Reviews of Bvckup

1. 
   adamw

   Reviewing 1.0.1.401 Beta (Feb 27, 2011)

   Tried it before, moved on and then tried it again recently. For a 400KB program it is really well done and it is incredibly fast. It is missing some essential features, and the deal breaker for me was the lack of symbolic link support on W7. If that's added, I will drop SyncBack and adopt Bvckup.
2. 
   smaragdus

   Reviewing 1.0.0.355 Beta (Apr 8, 2010)

   Bvckup has the potential of becoming a very good backup application. It has a nice, clean and simple GUI, which is quite rare nowadays, it is not written in .NET Framework (I stopped using PureSync because of that), it is fast. But it still needs a lot of work- it is a bit unstable, while uninstalling it crashed Explorer so I got my Quick Launch icons re-arranged and the uninstall process was a slow one (I tested it on XP SP3). It still misses some features- for example it cannot compare two directories before any backup task is performed. While executing the backup it does not show which files will be synchronized- it shows only the number of entries to be written in the destinatiion directory.
   The author of this application says that "The beta is free, it has no restrictions or limitations and the beta license is non-expiring.", but is that true? I don't think so. For example, if I re-install Windows and meanwhile Bvckup has become shareware, I won't be able to use the old Beta version again, because after installation the program requests obtaining an registration key from the server which I would not be able to get after Bvckup becomes shareware. So it means this is not exactly freeware, freeware means no restrictions, no registrations, no license keys, total freedom of use, and this is not the case here. I am sure the author is getting a lot of useful information by the testers about bugs and crashes and yet he is not willing to give even these Beta releases for free with no limitations. Of course he has the right to do whatever he wants with his product, but I don't think that his attitude towards the testers is the nicest one.
3. 
   apankrat

   Reviewing 1.0.0.355 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

   Well, as an owner of this entry I have a choice between "freeware", "shareware", "adware", "commercial demo", "open source" and "subscription" for the license field.
   
   This entry is for the beta. The beta is free, it has no restrictions or limitations and the beta license is non-expiring. How is it "lying" about it not being a freeware?
4. 
   plasticpig72

   Reviewing 1.0.0.355 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

   For such a small program, this appears to be a great bit of kit. Fairly flexible in terms of configuration. There are improvements that could be made, one of which would be the ability to copy a back up profile so that you could edit it for another drive. I like this, that it's free is a bonus.
5. 
   sd4

   Reviewing 1.0.0.355 Beta (Mar 23, 2010)

   it would be nice if it could backup to a compressed package like 7zip

Discuss Bvckup

1. Mar 22, 2010 - 4:16 PM
   apankrat

   Yup, it is free while it is in beta, but that's what this FileForum entry is for - the beta version of Bvckup. Once it gets out of the beta (which is likely to take another few months) I will create another FF entry for the production version and that one will point at the production license and pricing.
2. Mar 18, 2010 - 1:02 AM
   TC17

   This is NOT freeware. If you look at their website, its a free beta, but they will be charging for it.