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GoodSync vs. Macrium Reflect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GoodSync
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
GoodSync for Business provides complete enterprise data backup and synchronization across data sources, destinations, and systems. The GoodSync for Business Control Center is specifically designed to minimize user interaction and increase management control by deploying pre-created GoodSync backup and synchronization jobs to GoodSync for Business Workstations and GoodSync for Business Servers, and enabling an administrator to monitor performance from a centralized location.N/A
Macrium Reflect
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Macrium Reflect is an endpoint and server backup and cloning solution from Macrium Software (aka Paramount Software UK), available in personal and professional editions.N/A
Pricing
GoodSyncMacrium Reflect
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GoodSyncMacrium Reflect
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
GoodSyncMacrium Reflect
Considered Both Products
GoodSync
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose GoodSync
TrustRadius doesn't list the other tools I have used in the past which are most like GoodSync. I have listed services which are slightly similar, but not really used in the same fashion. Since discovering GoodSync, it is really my only choice when dealing with larger, more …
Chose GoodSync
For reliability, GoodSync is beyond comparison. Some of the other tools I tried either fail through the backup/synchronization process, leaving one with unknown status of what has been backed up and what has not, wasting an inordinate amount of time because one has to repeat …
Troy Alcorn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Troy Alcorn
Owner /Operator
Chose GoodSync
SyncToy - this is better at keeping 2 locations identical if they need to be that way at all times as it runs in the background as a service and updates in real time.
JR
Jackie Ramos
Associate Director of Telecom & PC Support
Chose GoodSync
I don't know, I have not tried anything else. This product was easy to use and it actually worked even with the trial version.
Macrium Reflect
Chaim Moykopf | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chaim Moykopf
Researcher
Chose Macrium Reflect
I am with Macrium Reflect for many years and even don’t remember what I prior to this program.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Macrium Reflect
Previously, I used Acronis as my company purchased licensing for years. It's great, but I found Macrium Reflect more straightforward, and the free version has been perfect for personal use.
Wells Anderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Wells Anderson
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Chose Macrium Reflect
Veeam offers Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, a product we also install and use. It compares favorably with Macrium Reflect; however, for small firms and individual wanting an added cloud backup of their full hard drive, Macrium wins out in requiring less cloud storage space …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Macrium Reflect
We used IBM and Freesync, but all other software had file differences. Architecture kind of backups take a long time for our 10tb storage. We compared times and it's x5 faster because Macrium is a block-based backup system instead of file comparison, and won't affect …
Features
GoodSyncMacrium Reflect
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
GoodSync
9.3
Ratings
11% above category average
Macrium Reflect
8.6
Ratings
3% above category average
Universal recovery10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Platform support8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
GoodSync
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Macrium Reflect
8.8
Ratings
7% above category average
Replication10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Continuous data protection00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
GoodSyncMacrium Reflect
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GoodSyncMacrium Reflect
Likelihood to Recommend
[It's well suited for] duplication of files for transferring to a new machine or remote usage but I wouldn't use it if you needed to keep those places up to date all the time as it only works when you run it, not continuously.
Troy Alcorn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Troy Alcorn
Owner /Operator
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Macrium Reflect is one of the best partition backup applications available in the market. It can also clone drives in addition to making images of partitions and has a very useful feature of creating a bootable recovery drive for restoring partition(s) in case the OS is not booting. There are also different products for varying needs of the end user- Macrium Reflect Server, Workstation, etc. I have restored my system without any errors many times with Macrium.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • synchronization and backup
  • easily identifies files that have been moved
  • identifies deleted files and prompts user if there are conflicts
JC
Joe Cuschieri
President
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  • Macrium Reflect ist easily manageable.
  • Macrium Reflect backs up fast.
  • Macrium Reflect accurately handles scheduled backups.
Chaim Moykopf | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chaim Moykopf
Researcher
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Cons
  • I don't really have any cons
Troy Alcorn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Troy Alcorn
Owner /Operator
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  • I can't think of anything which needs improvement at the moment.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Usability
No answers on this topic
There is a small learning curve in the beginning, but altogether a great tool for my purpose.
Chaim Moykopf | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chaim Moykopf
Researcher
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
We have not been opening tickets for support from Macrium at the moment, only for licencing issues, but good attention and fast response by the support team. They respond pretty fast to our emails and fixed our issues giving us a good explanation of our case without any complications. Due to the good functionality of the software we have not opened a ticket for support in years.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
For reliability, GoodSync is beyond comparison. Some of the other tools I tried either fail through the backup/synchronization process, leaving one with unknown status of what has been backed up and what has not, wasting an inordinate amount of time because one has to repeat the whole process. Goodsync, even if it stops because of power glitches can easily pick up where it left after performing the analysis
JC
Joe Cuschieri
President
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Veeam offers Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, a product we also install and use. It compares favorably with Macrium Reflect; however, for small firms and individual wanting an added cloud backup of their full hard drive, Macrium wins out in requiring less cloud storage space by a significant margin. ShadowProtect is a rock solid competitor with a higher price and no free version. It is highly dependable, but more complicated to install and set up. The number of technical issues and quality of technical support have ruled out Acronis products. MSP360 Backup has impressive technology, but we encountered issues with restore times and full drive image restores.
Wells Anderson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Wells Anderson
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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Return on Investment
  • I use the workstation version. It is my go-to for manual data transfers.
  • When I want to the most precise one or two-way transfer, GoodSync is what I use.
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • Improved our time on backups
  • More secure backups of our databases
Verified User
Anonymous
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