Duplicati vs Velero
Duplicati and Velero are both backup software. Duplicati is open source under a license set out in its repository, with 15k GitHub stars. Velero is open source under Apache-2.0, with 10k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Duplicati when
- You want scheduled encrypted backups of a PC or small server to cheap cloud storage with a point-and-click interface.
- Pick Velero when
- You run Kubernetes in production and need cluster-level disaster recovery or migration.
Side by side
A backup client for Windows, macOS and Linux that makes encrypted, compressed, incremental backups to S3, B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV and many other destinations, managed through a web UI.
Backs up and restores Kubernetes cluster resources and persistent volumes, and migrates workloads between clusters, using object storage and volume snapshots.
It spent many years in beta and its local database has a history of corruption and slow repairs, so test restores regularly; part of the code is under a proprietary licence.
Restores need rehearsal, and volume backup behaviour depends on your storage provider's snapshot support.
Usable
Production-ready
Desktop app, command line and self-hosted server
Self-hosted server and command line
C#, .NET and JavaScript
Go and Kubernetes
Open source, license unclear on GitHub
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
15k GitHub stars
10k GitHub stars
Established: started 12 years ago, latest release v2.4.1.0_stable_2026-10-29.
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release v1.18.4.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.