ancestor featured. MSP360 Desktop Backup Jon L. Jacobi Consider the free MSP360 Desktop Backup a nicely robust upgrade from Windows eminently useful File History. Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best Windows backup software for comparison. ## What are MSP360 Desktop Backup’s features? The most salient difference between the free and paid versions of MSP360 Desktop Backup is the former’s lack of support for image backups. It also lacks encryption/compression, backup of virtual machines, support for Exchange, and other decidedly pro features. Like I said, think File History. Beyond that, a surprising amount of functionality is present and as far as I could tell, it’s not neutered at every turn as with a number of other freebies. There are full and incremental backups; scheduling that’s granular down to minutes; culling of backups (purging older backups, including grandfather/father/son options; as well as pre- and post- program execution). Even the free version of MSP360 offers extremely granular scheduling down to the minute. Also on the feature list: NTFS options (permissions); file filters; a backup consistency check; email notifications; and a disaster recovery boot disk, albeit minus bare metal restore — i.e. the ability to restore to new, dissimilar hardware. Bare metal restore is nice, but Windows includes generic drivers for everything basic these days, so the need isn’t nearly what it was back in the day when you might need to inject the Ethernet or Wi-Fi drivers to facilitate downloading all the other drivers. You can even back up from, as well as to, network locations — if they’re already mounted as drive letters under Windows. Online storage may serve as a source as well. More on supported services in a bit. Whew! I did mention that this is the freebie, right? MSP360 Desktop’s file filtering options are extensive. My biggest disappointment with MSP360 Desktop Backup, including the paid version, is that, unlike its Cloudberry Backup predecessor, online storage support is limited to prosumer/IT-oriented services such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, S3-compatibles, Google cloud, etc. In other words, there’s no support for the Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, etc., that most of us use. Only prosumer online storage services (and local destinations) are supported by MSP360 Desktop Backup. That pretty much means that the freebie, when it comes to the average user, is good only for local storage and local network backup. I do have one or two other minor gripes. Numero uno, I wish there was support for non-proprietary container files such as VHD so that the program wasn’t required for restore operations. Also, it would be nice to be able to define multiple destinations for each data set rather than having to create a new job for every destination. On the other hand, you can chain backup jobs for execution. Those are standard suggestions on my part for a lot of backup software and don’t really affect overall functionality — or the rating. Not much at least. MSP360 also offers a WinPE boot disk, though the disk produced by the free version is limited like the Windows version. ## How much does MSP360 Desktop Backup cost? MSP360 Desktop Backup is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Obviously, the free version costs nothing, but the Standalone version with imaging will set you back $30 a year. There is no perpetual option — a bit of a bummer, as rarely do backup programs improve drastically in a year’s time. Blame that on their existing maturity. Are you listening, Acronis? The Pro version of MSP360 Desktop with imaging is $30 yearly. If you are interested in the paid-level features and online (remote) management of multiple computers, there’s also MSP360 Managed Backup for $2.50 per seat, per month, or $30 per seat yearly. However, storage is extra, with $72 yearly for 1TB Wasabi being the default. Alas, no consumer-grade online storage services are supported so you can’t leverage those. That makes the Managed Backup version possibly the better deal than Desktop, but only if your storage service aligns. Note that restore functionality remains intact perpetually so you can always restore your backups if you drop your paid subscription. That’s essential if you’re using proprietary data containers as MSP360 does. ## How does MSP360 Desktop Backup perform? I did my initial testing with the free version, and my only issue was self-inflicted — choosing a drive without enough free space to contain the backup. This forced an error. Hitting the restart button caused another error as the program tried to create an incremental backup. Obviously, the program didn’t realize that the first job had failed. I reformatted the destination to free up enough space in the mean time, and choosing the “Force full backup” command solved that issue. Am I a bit hasty? Yes. I tend to rush testing in order to better spot possible weaknesses that might bite end users. You’d be surprised how often it works. That said, the program could be just a tad smarter about checking that there’s enough space on the destination, or that there’s a valid full backup before trying to create an incremental addition. Without space-challenged destinations, MSP360 Desktop Backup proceeded through numerous jobs without issue. > Restore functionality remains intact perpetually so you can always restore your backups if you drop your paid subscription. Green bars at 100% are what we like to see with any backup program. Too much red and the rating plummets. The company sent me a license for the paid version so I could test the imaging backup. I’m very happy to report that the imaging works quite well. The disaster recovery disk booted fine, and restore operations (image and file) went off without a hitch. Good on ya’, MSP360. ## Should you buy MS360 Desktop Backup? If you need something more powerful than Windows File History for your file backups, then the free version of MS360 Desktop Backup is a no-brainer. However, it’s difficult to recommend the paid version, which is subscription software that’s not going to evolve significantly on a year-to-year basis. On the other hand, the soon-to-be-reviewed, and like-priced MS360 Managed Backup might just be worth the expense if you need to monitor and control backup chores for several computers remotely.

