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Collective Access - Providence vs Duplicacy

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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CO Collective Access - Providence Highly configurable Web-based framework for management, description, VS DU Duplicacy Lock-free deduplication cloud backup tool
FeatureCollective Access - ProvidenceDuplicacy
CategoryBackup & RecoveryBackup & Recovery
LicenseGPL-3.0Proprietary
LanguagePHPGo
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM512 MB256 MB
Deploymentbare-metalbinary, docker
GitHub stars★ 382★ 5,671
First released20262016
Replaces—Backblaze, Carbonite

Why pick each one

Choose Collective Access - Providence if…

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Written in PHP
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM
Collective Access - Providence details

Choose Duplicacy if…

  • Efficient deduplication
  • Good cloud support
  • Reliable
Duplicacy details

Frequently asked questions

Is Collective Access - Providence or Duplicacy better?

Neither is universally better. Duplicacy has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Collective Access - Providence and Duplicacy free and open-source?

Yes. Collective Access - Providence is licensed under GPL-3.0 and Duplicacy under Proprietary. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Collective Access - Providence and Duplicacy with Docker?

Collective Access - Providence: check the project docs for container support. Duplicacy: yes.

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