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Backup & object storage, ranked by value — not ad spend

Encrypted, deduplicated, verifiable backups — the least glamorous, highest-value software you'll ever run. Plus S3-compatible storage you host.

No paid placement. Ranked by evidence against four principles: transparency, value density, privacy, efficiency. How we rank →
Our pick
rclone — rsync for 70+ cloud storage providers 5.0
#ToolT·V·P·EIndexType
1 rclone
rsync for 70+ cloud storage providers
 5.0 self-host ~
2 restic
Fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups
 5.0 self-host ~
3 BorgBackup
Deduplicating archiver with compression & encryption
 4.8 self-host ~
4 MinIO
S3-compatible object storage, one binary
 4.8 self-host ~
5 Kopia
Cross-platform encrypted snapshots with GUI
 4.5 self-host ~

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