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Amanda vs BackupPC: catalog facts
Amanda	BackupPC
Free The community edition is free and open source. Commercial editions are paid.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Archives are written with standard tar or dump, so they are readable without Amanda Balances daily full and incremental runs across clients automatically	Coordinates network backups through a server-based system.
Configuration is dense and the documentation assumes Unix experience The interface is entirely command line	Server setup requires additional Perl and transfer dependencies.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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