Duplicity AlternativesBackup Clients and other similar apps like Duplicity

Duplicity is described as 'Software suite that provides encrypted, digitally signed, versioned, remote backup of files requiring little of the remote server' and is a Backup Client in the backup & sync category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Duplicity for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Duplicity alternative is Duplicati, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Duplicity are rsync, Acronis True Image, BorgBackup and Time Machine.

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  1. Duplicati icon
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    Duplicati stores encrypted, incremental backups with AES-256 encryption and GPG, compatible with Windows, Linux, MacOS. Supports cloud services like OneDrive, Google Drive, and includes a built-in scheduler, auto-updater. Run backups through a web interface or command line.

    132 Duplicati alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DK flagDenmark
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Automatic Backup
    4.  Encrypted Backup
    5.  Data deduplication
    6.  File Versioning
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Scheduling
    9.  Local Storage
    10.  Cloud Sync
    11.  Guided configuration
    12.  AES-256 Encryption

    Duplicati VS Duplicity

     
    • Duplicati is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Duplicity.

    • Duplicati is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Duplicity.

    • Duplicati is Freemium and Open SourceDuplicity is Free and Open Source
    • Duplicati is Privacy focusedDuplicity is not according to our users
  2. rsync icon
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    rsync is a software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring...

    130 rsync alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  File Sync
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Schedule Backup
    4.  Folder Sync
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Cloud Sync
    7.  Encrypted Backup
    8.  Delta Backup
    9.  File by file encryption

    rsync VS Duplicity

     
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    Duplicity's whole thing is that it can store encrypted backups securely on untrusted storage. RSync does not do that.

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    • rsync is Free and Open SourceDuplicity is also Free and Open Source
    • rsync is Privacy focusedDuplicity is not according to our users
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    A software product produced by Acronis that provides data protection including, backup, archive, access and recovery for Microsoft, macOS, iOS and Android operating systems.

    152 Acronis True Image alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Intuitive Interface

    Features

    1.  Disk Imaging
    2.  Disk Cloning
    3.  Automatic Backup
    4.  Schedule Backup
    5.  Recover Corrupted Files
    6.  Incremental Backup
    7.  Differential Backup
    8.  Clone to smaller disks
    9.  Ransomware Protection
    10.  Data Protection

    Acronis True Image VS Duplicity

     
    • Acronis True Image is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Duplicity.

    • Acronis True Image is the most popular commercial alternative to Duplicity.

    • Acronis True Image is Paid and ProprietaryDuplicity is Free and Open Source
  4. BorgBackup icon
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    BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it supports compression and authenticated encryption.

    36 BorgBackup alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • Fedora
    • Cygwin
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian

    BorgBackup Features

    1.  Remote backup
    2.  Data deduplication
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Automatic Backup
    5.  Encrypted Backup
    6.  Schedule Backup
    7.  AES-256 Encryption

    BorgBackup VS Duplicity

     
  5. Time Machine icon
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    Time Machine is the breakthrough automatic backup that’s built right into Mac OS X. It keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on your Mac — digital photos, music, movies, TV shows, and documents. Now, if you ever have the need, you can easily go back in time to recover anything.

    91 Time Machine alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Time Machine Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Differential Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Schedule Backup
    5.  File Versioning
    6.  Encrypted Backup
    7.  Bundled with macOS

    Time Machine VS Duplicity

     
  6. Déjà Dup icon
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    Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regularly) and uses Duplicity as the backend.

    89 Déjà Dup alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME

    Déjà Dup Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Remote backup
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Selective Synchronization

    Déjà Dup VS Duplicity

     
  7. CrashPlan icon
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    Data Protection for SMBs with Cloud Backup.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    CrashPlan Features

    1.  Encrypted Backup
    2.  Incremental Backup
    3.  Unlimited storage
    4.  File Versioning
    5.  Automatic Backup
    6.  AES Encryption
    7.  Multiple languages

    CrashPlan VS Duplicity

     
    • CrashPlan is the most popular Web-based alternative to Duplicity.

    • CrashPlan is Paid and ProprietaryDuplicity is Free and Open Source
  8. Back In Time icon
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    Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "FlyBack project".

    54 Back In Time alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Back In Time Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Time-machine

    Back In Time VS Duplicity

     
  9. Vorta icon
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    Vorta is a backup client for macOS and Linux desktops. It integrates the mighty Borg Backup with your favorite desktop environment to protect your data from disk failure, ransomware and theft.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Python
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak

    Vorta Features

    1.  Schedule Backup
    2.  Incremental Backup
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Data deduplication
    5.  Automatic Backup
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Selective Synchronization
    9.  AES-256 Encryption
    10.  Flexible

    Vorta VS Duplicity

     
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    Use Time Machine to automatically back up your personal data, including apps, music, photos and documents. Having a backup allows you to recover files that you later delete or can't access.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Time Machine for Linux Features

    1.  Automatic Backup
    2.  Schedule Backup
    3.  Incremental Backup

    Time Machine for Linux VS Duplicity

     
  11. Duplicacy icon
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    Duplicacy is a new generation local and cloud backup tool that supports cross-computer deduplication. It is free for personal use and source code is available to commercial users.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Duplicacy Features

    1. Microsoft OneDrive icon  Onedrive integration
    2.  Cloud based
    3.  Incremental Backup
    4.  Data deduplication

    Duplicacy VS Duplicity

     
  12. Veeam Agent icon
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    Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux work with Veeam Availability Suite to deliver Availability for ALL workloads — virtual, physical and cloud — from a single management console, extending Veeam’s leadership position from being the best for VMware vSphere...

    44 Veeam Agent alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Veeam Agent Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  NTFS Partition Recovery
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Barmetal backup

    Veeam Agent VS Duplicity

     
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