Comparison

restic vs Velero

On the evidence we track, Velero leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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restic42

★Velero56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	restic	VeleroLeader
vioscaleAI score	42 / 100high · 78%	56 / 100medium · 58%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	free
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	-
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.3	6.9
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.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	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvelero-io%2Fvelero&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	2	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	36,570	10,338
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	19	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	77	12
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	BSD-2-Clause	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Go	Go
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	5 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

restic42 / 100high · 78%

Velero56 / 100medium · 58%

Pricing

Free tier

restic✓

Velero✓

Model

resticopen_source

Veleroopen_source

Price level

resticfree

Velerofree

Integrations

Count

restic2

Velero–

Security

Scorecard

restic7.3

Velero6.9

Vulnerabilities

resticCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frestic%2Frestic&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

VeleroCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fvelero-io%2Fvelero&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

restic2

Velero0

Github stars

restic36,570

Velero10,338

Activity

Commits last 30d

restic19

Velero100

Release

Cadence days

restic77

Velero12

History

restic20 items

Velero20 items

License

Spdx

resticBSD-2-Clause

VeleroApache-2.0

Language

Primary

resticGo

VeleroGo

Content

Faq

restic6 items

Velero5 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Backup Recovery
Capability	restic	Velero
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	On prem	-
Multi tenant msp	-	-
Deduplication compression	✓	✓
Licensing model	Open source	-

Capabilities

Backup method

restic-

VeleroHybrid

Immutable storage

restic-

Velero-

Air gapped copy

restic-

Velero-

Dr orchestration failover

restic-

Velero-

Instant recovery

restic-

Velero-

Ransomware anomaly detection

restic-

Velero-

Granular item recovery

restic✓

Velero✓

Kubernetes backup

restic-

Velero✓

Multi cloud support

restic✓

Velero-

Deployment model

resticOn prem

Velero-

Multi tenant msp

restic-

Velero-

Deduplication compression

restic✓

Velero✓

Licensing model

resticOpen source

Velero-

What each one is

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

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

Velero

Leader

A community-driven platform that provides backup, disaster recovery, and cluster migration capabilities for Kubernetes resources and persistent volumes, deployable on cloud infrastructure or on-premises.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

restic

Open source

as of 2026-09-13verify ↗

Velero

Leader

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

Platforms

macOS

restic✓

Velero✗

Windows

restic✓

Velero✗

Linux

restic✓

Velero✗

CLI

restic✓

Velero✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

restic✓

Velero✓

Self-hosted

restic✓

Velero✓

On-premise

restic✗

Velero✓

Integrations

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

restic

3 total

Google Cloud Storage
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
SFTP

Independently observed

Velero

Leader

Not documented yet.

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