What is BorgBackup?
BorgBackup is an open-source backup program that eliminates duplicate data to reduce storage requirements and encrypts everything client-side with authenticated encryption, making it suitable for backing up to untrusted storage destinations.
BorgBackup pricing
We don't have BorgBackup's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 2 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
BorgBackup alternatives
Other backup recovery we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- DruvaCloud-native data resilience platform for backup, disaster recovery, and AI-driven threat protectionlow · 25%
- Velerolow · 16%
- Duplicatilow · 39%
- Kopialow · 28%
- resticlow · 28%
- Veeam Backup & ReplicationEnterprise backup and recovery platform providing data protection across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments with integrated compliance enforcement and low · 22%
Compare BorgBackup
Side by side against other backup recovery, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for BorgBackup, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.09 | 5.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 100 | 0.05 | 5.2 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 88 | 0.05 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Security score | 60 | 0.04 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Stars | 78 | 0.03 | 2.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing transparency | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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