Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload).

Cobian Backup exists in two different versions: application and service. The program uses very few resources and can be running on the background on your system, checking your backup schedule and executing your backups when necessary. Cobian Backup is not an usual backup application: it only copies your files and folders in original or compressed mode to other destination, creating a security copy as a result. So Cobian Backup can be better described as a Scheduler for security copies.

Cobian Backup supports several methods of compression and strong encryption.

Main Features:
- Backup FROM and TO a FTP server
- SSL servers supported
- The program can now remind you if you have missed backups
- An open plug-in architecture to allow the program's enhancement
- Backup to multiple destinations
- Remote backup
- Automatically remove old backups
- The application can be used as a command line utility. No separate command line program is needed

New in Version 10:
- Support for Volume Shadow Copy even in 64bit systems
- Absolute paths can now be created even with uncompressed backups
- The user interface doesn't ask for privilege elevation anymore on Vista or 7
- Simple masks can now be applied to FTP sources
- The timer schedule can now be limited in time
- The main application waits now for any mail to be send before closing
- The log file can now be send per task
- The log file level is now more granular
- The log file can now be splitted, one file per day
- The service and application control executes now depending on the UAC settings
- Fixed a bug when executing batch files with parameters
- The inclusion/exclusion masks way of work has been re-designed
- The backup now can be aborted if some event fails
- A post backup event can now be aborted if a pre-backup event failed
- Mirror tasks can now be created for uncompressed backups
- The type of the backup can now be included in the directory name
- The tray icon signalizes now if there are errors in the last backup
- Better mask support
- The speed of the backup has been increased about 200%
- and much more....