Backrest vs pgBackRest
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted backup & recovery options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Backrest with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Duplicacy CKAN bitmagnet Timeshift WAL-G Docker Volume Backup Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Barman mydumper Rustic Back In Time pgBackWeb SnapRAID Vorta Open Archiver Wayback btrbk mail-archiver Backup tool nono Plakar borgmatic Autorestic BackupPC MySQL backup XtraBackup Restic REST Server Gickup Stash by AppsCode Restic alt MiniBackup Restic Browser rdiff-backup Bareos ElkarBackup alt Snapper zrepl K8up Ganymede Bupstash UrBackup Kanister linux-timemachine ZFS Autobackup MySQL Backup Container Restic Cron ZnapZend Restic Mailer BorgWarehouse Deja Dup Burp Backblaze alt Kopia-UI Standalone Knoxite ArchivesSpace ElkarBackup Collective Access - Providence Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Duplicity Conserve Backup Backblaze alt nono Nxs-backup Amanda Tarsnap GUI Minarca Backup DAR Obnam2 Rdiffweb Restic Exporter Kup Minarca BackupNinja Time Machine Eonvelope Yuno Archive Custom Backup Sosse HashBackup
Compare pgBackRest with
choose an app… Syncthing LocalSend MinIO Rclone copyparty Puter croc Spacedrive Nextcloud File Browser Restic SeaweedFS Cloudreve Magic Wormhole Duplicati Kopia BorgBackup Velero bup Duplicacy CKAN bitmagnet Timeshift WAL-G Docker Volume Backup Sanoid rsnapshot Backup wrapper nono Backup-rsync-time-backup Barman mydumper Rustic Back In Time pgBackWeb SnapRAID Vorta Open Archiver Bareos zrepl ZFS Autobackup Duplicacy alt MailpileBackup nono pgmoneta Backblaze alt nono Nxs-backup Amanda Minarca Backup
Feature Backrest pgBackRest Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License GPL-3.0 MIT Language TypeScript C Setup difficulty Easy Hard Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 7,071 ★ 4,296 First released 2024 2013 Replaces Backblaze Veeam
Why pick each one
Choose Backrest if… Makes Restic approachable Good scheduling Lightweight Backrest details Choose pgBackRest if… Released under the MIT license First-class Docker support for quick deployment Active community (4.3k GitHub stars) Written in C pgBackRest details
Frequently asked questions Is Backrest or pgBackRest better? Backrest is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider pgBackRest if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Backrest and pgBackRest free and open-source? Yes. Backrest is licensed under GPL-3.0 and pgBackRest under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Backrest and pgBackRest with Docker? Backrest: yes. pgBackRest: yes.