Comparison

BorgBackup vs restic

On the evidence we track, BorgBackup leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★BorgBackup58

restic42

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BorgBackupLeader	restic
vioscaleAI score	58 / 100medium · 60%	42 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	2
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.6	7.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=borgbackup&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frestic%2Frestic&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	83	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	13,837	36,570
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	19
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	25	77
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	BSD-2-Clause
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Go
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

BorgBackup58 / 100medium · 60%

restic42 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Model

BorgBackupopen_source

resticopen_source

Price level

BorgBackupfree

resticfree

Integrations

Count

BorgBackup–

restic2

Security

Scorecard

BorgBackup6.6

restic7.3

Vulnerabilities

BorgBackupCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=borgbackup&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

resticCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frestic%2Frestic&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

BorgBackup83

restic2

Github stars

BorgBackup13,837

restic36,570

Activity

Commits last 30d

BorgBackup100

restic19

Release

Cadence days

BorgBackup25

restic77

History

BorgBackup20 items

restic20 items

License

Spdx

BorgBackup–

resticBSD-2-Clause

Language

Primary

BorgBackupPython

resticGo

Content

Faq

BorgBackup4 items

restic6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for backup recovery. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Backup Recovery
Capability	BorgBackup	restic
Capabilities
Backup method	Agent	-
Immutable storage	-	-
Air gapped copy	-	-
Dr orchestration failover	-	-
Instant recovery	-	-
Ransomware anomaly detection	-	-
Granular item recovery	✓	✓
Kubernetes backup	-	-
Multi cloud support	-	✓
Deployment model	On prem	On prem
Multi tenant msp	-	-
Deduplication compression	✓	✓
Licensing model	Open source	Open source

Capabilities

Backup method

BorgBackupAgent

restic-

Immutable storage

BorgBackup-

restic-

Air gapped copy

BorgBackup-

restic-

Dr orchestration failover

BorgBackup-

restic-

Instant recovery

BorgBackup-

restic-

Ransomware anomaly detection

BorgBackup-

restic-

Granular item recovery

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Kubernetes backup

BorgBackup-

restic-

Multi cloud support

BorgBackup-

restic✓

Deployment model

BorgBackupOn prem

resticOn prem

Multi tenant msp

BorgBackup-

restic-

Deduplication compression

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Licensing model

BorgBackupOpen source

resticOpen source

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

BorgBackup

Leader

An open-source backup utility that reduces storage through content-based deduplication while providing strong encryption and compression for secure, efficient data protection.

Independently observed

restic

A command-line backup utility that emphasizes speed, security, and efficient storage through data deduplication and encryption, with support for Linux, macOS, Windows, and various storage backends including cloud services.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

BorgBackup

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-10-13verify ↗

restic

Open source

as of 2026-09-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	BorgBackup	restic
macOSPlatforms	✓	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

macOS

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Windows

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Linux

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

CLI

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

BorgBackup✗

restic✓

Self-hosted

BorgBackup✗

restic✓

On-premise

BorgBackup✓

restic✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

BorgBackup

Leader

Not documented yet.

restic

3 total

Google Cloud Storage
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
SFTP

Independently observed

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