Borg Backup vs Duplicacy

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Pricing, plan by plan

Which should you pick?

Questions people ask

Is Borg Backup or Duplicacy better?

Neither clearly leads. Borg Backup starts at Free and Duplicacy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Borg Backup or Duplicacy?

Borg Backup starts at Free and Duplicacy at Free.

Does Borg Backup or Duplicacy run on more platforms?

Borg Backup runs on Linux, Mac. Duplicacy runs on macOS, Linux, Windows.

Can I use Borg Backup for free?

Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.

What is Borg Backup best used for?

Borg Backup is most often used for deduplicated backups where daily full snapshots would otherwise be expensive, encrypted backup to a server you do not fully trust, since the server never sees plaintext, browsing previous versions by mounting an archive over fuse, scripted server backups with no agent or daemon to run. Of those, deduplicated backups where daily full snapshots would otherwise be expensive and encrypted backup to a server you do not fully trust, since the server never sees plaintext are not what Duplicacy is typically brought in for.

What can Borg Backup do that Duplicacy cannot?

Borg Backup covers Content-defined chunking, Deduplication, Compression, Authenticated encryption. Duplicacy covers Lock-free deduplication, Client-side encryption, Multiple computers, Erasure coding. Both handle Linux support, Mac support.