Alternatives to pgBackRest
Parallel backup and restore for PostgreSQL with delta restore. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
pgBackRest
Parallel backup and restore for PostgreSQL with delta restore.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as pgBackRest.
Barman
Backup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL disaster recovery.
Barman manages backups for many PostgreSQL servers from one backup host with point-in-time recovery, but it runs on Linux only and needs SSH or streaming access.
WAL-G
Archival backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server.
WAL-G streams compressed, encrypted backups to object storage and also supports MySQL and SQL Server, but it is Linux and command-line only.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
PostgreSQL
The open-source relational database with 35 years behind it, known for correctness, extensibility and a long feature list.
pgAdmin
The standard open-source administration tool for PostgreSQL.
Percona XtraBackup
Hot physical backup for MySQL and Percona Server.
Mariabackup
MariaDB's bundled hot physical backup tool.
mongodump
A MongoDB command-line tool that writes a binary BSON export of a database for backup or migration.
TimescaleDB
PostgreSQL extension that turns Postgres into a scalable time-series database.
