Comparison

BorgBackup vs restic

No leader: the top candidate BorgBackup has only 0.12 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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BorgBackup76

restic40

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	BorgBackup	restic
Vioscale score	76 / 100low · 12%	40 / 100low · 28%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	3
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	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	-	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	13,653	35,740
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	20
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	21	77
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	BSD-2-Clause
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	Go

Score

Vioscale score

BorgBackup76 / 100low · 12%

restic40 / 100low · 28%

Pricing

Free tier

BorgBackup–

restic✓

Model

BorgBackupcommercial

resticopen_source

Price level

BorgBackupfree

resticfree

Integrations

Count

BorgBackup–

restic3

Security

Scorecard

BorgBackup6

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

BorgBackup–

restic2

Github stars

BorgBackup13,653

restic35,740

Activity

Commits last 30d

BorgBackup100

restic20

Release

Cadence days

BorgBackup21

restic77

History

BorgBackup20 items

restic20 items

License

Spdx

BorgBackup–

resticBSD-2-Clause

Language

Primary

BorgBackupPython

resticGo

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	-	-
Immutable storage	-	-
Air gapped copy	-	-
Dr orchestration failover	-	-
Instant recovery	-	-
Ransomware anomaly detection	-	-
Granular item recovery	-	-
Kubernetes backup	-	-
Multi cloud support	-	-
Deployment model	-	-
Multi tenant msp	-	-
Deduplication compression	-	-
Licensing model	-	-

Capabilities

Backup method

BorgBackup-

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

BorgBackup-

restic-

Multi tenant msp

BorgBackup-

restic-

Deduplication compression

BorgBackup-

restic-

Licensing model

BorgBackup-

restic-

What each one is

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

BorgBackup

BorgBackup is an open-source backup program that eliminates duplicate data to reduce storage requirements and encrypts everything client-side with authenticated encryption, making it suitable for backing up to untrusted storage destinations.

Independently observed

restic

Free and open source backup program supporting Linux, macOS, Windows and other systems, with ability to store backups to multiple backends including self-hosted and 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

Open source

Free and open source

as of 2026-08-18verify ↗

restic

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-20verify ↗

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	✓	✓

Platforms

macOS

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Windows

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Linux

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

CLI

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

BorgBackup✗

restic✓

Self-hosted

BorgBackup✓

restic✓

Integrations

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

BorgBackup

Not documented yet.

restic

3 total

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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
SFTP

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.