| Backup app: | Sprite Backup 5 | Spb Backup 1 |
| Operating system compliance | WM5 only | PPC2k2, WM2003(SE), WM5 |
| Price | USD $29.95; users of Sprite Backup 3.1.4 Premium are eligible for a $15 rebate | $19.95 |
| Trial version downloadable? | - (!) | + |
| Compression | + | + (its compression rate is definitely better than that of Sprite) |
| Device upgrade mode? | - (!) | - |
| Executable backup files (no need for pre-installing/pre-starting any restorer application on the target PDA) | - (but you can make Sprite create a Sprite Backup executable installation on the storage card, which can be manually started and, from it, the restore process initiated) | + |
| Encryption | + | + |
| Battery level monitor and auto-backup if it falls under a certain level? | - (not needed because WM5 is protected against hard resets caused by depleted batteries) | - (!) (this omission is considerable, given that Spb Backup runs on all PPC OS'es except for PPC2k and all pre-WM5 operating systems are prone to battery depletion-related hard resets) |
| Selective file backup/restore on PDA | +/+ | +/- (!) |
| Selective WinCE database backup/restore on PDA | +/+ | -/- |
| Automatic file exclusion rules | + | - |
| Remote backup/restore (backing up / restoring straight from a remote desktop computer via a network connection) | + | - |
| Desktop-based backup (similar to the built-in pre-WM5 backup capabilities of ActiveSync) service / agent? | + | - |
| Desktop-based backup file browser tool capable of selective restoring to both the PDA and the desktop (to extract files if there's no (suitable/compatible) PDA connected), similar to that of STGViewer and HPC Vault | - | +, with a separately downloadable tool, Spb Backup Unpack |