Bluehost Backup Tools: Built-in Solution and External Software

Using Handy Backup to Backup Bluehost Account

The main difference between the internal Site Backup Pro tool and external tools such as Handy Backup is the basic approach to the Bluehost backup site. The Site Backup pro executes on the server side, with a minimal amounts of settings and control from any user.

Alternatively, Handy Backup operates at the client side, allowing full control of the backup process. It automatizes all types of backup operations, such as FTP backup or MySQL backup, and allow to use online backup storages for keeping or mirroring data.

Key Options of Handy Backup

Some principal advantages of Handy Backup can persuade a particular user to select this software as the default Bluehost backup software. A few of these advantages are listed below, to compare with Site Backup Pro:

• Keeping saved information in native format, allowing using it directly;

• A set of full, incremental and differential backup options;

• Free selection of online backup storages, including FTPs, NASes and clouds;

• Automated MySQL backup in a “hot” mode;

• The possibility of self-tuning Web hosting backup via the “Hosting” feature.

These options are available “out-of-the-box” for most editions of Handy Backup. Some other features, like data encryption or running the backup task as Windows service, can be helpful to organize the website backup without special efforts or skills.

Using Handy Backup Features to Perform Backup of Bluehost

To allow FTP download full of website content, you can use the “FTP” feature or, as mentioned before, a new “Hosting” option, linking your computer with Bluehost backup account automatically. To perform MySQL backup, select the “MySQL” feature as the data source.