Comparison of backup software

Feature comparison of backup software for a more general comparison see List of backup software.

Open Source

Package	Network optimized (rsync)	Versioning (diff, chunk, hardlink)	Full client side Encryption	Error Detection	Simple server	Distributed partials	Renames optimized	Web interface	Webmin module
AMANDA			?					?	Optional (separate download + cost)
Areca Backup			?					?	No
Attic	Yes	Yes; Buzhash chunking[1]	Yes; AES, SHA256 HMAC with PBKDF2 encrypted keyfiles[1]	Yes; by MAC of plaintext and ciphertext	No	No	Yes; through deduplication	No	No
BackupPC			No					Yes	No
Bacula		Yes; Incremental	Yes					Yes	Yes
Back In Time	Yes	Yes; hard-links	Yes; EncFS					No	No
BitTorrent	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	?
Borg (fork of Attic)	Yes	Yes; Buzhash chunking[1]	Yes; AES, SHA256 HMAC with PBKDF2 encrypted keyfiles[1]	Yes; by MAC of plaintext and ciphertext	No	No	Yes; through deduplication	No	No
Box Backup			?					No	No
Bup	Yes	Yes, chunk deduplication	No	Yes (Par2)	Yes	?	Yes, through deduplication	Yes	No
cpio	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	Optional (separate download)
Cobian Backup (v11)			?					No	?
Cwrsync - Rsync for Windows	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DirSync Pro			No					No	No
DAR	No	Yes; Incremental	Yes	Yes	?	?		?	?
dcfldd	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
dd	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
dump	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
duplicity	Yes	Yes; Incremental	Yes	No	Yes	No		No	No
Duplicati	Yes	Yes; Incremental	Yes	No	Yes	No		Partial (Only in Preview)	No
FlyBack			No					?	No
git	Yes	Yes; snapshot	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	?
git-annex	Yes	No	Partial (with remote block device)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
luckyBackup			No					No	No
Mondo Rescue	Yes	Yes; Incremental	No	Yes				?	No
obnam		Yes chunk	Yes				Yes	No	No
QtdSync			No					No	No
Redo Backup and Recovery			No					No	No
rdiff-backup	Yes	Yes; reverse incremental	Yes; via SSH	No	No	No		Yes; via Third-party	Yes
rsnapshot	Yes	Yes; hard-links	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
rsync	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	Optional (separate downloads)
star/gtar	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	?	?
Zmanda Recovery Manager		Yes	?					?	No
zsync	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No

References

1. anarcat. "document internals better". Github pull requests. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

External links

• Performance comparison of five remote incremental backup tools: Rsync, Rdiff-backup, Duplicity, Areca and Link-Backup