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Alternatives to Duplicati
24 file storage tools sit alongside Duplicati in this directory. Below is what separates each from Duplicati on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Duplicati starts at
- Free
Why people look past Duplicati
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Duplicati has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Duplicati does not.
Mac and Windows backup to your own cloud storage
- No free tier, where Duplicati has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $50/year, where Duplicati does not.
Simple and reliable cloud backup for businesses
- No free tier, where Duplicati has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $6/month, where Duplicati does not.
Lock-free deduplication cloud backup
- Publishes an entry price of $50/year, where Duplicati does not.
Google's consumer cloud storage app, sharing the same 15GB quota as Gmail and Google Photos
Priced and rated the same as Duplicati on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Low cost S3-compatible object storage with egress included up to a multiple of what you store
- Publishes an entry price of $4/month, where Duplicati does not.
Every Duplicati alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duplicati (this page) | Free | - | - | |
| Borg BackupFree and open-source backup with deduplication, available via managed hosting through BorgBase at $2/month. | Free | Free | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Arq BackupContinuous backup for local data with cloud storage options and encryption. | $50/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| CarboniteCommercial cloud backup service with versioning and recovery options. | $6/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| DuplicacyNew-generation backup tool with cross-computer deduplication, free for personal use. | Free, then $50/year | Freemium | - | vs Duplicati |
| Google Drive | Free | Free tier plus paid storage add-on | 3 | vs Duplicati |
| IDrive e2 | Free, then $4/month | Per terabyte per month | 2 | vs Duplicati |
| Cloudflare R2 | Free, then $0.015/month | Per gigabyte stored per month | 3 | vs Duplicati |
| Ceph | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| MinIO | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Duplicati |
| Storj | Free, then $4/month | Per terabyte per month | 2 | vs Duplicati |
| Tigris | Free, then $0.004/GB/month | Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees | 4 | vs Duplicati |
| Box | Free, then $5/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Duplicati |
| Nextcloud | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Duplicati |
| LucidLink | $7/month | Per member per month plus storage | 3 | vs Duplicati |
| VAST Data | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Panzura | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Scality RING | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Duplicati |
| Cloudian | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Nasuni | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Veritas NetBackup | $100/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Zerto | $5/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Duplicati |
| Microsoft OneDrive | $1.99/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Duplicati |
| Backblaze | $9/month | - | 2 | vs Duplicati |
| IDrive | $2.5/month | Subscription | 7 | vs Duplicati |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Duplicati badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Borg Backup , Free
- Duplicacy , Free, then $50/year
- Google Drive , Free
- IDrive e2 , Free, then $4/month
- Cloudflare R2 , Free, then $0.015/month
- Ceph , Free
- MinIO , Free
- Storj , Free, then $4/month
What you would be giving up
Duplicati is most often brought in for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection, compliance. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Duplicati is broadly right and the question is cost, the Duplicati pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the File Storage category lists everything the directory holds, and best file storage tools ranks them.
Duplicati runs on windows, macos, linux. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Duplicati alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Duplicati?
- 24 other file storage tools are listed in this directory, led by Borg Backup, Arq Backup, Carbonite, Duplicacy. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Duplicati?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Borg Backup, Duplicacy, Google Drive, IDrive e2, Cloudflare R2.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Duplicati?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Duplicati has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Duplicati?
- Duplicati is most often brought in for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection, compliance. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Duplicati?
- None of the file storage tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Duplicati alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, File Storage, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Duplicati against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Duplicati covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every file storage tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the File Storage category, 24 tools beside Duplicati. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.