Kopia vs restic
No leader: the top candidate Kopia has only 0.28 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for backup recovery. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Kopia
Open-source backup software that creates encrypted, deduplicated backups to your choice of cloud storage providers. Offers both a graphical interface and command-line tools for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
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.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Google Cloud Storage
Kopia
- Azure Blob Storage
- Google Drive
- Pushover
- Webhook
restic
- Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
- SFTP
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.