Is Clonezilla Free for Commercial Use [Detailed Info]

Clonezilla is a feature-rich application capable of performing tasks such as cloning, partitioning, system deployment, backups, and more. It has a worldwide reputation, but many novice users must have a question about it: is Clonezilla free for commercial use?

Let EaseUS solve your doubts with this article! What's more, we will also recommend an alternative to Clonezilla that will help you to do your cloning tasks better.

Brief Review of Clonezilla

As mentioned above, Clonezilla is a versatile tool that can work on disk image or disk cloning, backups, system deployment, and other tasks. This disk cloning software excels in the field of backups, taking care of not only regular cloning tasks but also advanced cloning tasks such as upgrading to larger hard drives, cloning multiple drives, compressed clones, etc.

Clonezilla is also very compatible and offers 3 versions that have been targeted to different user groups.

• Clonezilla Live: Clonezilla Live allows you to start and run Clonezilla using a CD/DVD or USB flash drive (Unicast only).
• Clonezilla lite server: Clonezilla lite server allows you to use Clonezilla live for mass cloning.
• Clonezilla SE: Clonezilla SE is embedded in DRBL, so you must set up a DRBL server before you can use Clonezilla for mass cloning.

To summarize, Clonezilla Live is suitable for single-computer backup and recovery. Whereas Clonezilla lite server or SE is more suitable for large-scale commercial deployments as they can clone multiple computers simultaneously.

Is Clonezilla Free to Use

When you read the contents above, it is likely that you will think that Clonezilla will charge users a certain amount of money. But is Clonezilla free to use? The answer is yes. Even though Clonezilla is available in three different versions, it is still free, open-source cloning software.

Whether you are using it for personal cloning or commercial use, you can use all the features it has without paying any fees. If you are unfamiliar with Clonezilla, you can get more information about it by keep reading.

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How to Use Clonezilla

Before we get to know how to use Clonezilla, let's get more information about it first.

🔎Compatibility

• Windows, macOS, and Linux

💡Key Features of Clonezilla

• Provides encryption technology. Safe and secure.
• Supports multiple file systems, including NTFS, ext2/3/4, etc.
• Clone a hard drive with bad sectors.
• Allows imaging of individual partitions or entire disks.
• Provides wizard and command line interface.
• Support MBR and GPT partition formats

📌Pros&Cons

After knowing Clonezilla better, here are some tips on how to use it. The following content uses Clonezilla Live as the operating software.

Download Clonezilla

To install Clonezilla Live, the first step is to download the corresponding pre-build file and place it in the boot media you have prepared. If you are using a CD/DVD, you will need to download the iso file. You will need the zip file if you use a USB as boot media.

Of course, if you are not good at creating boot media, you can also purchase Clonezilla CD or USB directly from a genuine licensed provider.

Clone HDD with Clonezilla

After you have prepared your Clonezilla boot media, you can follow the 6 steps we provide to clone your hard drive

Step 1. Connect the startup media to your computer and use it to start your PC. When loading Clonezilla for the first time, you will need to press Enter to complete the default settings.

Step 2. After finishing all settings, choose the Start Clonezilla option.

Step 3. Select the cloning mode you want. Clonezilla has Beginner mode and Expert mode. To make this tutorial simple to follow, we will choose Beginner mode here.

Step 4. Select one way to clone your HDD: create an exact copy of all data on the disk, or only copy one partition to an HDD.

Step 5. Now please choose the source disk to clone. Clonezilla will name the first disk in your system with hda/sda, hdb/sdb for the second disk, and so on. So you must pay attention to the corresponding name when selecting the HDD you want to clone.

Step 6. Select the destination drive according to the same naming rules and follow the subsequent prompts to start the cloning process.

Best Alternative for Clonezilla

With the step-by-step flowchart we provided you above, you will easily find that although Clonezilla is a free and functional cloning tool, its UI design is really unfriendly to users.

When using Clonezilla for the first time, you won't be able to do everything without any tutorial. So, for PC users who are new to cloning, you may consider using a great alternative to Clonezilla - EaseUS Disk Copy.

EaseUS Disk Copy is premium disk cloning or migration software for Windows. Like Clonezilla, it can help you clone your system, disks, and any partition. 

Whether you need to clone a hard drive to USB or migrate HDD to SSD, it will work better than Clonezilla. What's more, EaseUS Disk Copy is very friendly to both novice and experienced users, providing not only a simple and easy-to-understand UI, but also accurate tips during your operation.

You can get more useful tips for this professional cloning tool based on the information given below.

💡Key Features of EaseUS Disk Copy

• Upgrade hard drive without losing data
• Clone a hard disk with bad sectors
• Migrate Windows without reinstalling
• Create WinPE bootable disk
• Create a complete backup for instant restore

📌Pros&Cons⭕❌

Now let's check out how to use EaseUS Disk Copy to clone the HDD.

Note: Please activate EaseUS Disk Copy for a smooth disk copying or cloning process.

Step 1. Download, install and run EaseUS Disk Copy on your PC.
Click Disk Mode and select the source disk that you want to copy or clone. Click Next to continue.

Note: The destination disk should be at least the same big or even larger than the source disk if you want to copy or clone the source disk sector by sector.

Step 2. Select the destination disk where you want to clone/copy the old disk and click Next to continue.
Click OK to confirm if the program asks to erase data on the destination disk.

Step 3. Check and edit the disk layout as Autofit the disk, Copy as the source or Edit disk layout.
Autofit the disk is recommended.

Copy as the source option will copy/clone the same layout of partitions on your source disk to the destination disk.
Edit disk layout allows you to manually resize or move partition layout on the destination disk.

If your destination disk is an SSD drive, do remember to tick Check the option if the target is SSD.

Click Proceed to start the disk cloning or disk copying process now.

Conclusion

Is Clonezilla free for commercial use? Yes, Clonezilla is a totally free tool. It has powerful cloning capabilities and offers a variety of additional uses. However, the UI design without graphics and the difficult operation are also drawbacks that it cannot hide. 

If you are new to cloning, we would rather recommend you use EaseUS Disk Copy, the best alternative to Clonezilla, to do the cloning, migration, and even backup work you need.

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FAQs

1. Is Clonezilla free to use?

Yes, Clonezilla is free to use. It is a totally free tool with powerful functions. This software can help you clone disks, backups, system deployment, and other tasks.

2. Can I clone Windows 10 with Clonezilla?

Yes, you can clone Windows 10 with Clonezilla. You can use Clonezilla to clone its compatible system to a new HDD or SSD, including the current installation, settings, applications, personal data, etc. However, since Clonezilla is not very user-friendly for novices, you'd better follow the corresponding tutorials.