Best Cloud Backup & Recovery Software for Accountants

Enterprise Salesforce backup with granular recovery, 99-year retention, and zero API limit usage.

Editor's takeSalesforce Backup and Recover runs on Own Company's technology, acquired by Salesforce for $1.9 billion, and its biggest technical edge is that backup operations never touch a customer's Salesforce API limits. It ships with 99-year retention by default and FedRAMP Authorization alongside ISO and SOC certifications. Costs stay behind a quote, and users describe it as pricey, particularly for large organizations restoring big datasets.

10Web's Real-Time Backup runs automated, incremental WordPress backups on Amazon S3 with 20GB of free storage.

Editor's take10Web's Real-Time Backup runs incremental, differential backups on Amazon S3, separate from the 20GB of primary SSD storage, so live site performance is not affected during a save. Extra backup storage costs a flat $2 a month per additional 20GB, and backups are retained for a rolling 30 days. One documented weak point is a legacy, standalone Backup by 10Web plugin carrying an unpatched cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2021-24426), separate from the managed cloud service.

SaaS backup for Shopify, GitHub and QuickBooks with granular, item-level restores.

Editor's takeRewind fills a gap most SaaS platforms leave open. Shopify, GitHub and QuickBooks back up their own infrastructure, not a customer's account-level data. Item-level restores mean a single deleted product or invoice can come back without a full rollback.

Managed backup and recovery built specifically for accounting firms, aligned with IRS and FTC rules.

Editor's takeTech Advisors was started by two CPAs who ran into the same problem their clients face: generic IT providers do not understand tax season crunches or CPA-specific software like Lacerte and CCH. That background shows up in the product, with backups explicitly aligned to IRS 4557, FTC Safeguards and GLBA, and Written Information Security Policies built for a firm's specific risk profile. Support commits to a 15-minute response time during business hours, and the company has ranked in the Channel Futures MSP 501 list of top managed service providers. Pricing runs on a fixed-fee model for budget predictability, but exact rates require a custom quote.

Cloud backup add-on for CheckMark desktop payroll software, with a flat annual fee and unlimited storage.

Editor's takeCheckMark Cloud Backup adds offsite protection to a decades-old desktop payroll product rather than replacing it. The flat annual fee and unlimited storage undercut typical SaaS backup pricing. The tradeoff is a manual step, since users must trigger a local backup then upload it through a browser.

Hybrid local and cloud backup for CPAs, built to meet AICPA and CIMA guidelines.

Editor's takeNovaBACKUP's case for CPAs rests on compliance and support, not visual polish. Setup assistance and engineers with a decade of average tenure come included with every server subscription. The interface draws consistent criticism as dated, and independent tests clocked slower upload speeds than rivals.

Self-hosted backup software for accountants with a one-time license fee.

Editor's takeSyncrify sells a license, not a subscription, starting at $49 for one machine. Its bait-file trick spots ransomware by watching for unexpected changes to a decoy file. Support and upgrades cost 40% of the original price annually after the first free year.

Managed backup and disaster recovery built for accountants, meeting FTC Safeguards and IRS rules.

Editor's takeVeritGuard builds compliance directly into backup, meeting SOC 2 Type II, FTC Safeguards and IRS Pub 4557 requirements with immutable, air-gapped snapshots and audit-ready evidence logs, not just storage. It backs a sub-60-second support response guarantee for over 1,000 accounting firms, with staff VeritCertified on QuickBooks, Drake and Lacerte. The tradeoffs are practical: RDP connections run slow for large file transfers, and some users report difficulty understanding offshore support representatives.

Unlimited cloud backup for one computer, with a courier service that ships your data on a drive.

Editor's takeCarbonite's Prime plan ships a physical drive with your recovered data through a courier service, a rare disaster-recovery option among cloud-only rivals. OpenText acquired the company in 2019 for $1.42 billion, and it maintains SOC 2 Type 2 compliance with HIPAA support via signed BAA on Pro plans. Two real limits stand out. Local deletions vanish from backup after 30 days, and each subscription covers only one computer, so multi-device households pay per machine.

Cloud backup platform for accounting firms covering QuickBooks Online, Xero, and Microsoft 365.

Editor's takeSysCloud solves fragmented backup coverage for accounting firms juggling QuickBooks, Xero, and Microsoft 365 in one dashboard. QuickBooks recovery is genuinely granular. Xero is the weak link, since the API doesn't support direct restore, so recovering Xero data means exporting to CSV and re-importing manually.