The best replacement for varbinary is image.

The best alternatives to varbinary are rated as following:
★★★★★  image
★★★★  varchar
★★★  binary
★★★  filestream
★★  varchar mysql
★★  blob sql server
★  varbinary(max)
★  blob
★  image sql server 2008
  varchar sql server

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