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OwnBackup vs Restic

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OwnBackup

Software

Leading backup for Salesforce and SaaS platforms

From
$5/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Restic

Software

Fast, secure, and efficient backup program

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Restic has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: OwnBackup own states its products are officially part of Salesforce, and routes pricing to Salesforce's Cloud Data Security page rather than publishing a figure of its own; Restic cold storage is not natively supported; restoring from S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive is only available as an experimental feature behind a feature flag
  • They diverge on capability: OwnBackup covers Automated backup, Restic covers Content-defined chunking.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which OwnBackup and Restic actually diverge.

Attributes where OwnBackup and Restic differ
AttributeOwnBackupRestic
Starting price$5/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfree
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebWindows, Mac, Linux
Founded20152014

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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.

Only in OwnBackup

  • Automated backup
  • Instant recovery
  • Proactive monitoring
  • Data seeding
  • Sandbox management
  • Compliance archiving
  • Salesforce
  • ServiceNow

Only in Restic

  • Content-defined chunking
  • Cryptographic verification
  • Deduplication
  • Encryption
  • Multiple backends
  • Snapshot management
  • AWS S3
  • Azure

What people use each for

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

OwnBackup

  • Data protectionnot Restic
  • Disaster recoverynot Restic
  • Business continuitynot Restic
  • Ransomware protectionnot Restic
  • Compliancenot Restic

Restic

  • Encrypted deduplicated backups to S3, B2, SFTP and local disk from the command linenot OwnBackup
  • Scripted server backups with snapshot retention policiesnot OwnBackup

Where each one falls short

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

OwnBackup

  • Own states its products are officially part of Salesforce, and routes pricing to Salesforce's Cloud Data Security page rather than publishing a figure of its own

Restic

  • Cold storage is not natively supported; restoring from S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive is only available as an experimental feature behind a feature flag
  • A Windows file whose name contains a character Windows treats as invalid cannot be read by restic and has to be renamed
  • Antivirus real-time protection degrades performance on Windows unless the restic binary is added to an exclusions list
  • On large repositories the built-in five minute stuck-request timeout fires during file listing and has to be raised manually with --stuck-request-timeout

Pricing, plan by plan

OwnBackup

$5/month
  • OwnBackup$5/month
    • Daily backup
    • Instant recovery
    • Proactive monitoring

Restic

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Content-defined chunking
    • Encryption
    • Multiple backends

Which should you pick?

Choose OwnBackup if

  • You need automated backup.
  • You also want instant recovery.
OwnBackup review

Choose Restic if

  • You need content-defined chunking.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Windows, Mac, Linux.
  • You also want cryptographic verification.
Restic review

Questions people ask

Is OwnBackup or Restic better?
Neither clearly leads. OwnBackup starts at $5/month and Restic at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, OwnBackup or Restic?
Restic has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $5/month for OwnBackup and Free for Restic.
Does OwnBackup or Restic run on more platforms?
OwnBackup runs on Web. Restic runs on Windows, Mac, Linux.
Can I use Restic for free?
Yes. Restic has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. OwnBackup starts at $5/month.
What is OwnBackup best used for?
OwnBackup is most often used for data protection, disaster recovery, business continuity, ransomware protection. Of those, data protection and disaster recovery are not what Restic is typically brought in for.
What can OwnBackup do that Restic cannot?
OwnBackup covers Automated backup, Instant recovery, Proactive monitoring, Data seeding. Restic covers Content-defined chunking, Cryptographic verification, Deduplication, Encryption.
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