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An insecure file system permissions vulnerability in MSP360 Backup 4.3.1.115 allows a lower privileged user to execute commands with root level privileges in the 'Online Backup' folder. Users are recommended to upgrade to MSP360 Backup 4.4 (released on 2025-04-22).

<p><a href="https://www.macworld.com">Macworld</a></p> <div id="link_wrapped_content"> <section class="wp-block-bigbite-multi-title"><div class="container"></div></section> <div class="review" id="review-body"><h4 class="review-title" id="at-a-glance">At a glance</h4> <div><div class="review-columns"> <div class="review-column"><h3 class="review-subTitle" id="pros">Pros</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Competitive pricing with a generous 15-day full-feature trial</li> <li>Highly customizable feature set with strong encryption, scripting, scheduling, and detailed logs</li> <li>Fast, reliable performance for both local and cloud backups, even with large data sets</li> </ul> </div> <div class="review-column"><h3 class="review-subTitle" id="cons">Cons</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Windows-style interface with missing Mac-friendly UI elements and no time-remaining indicator</li> <li>Steep learning curve, thin documentation, and vague error messages</li> <li>5TB local and cloud storage cap until a subscription is activated</li> </ul> </div> <h3 class="review-subTitle review-subTitle--borderTop " id="our-verdict">Our Verdict </h3> <p>MSP360 Backup steps far beyond what Apple’s Time Machine and some of its competitors offer, providing strong performance, deep customization, scripting support, and broad cloud storage support at a good price. Yes, its Windows-like interface, vague error messages, and thin tutorial support make things harder than they should be for some new Mac users, but for technically confident users there’s a powerful set of tools to be taken advantage of here.</p> <p>Price When Reviewed</p> <p>This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined</p> <p>Best Pricing Today</p> </div></div> </div><h3 class="review-price" id="price-when-reviewed">Price When Reviewed</h3><p>MSP360 Free (single workstation); MSP360 Pro: $19.99 </p> <h3 class="review-best-price" id="best-prices-today-msp360-backup"> Best Prices Today: MSP360 Backup </h3> <div class="wp-block-price-comparison price-comparison"> <div class="new_products_tab tabcontent " id="New"> <div class="price-comparison__record price-comparison__record--header"> <div> <span>Retailer</span> </div> <div class="price-comparison__price"> <span>Price</span> </div> </div> <div class="price-comparison__record "> <div class="price-comparison__image"> <span>MSP360</span> </div> <div class="price-comparison__price"> <span> $19.99 </span> </div> <div> <a class="price-comparison__view-button" href="https://www.msp360.com/backup/" target="_blank">View Deal</a> </div> </div> <div class="price-comparison__record price-comparison__record--footer"> <span class="price-comparison__footer-text"> Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide </span> </div> </div> <div class="refurbished_products_tab tabcontent" id="Refurbished"> <div class="refurbished-padding price-comparison__record price-comparison__record--header"> <div> <span>Product</span> </div> <div class="price-comparison__price"> <span>Price</span> </div> </div> <div class="price-comparison__record price-comparison__record--footer"> <span class="price-comparison__footer-text"> Price comparison from Backmarket </span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="review-software-price"> <div class="software-product-chart-main"> <div class="software-product-chart-pricing"> <div class="product-chart-item__pricing-details"> <div class="software-product-chart-pricing"> <span class="product-chart-item__pricing-details--links-wrapper"> <span class="not-amp"> <div class="software-product-chart-buttons "><div class="item-pricing-details"></div></div> </span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li><strong>Best for</strong>: Technically confident Mac users, IT admins, power users managing multiple backup targets</li> <li><strong>Not for</strong>: Beginners, users who just want Time Machine-style simplicity</li> </ul> <p>There are times when your backup methodology needs to move beyond the easy convenience of Apple’s free Time Machine backup, wherein the software will shoot everything over to a copy of everything in incremental backups to an external hard drive, iCloud, or NAS drive. In these cases, you’re going to start looking into a wider array of cloud services to back up to, complete with more customization to begin to handle things at a near-system administrator level. </p> <p>This is where <a href="https://www.msp360.com/backup/">MSP360 Backup</a> (formerly Cloudberry) comes in, taking the next step beyond Time Machine and more consumer-level backup software, but bringing some of its Windows port kludge with it. </p> <p>MSP360 Backup enables secure backup and recovery of files, servers, and applications, supporting local and cloud storage (like AWS and Azure) with encryption, automation, and centralized management.</p> <p>To its credit, there isn’t a lot of overhead involved with MSP360 Backup, which requires only macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or later to install and run, is available as a 15-day free trial with no credit or debit card needing to be sent along to create a trial account. The software, which is available in both free and subscription tiers, offers an impressive layer of features, including backup support to assorted cloud storage platforms such as AWS S3, Wasabi, or Backblaze B2. And while the free version offers limited total capacity cap of 5TB across both local and cloud storage as well as limited support and single machine management only, you don’t feel as if you’re being entirely shorted by not signing up for a paid account off the bat.