# NAKIVO Backup & Replication vs restic

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** NAKIVO Backup & Replication

| Attribute | NAKIVO Backup & Replication | restic |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 54.5 (76% (high)) | 41.8 (78% (high)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 19 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 36,570 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Agentless backup solution designed to protect virtual machines, physical servers, cloud instances, and enterprise applications. Offers automated protection policies, point-in-time recovery, multiple backup destinations, and built-in safeguards against ransomware. It is indexed under Backup Recovery.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"What is NAKIVO Backup & Replication?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports the web, Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"What platforms does NAKIVO Backup & Replication support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"Can NAKIVO Backup & Replication be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for NAKIVO Backup & Replication, including VMware vSphere, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, AWS EC2, Nutanix AHV, Microsoft Office 365, Oracle and Amazon S3, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.nakivo.com/fr/how-to-buy/pricing_calculator/","question":"What does NAKIVO Backup & Replication integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Backup Recovery.","source":"https://restic.net","question":"What is restic?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"restic is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the BSD-2-Clause licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://restic.net","question":"Is restic free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"restic supports Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://restic.net","question":"What platforms does restic support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. restic can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://restic.net","question":"Can restic be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for restic, including Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage and SFTP. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://restic.net","question":"What does restic integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. restic is published under the BSD-2-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/restic/restic","question":"Is restic open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"air_gapped":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Enterprise backup and recovery platform for virtual machines featuring instant recovery, immutable and air-gapped storage, disaster recovery orchestration, and multi-tenant architecture. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"air_gapped_copy":true,"instant_recovery":true,"multi_tenant_msp":true,"immutable_storage":true,"granular_item_recovery":true,"deduplication_compression":true,"dr_orchestration_failover":true}` | `{"licensing_model":"open-source","deployment_model":"on-prem","multi_cloud_support":true,"granular_item_recovery":true,"deduplication_compression":true}` |
| integrations.count | 18 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"VMware vSphere"},{"name":"Proxmox VE"},{"name":"Hyper-V"},{"name":"AWS EC2"},{"name":"Nutanix AHV"},{"name":"Microsoft Office 365"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Wasabi"},{"name":"Backblaze B2"},{"name":"S3-compatible cloud platforms"},{"name":"NEC HYDRAstor"},{"name":"HPE StoreOnce Catalyst"},{"name":"QNAP NAS"},{"name":"NAS"},{"name":"SMB/NFS file shares"},{"name":"Tape"}]` | `[{"name":"Google Cloud Storage"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure Blob Storage"},{"name":"SFTP"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Go |
| license.spdx | - | BSD-2-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.nakivo.com","retrievedAt":"2026-09-21T11:27:11.269Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://restic.net","retrievedAt":"2026-09-13T19:35:47.295Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 77 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.19.1","date":"2026-07-05T08:13:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.19.0","date":"2026-06-09T17:06:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.19.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.18.1","date":"2025-09-21T18:24:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.18.0","date":"2025-03-27T19:34:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.3","date":"2024-11-08T19:52:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.2","date":"2024-10-27T15:55:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.1","date":"2024-09-05T19:41:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.17.0","date":"2024-07-26T09:45:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.5","date":"2024-07-01T19:42:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.4","date":"2024-02-04T19:18:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.3","date":"2024-01-14T19:36:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.2","date":"2023-10-29T19:05:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.1","date":"2023-10-24T18:20:39Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.16.0","date":"2023-07-31T18:39:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.15.2","date":"2023-04-24T18:40:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.15.1","date":"2023-01-30T20:10:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.15.0","date":"2023-01-12T20:08:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.14.0","date":"2022-08-25T18:14:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.13.1","date":"2022-04-10T09:34:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/tag/v0.13.0","date":"2022-03-26T19:37:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.13.0"}]` |
| security.scorecard | - | 7.3 |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frestic%2Frestic&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Backup Recovery)

| Capability | NAKIVO Backup & Replication | 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 |
| Multi tenant msp | ✓ | - |
| Deduplication compression | ✓ | ✓ |
| Licensing model | - | Open source |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T00:43:53.494Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*