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Bacula vs BackupPC: catalog facts
Bacula	BackupPC
Free The community edition is free and open source. Bacula Enterprise is paid.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Scales to large environments with tape libraries and many clients Catalogue database makes single-file restores across years practical	Coordinates network backups through a server-based system.
Configuration is extensive and unforgiving for newcomers The Enterprise edition holds features the community edition lacks	Server setup requires additional Perl and transfer dependencies.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	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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