Duplicacy 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 Duplicacy 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 Backrest 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 Backrest 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 Duplicacy pgBackRest Category Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery License Proprietary MIT Language Go C Setup difficulty Medium Hard Min. RAM 256 MB 256 MB Deployment binary, docker docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 5,671 ★ 4,296 First released 2016 2013 Replaces Backblaze, Carbonite Veeam
Why pick each one
Choose Duplicacy if… Efficient deduplication Good cloud support Reliable Duplicacy 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 Duplicacy or pgBackRest better? Duplicacy is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler medium setup. Consider pgBackRest if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Duplicacy and pgBackRest free and open-source? Yes. Duplicacy is licensed under Proprietary and pgBackRest under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Duplicacy and pgBackRest with Docker? Duplicacy: yes. pgBackRest: yes.