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I'm not sure I fully appreciate what you're looking for that makes it unique or special from a good "backup/restore" software product that deals with folders and files.
I can highly recommend NovaBACKUP from NovaStor (not free, but very modestly priced). It supports both "backup/restore" of selected folders and files, as well as "copy" of selected folders and files. The BACKUP function is like ZIP in that all selected folders/files from selected drives are placed into a single target output file. The COPY function is what you'd expect, namely a complete copy of the selected folder/file tree structure from source to destination.
It has a very intuitive "old fashioned" simple and text-based Explorer-tree-like interface (i.e. not GUI), and also utilizes VSS Shadow Copy so that you can backup/copy "open files". You won't miss getting a file because it is "in use" by some program while the backup/copy job gets run.
There's no problem with long file names. And the backup/copy job can be run with a specific user logon, if you have some special access/permission concern.
Product has a free 30-day trial, if you want to see if it works for your needs. But again, very modestly priced.