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Bacula pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Bacula. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the backup tools listed alongside it.
As of 29 August 2026, Bacula pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open-source
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Yes
What is on record
The Bacula catalogue entry carries no price and a open-source pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Bacula review carries the full feature record.
How that compares in Backup
Too few backup tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacula (this page) | Free | open-source | - | |
| Velero | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Bacula |
| Clumio | $0.01/month | Per GiB-month protected | - | vs Bacula |
| Portworx Backup | Free, then $0.2/node hour | Per node hour | - | vs Bacula |
| Trilio | Free | Per node per year | - | vs Bacula |
| AvePoint Cloud Backup | On request | quote | - | vs Bacula |
| HYCU | On request | quote | - | vs Bacula |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Bacula badges page.
Before you pay for Bacula
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Bacula runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Bacula review, and the rest of the category is under best backup tools.
Bacula pricing questions
- How much does Bacula cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for Bacula, which is listed as open-source. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does Bacula have a free plan?
- Yes, Bacula is recorded as open-source, so it can be used without paying.
- Which backup tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 backup tools listed alongside Bacula have a free tier: Velero, Portworx Backup, Trilio, Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes.
- What am I actually paying for with Bacula?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Bacula review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Bacula charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Bacula prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Bacula against before paying?
- The closest backup tools in this directory are Velero, Clumio, Portworx Backup, Trilio. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Bacula covering price, platforms and features.