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Polar Backup Personal review

Polar Backup Personal

CHOICE Expert Rating

61%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Ability to back up to a local destination
  • Very good handling of file versions
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Cold storage means it can take a very long time to restore data (over nine hours in our tests)
  • Very slow folder backup performance
  • Very slow single file restore performance
  • Very slow folder restore performance
  • Lacks Android and iOS apps

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
61%
Ease of use score
73%
Versatility score
40%
Performance score
45%

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended

Specifications

Storage capacity
Unlimited
Storage type
Cold
Data location
United States
Number of computers covered
1
Default encryption
256-bit AES
Initial backup selection
Manual
Default backup inclusions
Nothing pre-selected

Cost

Price (annual)
$68.40

Features

User can select file types to back up
Yes, limited office and financial file type backup
Option to back up system image
Seeding option
Automatic email backup (Outlook)
Backup scheduling options
Continuous (every 5, 15, 30min, 1, 2, 4, 8, 24 hours); daily, specific days
Can back up to a local drive
Can back up a USB hard drive
Can back up a NAS device
Incremental backup
Supports archiving
Restore files and folders to original location
Individual file restore
Files kept online after deletion from local system
1
Keeps multiple file versions
1
Can access files through web browser
Bandwidth control
Yes, by speed selection, time period; multithreaded uploads
System resource control
Yes, presentation mode
Platforms
Windows, Mac
File search
Yes, via Web
File sharing
Sync folder available
Email backup summary

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