--- title: Macrium Backup & Restore Reviews meta\_title: 'Macrium Backup & Restore Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 91 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Macrium Backup & Restore works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.7 review\_count: 91 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Backup url: https://www.g2.com/categories/backup --- # Macrium Backup & Restore Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Macrium Backup & Restore but has limited features. Are you part of the Macrium Backup & Restore team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Macrium Backup & Restore is a suite of image-based backup and disaster recovery software for Windows systems. It enables IT teams in manufacturing and operational technology (OT) environments to protect data, restore systems rapidly, and reduce downtime after hardware failure, user error, or cyber threats. The suite includes four distinct products: Macrium Reflect (Standalone) for Workstation & Server Backup, Macrium SiteBackup, Macrium Reflect LTSC, and Macrium Technician’s License. Each product serves a specific purpose in supporting resilient IT and OT infrastructure: Macrium provides comprehensive backup and disk imaging for individual endpoints such as critical manufacturing systems and production lines. It supports full, differential, and incremental backups, allowing organizations to create reliable recovery points and restore systems quickly. Macrium SiteBackup offers centralized management of backups across multiple endpoints and servers. With Macrium Site Manager, IT teams can automate backup schedules, monitor backup status, and access detailed reporting — all from a single interface. SiteBackup supports physical and virtual machines and is suited to small IT teams or large enterprise environments. Macrium Reflect LTSC (Long-Term Service Channel) is a perpetual license version of Reflect with built-in maintenance. Designed for organizations that require long-term stability and minimal software change, Reflect LTSC is well-suited to regulated industries, industrial control systems, and manufacturing environments where consistent platform behavior over time is essential. Macrium Technician’s License is a portable backup and recovery toolkit for IT professionals. It enables technicians to run Macrium Reflect directly from a USB or external drive, supporting ad hoc backup, restore, or system troubleshooting across multiple machines — without installing software on each device. Key features across the product suite: - Image-based backup for Windows workstations, servers, and virtual machines - Bare metal restore with support for dissimilar hardware - Centralized management and reporting - Support for incremental and differential backup strategies - Built-in encryption and protection against ransomware threats - One-time and subscription licensing models to suit different IT needs Macrium Backup & Restore is used by IT teams across healthcare, education, manufacturing, and corporate IT to ensure business continuity, maintain operational uptime, and reduce the impact of system outages. Speak to one of our experts here: https://www.macrium.com/contact * * * Seller [Macrium Software](https://www.g2.com/sellers/macrium-software) Discussions [Macrium Backup & Restore Community](https://www.g2.com/products/macrium-backup-restore/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Macrium Marketing Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Macrium Backup & Restore. ### SiteBackup Annual Plan & Perpetual Starting at $65.00 1 Device Per Year ### Reflect Annual Plan Starting at $65.00 1 Devices Per Year [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/macrium-backup-restore/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Veeam Data Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Veeam Data Platform") Veeam Data Platform 4.6/5(748) ](https://www.g2.com/products/veeam-data-platform/reviews) [ ![AOMEI Backupper](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AOMEI Backupper") AOMEI Backupper 4.3/5(18) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aomei-technology-aomei-backupper/reviews) [ ![EaseUS Data Recovery](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "EaseUS Data Recovery") EaseUS Data Recovery 4.8/5(424) ](https://www.g2.com/products/easeus/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/macrium-backup-restore/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 91 real user reviews. Implementation Time \<1 month Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Jean S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jean S.") JS Jean S. Especialista de Desarrollo Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/30/2026 "Set-and-Forget Backups: Reflect Just Works, but be aware of its new licensing scheme." 4/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? Is a set and forget solution. It just works. If you do your duties/baclups regularly Reflect will be ther when you need it. The support is algo great. To the point and reliable. Given said that I am not too much happy with the new licesing scheme that if you stop paying them then your software stop fully working. I'll gladly pay a yearly subscription only if Reflect deliver true new and innovative features yearly otherwise regretfully I'll have to search for alternatives as good as Refect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? Practically nothing. Everything I like it a lot. Since several years ago. My problem is with the new licensing model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? Peace of mind. I know that If I do my backups regularly then when awry things arise Reflect be ther to help me. And that has been the case in several tims. