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

List

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 Yes Yes; hard-links No; but can be achieved via pluggable transfer mechanism No Yes; through deduplication Yes No
Bacula Yes Yes; Incremental Yes Yes; Silent error detection (MD5 or SHA1). Backup certification Verify Job Yes; *For Linux Yes; Deduplication optimized storage driver 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 (in development) 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 Yes Yes; Incremental; chunking; 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 Yes No
FlyBack No ? No
git Yes Yes; snapshot Yes (via git-remote-gcrypt) 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
Redo Backup and Recovery No No No
rdiff-backup Yes Yes; reverse incremental No No No No Yes; via Third-party Yes
rsync Yes Yes; hard-links (--link-dest) No No No No No ? Optional (separate downloads)
star/gtar No Yes No No No No No ? ?
zsync Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No
zpaq Yes Yes; Incremental Yes; AES-256/CTR Yes; SHA-1 No No Yes; through deduplication No No

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 anarcat. "document internals better". Github pull requests. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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