Comparison

Duplicati vs restic

On the evidence we track, Duplicati leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Duplicati52

restic40

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DuplicatiLeader	restic
Vioscale score	52 / 100low · 39%	40 / 100low · 28%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	9	3
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	5.6	7.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cronce%2Fduplicati&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	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	0	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	14,939	35,740
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	20
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	8	77
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	BSD-2-Clause
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	C#	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Duplicati52 / 100low · 39%

restic40 / 100low · 28%

Pricing

Free tier

Duplicati✓

restic✓

Model

Duplicaticommercial

resticopen_source

Price level

Duplicatilow

resticfree

Transparent

Duplicati✗

restic–

Integrations

Count

Duplicati9

restic3

Security

Scorecard

Duplicati5.6

restic7.3

Vulnerabilities

DuplicatiCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cronce%2Fduplicati&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

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

Duplicati0

restic2

Github stars

Duplicati14,939

restic35,740

Activity

Commits last 30d

Duplicati100

restic20

Release

Cadence days

Duplicati8

restic77

History

Duplicati20 items

restic20 items

License

Spdx

Duplicati–

resticBSD-2-Clause

Language

Primary

DuplicatiC#

resticGo

Market

Availability

DuplicatiAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

restic–

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Backup Recovery
Capability	Duplicati	restic
Capabilities
Backup method	Hybrid	-
Immutable storage	✓	-
Air gapped copy	✓	-
Dr orchestration failover	-	-
Instant recovery	-	-
Ransomware anomaly detection	-	-
Granular item recovery	✓	-
Kubernetes backup	-	-
Multi cloud support	✓	-
Deployment model	Hybrid	-
Multi tenant msp	✓	-
Deduplication compression	-	-
Licensing model	Subscription flat	-

Capabilities

Backup method

DuplicatiHybrid

restic-

Immutable storage

Duplicati✓

restic-

Air gapped copy

Duplicati✓

restic-

Dr orchestration failover

Duplicati-

restic-

Instant recovery

Duplicati-

restic-

Ransomware anomaly detection

Duplicati-

restic-

Granular item recovery

Duplicati✓

restic-

Kubernetes backup

Duplicati-

restic-

Multi cloud support

Duplicati✓

restic-

Deployment model

DuplicatiHybrid

restic-

Multi tenant msp

Duplicati✓

restic-

Deduplication compression

Duplicati-

restic-

Licensing model

DuplicatiSubscription flat

restic-

What each one is

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

Duplicati

Leader

A centralized platform for managing backups across on-premises servers and cloud services with end-to-end encryption, multi-site management, and support for multiple storage backends.

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.

Duplicati

Leader

SubscriptionFree tier

Starting from free

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

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	Duplicati	restic
macOSPlatforms	-	✓
WindowsPlatforms	-	✓
LinuxPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

macOS

Duplicati–

restic✓

Windows

Duplicati–

restic✓

Linux

Duplicati–

restic✓

CLI

Duplicati–

restic✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Duplicati✓

restic✓

Self-hosted

Duplicati✓

restic✓

On-premise

Duplicati✓

restic✗

Hybrid

Duplicati✓

restic✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

SFTP

Duplicati

Leader

9 total - 8 not shared

AWS S3
Azure Blob Storage
Wasabi Hot Storage
Backblaze B2
Microsoft 365
Google Workspace
SMB
Duplicati Storage

Independently observed

restic

3 total - 2 not shared

Google Cloud Storage
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

Independently observed

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