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Kitty L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kitty L.") KL Kitty L. Microscopy Facility Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/30/2026 "Great single-user backups, but confusing management UI and licensing renewals" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? the software has a straightforward user interface for single users, the setup is fast and the value of being able to retrieve from backup is priceless. I like that files can be read pretty easily from the backup, it can be mounted as a drive for structural side by side retrieval. I like that versioning of backup is easy to follow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? the management interface had seen revisions in development, making it confusing for user to follow, if they were to use it to mass-monitor multiple installations. Renew licensing needs are often unclear, and lost connection may require getting reset with the customer support, which is weirdly cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? it gives peace of mind that the system can be easily reloaded or copied to new SSD without much caveat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Wes B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wes B.") WB Wes B. IT Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/29/2026 "Easy to Use, Solid Overall Experience" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? Ease of Use. Customer support always friendly and nice Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? Haven't found anything I don't like about Macrium at this point Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? Macrium is solving my backup problem for me! One less thing I have to worry about! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Macrium Marketing of Macrium Backup & Restore [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/macrium-backup-restore-review-12276207/official_response/edit) Hi Wes, thanks for the review. Is there anything we could do to make the score higher than 3.5/5? Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") AH Verified User in Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/29/2026 "Macrium makes Network Administration so much easier" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? I like the deployment kit because we can image an entire room all at once and I like the site manager for it's ease of scheduling and automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? what I like least is trying to work with legacy machines, its not clear enough how to add drivers etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? it helps us to refresh an entire classroom quickly with a single image Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller JS Jean-Francois S. Engineering manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/23/2025 "Simple" 4/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? Simple software to install and tu use. Our customer likets it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? Licencing & Price : To complicate to record the licence. The price is too high Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? To restore easily a backup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/13/2025 Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Education Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Education Management") AE Verified User in Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/4/2019 " Good tool for making disk images" 4/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? What I like most about this tool is being able to make an image of a disk and restore it to a smaller one. For example an image of a 750 GB disk that only had an operating system, lets you load the partitions into a 250 GB SSD. Of course, you have to verify that the boot and system partitions occupy less of that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? The worst is when it comes to cloning a disk since it often fails. For that we use Clonezilla which is free software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Macrium Backup & Restore: Macrium has a free version with fewer options, I recommend that before buying the professional use the trial Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? Thanks to Macrium I have been able to change the hard drives of the devices with SSD without having to format or waste time, just the time to open the device and replace one with the other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 2/29/2020 "Positive experience" 4/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? Very easy to use and to configure. I downloaded it without problems, installed easily and used immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? Nothing specific compare my present needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? I changed the HD moving to an SSD solution. My target was to do it in a quick and efficient way without losing all the software I've already installed. Through this solution, I was able to achieve my scope. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Morgan G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Morgan G.") MG Morgan G. Senior Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/27/2018 "Great tool for cloning" 4/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? I used it at work sometimes when we need to clone a disk to another one. (Most of the time from almost dead HDD to new SSD) It worked well, got the job done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? But sometimes it can become painful. It will not work for some disks at all. Had to wait for a long time and did not guarantee it will work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Macrium Backup & Restore: It gets the job done and works well. But it can fail, sometimes a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? Used it for backing up and cloning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite GE Gerard E. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/31/2018 "Backup software to keep in mind" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Macrium Backup & Restore? The ease of use. Easily create complete images of our disks and partitions to be able to restore them in case any problem, failure, or error occurs, and thus be able to recover access to the data on them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Macrium Backup & Restore? It does not have cloud integration, which can be both an advantage and a disadvantage depending on how we use it and the features we are looking for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Macrium Backup & Restore: Macrium Reflect is a very comprehensive option and easier to use than other solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Macrium Backup & Restore solving and how is that benefiting you? Backups of our files and our hard drives. We have daily, monthly, and yearly backups configured for several servers. We also copy databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ## Questions about Macrium Backup & Restore? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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