Bareos vs Portabase

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

Bareos

AGPL-3.0

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

Apache-2.0

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

	Bareos	Portabase
License	AGPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,281	1,898
Forks	320	146
Open Issues	92	37
Last Commit	Nov 11, 2026	Nov 10, 2026
First Released	Aug 12, 2013	Oct 19, 2024
Categories	Backups	Backups Database Management
Tags	#backup #cli #cross-platform #self hosted	#backup #self hosted #database #devops

Bareos1,281

Portabase

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

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

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.