Kopia vs Veeam Data Platform
Kopia and Veeam Data Platform are both backup software. Kopia is open source under Apache-2.0, with 15k GitHub stars. Veeam Data Platform is a commercial product from Veeam Software.
Which to pick
- Pick Kopia when
- You want restic-style backups with a GUI and built-in scheduling, for desktops or small servers.
- Pick Veeam Data Platform when
- A business with VMware, Hyper-V or mixed infrastructure needs dependable server backup and fast recovery.
Side by side
A backup tool for Windows, macOS and Linux with encrypted, compressed, deduplicated snapshots to local or cloud storage, with both a CLI and a desktop GUI.
Backs up and restores virtual machines, physical servers, cloud workloads and Microsoft 365, with immutable storage and ransomware recovery.
Still pre-1.0 in version numbering, and its repository format is specific to Kopia.
Needs Windows servers and skilled setup, and licences per workload add up.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app, command line and self-hosted server
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Go, React and Electron
Not published
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Veeam Software
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
15k GitHub stars
No Wikipedia article of its own
Established: started 11 years ago, latest release v0.23.1.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.