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Alternatives to Restic
21 backup & disaster recovery tools sit alongside Restic in this directory. Below is what separates each from Restic on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Restic starts at
- Free
Why people look past Restic
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Restic entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
Restic publishes a single plan, Free at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
Automated cloud-to-cloud backup
- No free tier, where Restic has one.
- Starts $29 a month dearer, at $29/month.
- 2 tiers to Restic's 1.
Integrated backup and cybersecurity protection
- No free tier, where Restic has one.
- Starts $68 a year dearer, at $68/year.
- 3 tiers to Restic's 1.
SaaS backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365
- No free tier, where Restic has one.
- Starts $4 a month dearer, at $4/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than free.
Enterprise SaaS backup made simple
- Starts $3 a month dearer, at $3/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than free.
Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption
Priced and rated the same as Restic on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Built-in backup for every Mac
Priced and rated the same as Restic on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Restic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restic (this page) | Free | Free | 1 | |
| BackupifyAutomated cloud-to-cloud backup | $29/month | - | 2 | vs Restic |
| Acronis Cyber ProtectIntegrated backup and cybersecurity protection | $68/year | - | 3 | vs Restic |
| Spanning BackupSaaS backup for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 | $4/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| CloudAllyEnterprise SaaS backup made simple | Free, then $3/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| Borg Backup | Free | Free | 1 | vs Restic |
| Apple Time Machine | Free | Free | 1 | vs Restic |
| Bacula | Free | Open-source | - | vs Restic |
| Clonezilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Restic |
| AOMEI Backupper | Free, then $40/year | Freemium | 1 | vs Restic |
| Amanda Enterprise | Free, then $30/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| Datto SIRIS | $1095/one-time + recurring | - | - | vs Restic |
| Commvault Complete Data Protection | On request | - | 4 | vs Restic |
| Dell EMC NetWorker | $80/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| Altaro VM Backup | $595/perpetual | - | - | vs Restic |
| Arcserve UDP | $25/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| Comet Backup | $49/month | Subscription | - | vs Restic |
| Cohesity | On request | Quote | - | vs Restic |
| Datto Backup | On request | Quote | - | vs Restic |
| Bacula Enterprise | $500/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| Axcient x360Recover | $99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Restic |
| Cohesity DataProtect | On request | - | - | vs Restic |
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 Restic badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (7)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- CloudAlly , Free, then $3/month
- Borg Backup , Free
- Apple Time Machine , Free
- Bacula , Free
- Clonezilla , Free
- AOMEI Backupper , Free, then $40/year
- Amanda Enterprise , Free, then $30/month
What you would be giving up
Restic is most often brought in for encrypted deduplicated backups to s3, b2, sftp and local disk from the command line, scripted server backups with snapshot retention policies. 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 Restic is broadly right and the question is cost, the Restic pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Backup & Disaster Recovery category lists everything the directory holds, and best backup & disaster recovery tools ranks them.
Restic runs on windows, mac, 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 Restic alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Restic?
- 21 other backup & disaster recovery tools are listed in this directory, led by Backupify, Acronis Cyber Protect, Spanning Backup, CloudAlly. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Restic?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: CloudAlly, Borg Backup, Apple Time Machine, Bacula, Clonezilla.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Restic?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Restic?
- Restic is most often brought in for encrypted deduplicated backups to s3, b2, sftp and local disk from the command line, scripted server backups with snapshot retention policies. 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 Restic?
- Bacula is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Restic alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Backup & Disaster Recovery, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Restic against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Restic 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 backup & disaster recovery tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Backup & Disaster Recovery category, 21 tools beside Restic. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.