Duplicati vs Portabase

Comparing two open source alternatives to Acronis. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Duplicati

MIT

Free, open-source backup software that stores encrypted, incremental backups to cloud storage and remote servers.

Apache-2.0

Open-source, self-hosted database backup and restore platform for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and more.

	Duplicati	Portabase
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	15,077	1,827
Forks	1,083	131
Open Issues	604	44
Last Commit	Oct 10, 2026	Oct 9, 2026
First Released	Aug 5, 2014	Oct 19, 2024
Categories	Backups	Backups Database Management
Tags	#backup #encryption #self hosted #cloud storage	#backup #self hosted #database #devops

Duplicati15,077

Portabase

Open source network backup and recovery for mixed IT environments with disk, tape, and S3 storage, a web UI, and multi-OS clients.

Client/server backup system combining file and image backups with fast incremental backups, a web admin UI, and bare-metal restore.

High-performance server-based backup system that pools identical files across machines, with a web UI and no client-side software to install.

Lightweight client/server network backup and restore tool with librsync deduplication, TLS client authentication, and Windows and Unix clients.