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Amanda vs BURP: catalog facts
Amanda	BURP
Free The community edition is free and open source. Commercial editions are paid.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Archives are written with standard tar or dump, so they are readable without Amanda Balances daily full and incremental runs across clients automatically	Central server with deduplication across clients Windows VSS support, so open files are captured correctly
Configuration is dense and the documentation assumes Unix experience The interface is entirely command line	Configuration is file-based with a steep initial setup No graphical interface in the core project
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-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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