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="what-msp360-does-well">What MSP360 does well</h2> <div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img alt="MSPBackup AES" class="wp-image-3049594" height="668" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MSPBackup-AES.png" width="796" /><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button"> <svg fill="none" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12" width="12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z" fill="#fff"></path> </svg> </button></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div> <p>As expected, MSP360 Backup installs easily, prompting you to allow it full access to all the files on your hard drive. From there, it begins to offer a fairly massive range of customization and options, including AES 128, AES 192, and AES 256-bit encryption, password protection and compression, customizable scheduling, support for pre-backup and post-backup scripts to be run, as well as restoration options.</p> <p>MSP360 Backup drops you into a more technical world of backup and restoration and it works well. The scheduling feature worked like a charm, and quick tests to gauge local and online backup went well, the copies moving briskly between both rotational drives as well as solid-state media.</p> <p>Pushing up to online/cloud-based media went quickly, the software handling a 70+ GB test archive well, even as it created both its own backup image format yet kept the archive accessible so files could be entered via the Finder and retrieved as needed. The functionality is there, and once you enter the container login and password for your cloud service of choice, you’re up and running with a powerful tool that can be readily configured to handle scheduling, security, and network protocols as needed.</p> <p>The local and cloud-based storage account formats it handles, such as AWS, Wasabi, and <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/2475815/backblaze-review.html">Backblaze B2</a>, are genuinely impressive.</p> <div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img alt="MSPBackup formats" class="wp-image-3049595" height="745" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MSPBackup-formats.jpeg?quality=50&amp;strip=all" width="803" /><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button"> <svg fill="none" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12" width="12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z" fill="#fff"></path> </svg> </button><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><p>Screenshot</p> </figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div> <p>Add copious log files and task history descriptions, and you have a backup utility that puts aspiring high-end consumer users and aspiring system administrators in hog heaven.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="what-msp360-could-improve-on">What MSP360 could improve on</h2> <p>Still, there are some caveats to sort out. For all its capabilities, MSP360 Backup looks and feels like a Windows utility that’s undergone only the most marginal effort to be ported over to macOS. Yes, the customization and tools are there, but UI elements such as an estimated time remaining counter for tasks are missing that could readily accompany the existing elapsed time counter. The interface feels vague, and placing the mouse over an icon fails to explain what that function does.</p> <p>A help guide is available online (Read Guide), but the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MSP360">MSP360 Backup YouTube channel</a> feels more geared towards marketing than offering a meaningful help or tutorial guide. What’s present takes some learning, and improved tutorials as well as quick links to better tutorials and guides could only help.</p> <p>Finally, MSP360 Backup’s error messages feel vague when things do go wrong, and instead of being something that can be quickly looked up and noodled out, they leave you feeling as if you’re going through more trial and error than should be necessary.</p> <div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container"><img alt="MSPBackup Error" class="wp-image-3049591" height="673" src="https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/MSPBackup-Error.png" width="801" /><button class="lightbox-trigger" type="button"> <svg fill="none" height="12" viewBox="0 0 12 12" width="12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z" fill="#fff"></path> </svg> </button></figure><p class="imageCredit">Foundry</p></div> <p>The tools are there, but the user interface and help system could use some thought and some updates, especially for new users and users who are moving beyond the consumer realm and into something more technical and more customization and configuration-heavy, which MSP360 Backup is.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="should-you-buy-msp360">Should you buy MSP360 </h2> <p>MSP360 might suit power users who are looking to move beyond Apple’s Time Machine and other consumer-focused backup and recovery utilities. MSP360 dives into local, script-based, and cloud-based backups and restorations and does it well. It also benefits from strong encryption, scripting support, and good performance.</p> <p>The price point is right, even the free version is admirably powerful, and the 15-day free trial offers an impressive feature set that’s worth exploring.</p> <p>However, it isn’t for the faint of heart. MSP360 Backup would benefit from a Mac-like UI, clearer error messaging, beginner-friendly documentation and/or YouTube tutorial videos.</p> <p>For more backup options see our round up of the <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/668696/best-mac-backup-software.html">Best Mac backup software</a> and <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/231363/the-best-cloud-storage-services-for-apple-users-2.html">cloud backup for Macs</a>.</p> </div>

MSP360 Backup 8.6 debuts expanded immutability support, ensuring that cloud data remains unaltered during the retention period, including diverse backup types.

MSP360 announces a new free backup for unlicensed Microsoft 365 shared mailboxes, enhancing pricing transparency and cost predictability for users.

MSP360 and HaloPSA have launched a native integration that streamlines managed service providers’ operations with enhanced automation and efficiency.

MSP360 has launched a no-cost Remote Monitoring and Management solution to assist budding managed service providers in thriving without significant investment.

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