Comparison

Kopia vs restic

On the evidence we track, Kopia leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Kopia full profile →restic full profile →

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★Kopia50

restic42

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	KopiaLeader	restic
vioscaleAI score	50 / 100high · 79%	42 / 100high · 78%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	3	2
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.4	7.3
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkopia%2Fkopia&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL	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	39	2
Github starsadoption.github_stars	14,342	36,570
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	34	19
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	21	77
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	BSD-2-Clause
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Kopia50 / 100high · 79%

restic42 / 100high · 78%

Pricing

Free tier

Kopia✓

restic✓

Model

Kopiaopen_source

resticopen_source

Price level

Kopiafree

resticfree

Transparent

Kopia✓

restic–

Integrations

Count

Kopia3

restic2

Security

Scorecard

Kopia6.4

restic7.3

Vulnerabilities

KopiaCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fkopia%2Fkopia&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 1 · Max severity: CRITICAL

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

Kopia39

restic2

Github stars

Kopia14,342

restic36,570

Activity

Commits last 30d

Kopia34

restic19

Release

Cadence days

Kopia21

restic77

History

Kopia20 items

restic20 items

License

Spdx

KopiaApache-2.0

resticBSD-2-Clause

Language

Primary

KopiaGo

resticGo

Content

Faq

Kopia6 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	Kopia	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	On prem	On prem
Multi tenant msp	-	-
Deduplication compression	✓	✓
Licensing model	Open source	Open source

Capabilities

Backup method

Kopia-

restic-

Immutable storage

Kopia-

restic-

Air gapped copy

Kopia-

restic-

Dr orchestration failover

Kopia-

restic-

Instant recovery

Kopia-

restic-

Ransomware anomaly detection

Kopia-

restic-

Granular item recovery

Kopia✓

restic✓

Kubernetes backup

Kopia-

restic-

Multi cloud support

Kopia✓

restic✓

Deployment model

KopiaOn prem

resticOn prem

Multi tenant msp

Kopia-

restic-

Deduplication compression

Kopia✓

restic✓

Licensing model

KopiaOpen source

resticOpen source

What each one is

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

Kopia

Leader

A file-level backup tool that encrypts data on your machine before storing it to cloud, network, or local storage of your choice, with support for multiple storage destinations and efficient data deduplication

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.

Kopia

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-20verify ↗

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

Platforms

macOS

Kopia✓

restic✓

Windows

Kopia✓

restic✓

Linux

Kopia✓

restic✓

CLI

Kopia✓

restic✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Kopia✗

restic✓

Self-hosted

Kopia✓

restic✓

On-premise

Kopia✓

restic✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Google Cloud Storage

Kopia

Leader

7 total - 6 not shared

Azure Blob Storage
Google Drive
Pushover
Webhook
S3
Rclone

Independently observed

restic

3 total - 2 not shared

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
SFTP

Independently observed

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