Duplicati takes encrypted, deduplicated backups of the folders you pick. Point a job at a local drive, a NAS, an SFTP server or cloud storage, and it keeps versions you can restore from the browser. One container runs the backup engine and the web UI on port 8200.
How Duplicati stacks up against other backup apps. Add or remove apps to change the comparison.
| Requirement | Duplicati | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free + Paid | Free + Paid | Free |
| Concurrent backups | – | Lock-free | Sequential / locked |
| Storage support | Local, SFTP, S3, B2, WebDAV | Local, SFTP, S3, B2, WebDAV | Local, SFTP, S3, B2, rclone |
| Notifications | Email, Webhooks, Telegram | Email, Webhooks | Discord, Slack, Gotify, Shoutrrr, Healthchecks |
| Deduplication | Yes (per repository) | Global | Yes (per repository) |
| Web UI | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Architecture | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM | x86 + ARM |
| Containers | 1The app alone | 1The app alone | 1The app alone |
| Database | SQLite | none | SQLite |
| Runtime | .NET | Go | Go |
| Docker | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Linux package | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes | – |
| Windows | Yes | Yes | – |
| Linux | Yes | Yes | – |
| Full comparison | This app | Duplicacy vs Duplicati | Backrest vs Duplicati |
Official client for desktop.
The files and folders you choose, and it can also capture full disks or partitions and run sync jobs that copy files to a destination without versioning. Each backup job writes to the destination you set, and a job can name more than one.
No. The open source server runs on its own with its own web UI. The Console is a hosted service you can connect to for an overview across machines, alerts and remote management, and its free tier covers two machines.
No. Backups are written in Duplicati's own volume format, so restoring needs Duplicati. Export the job configuration and keep its local database, because the disaster recovery notes use both.
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