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Bacula vs Comet Backup: catalog facts
Bacula	Comet Backup
Free The community edition is free and open source. Bacula Enterprise is paid.	Paid Commercial software with a free trial.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Scales to large environments with tape libraries and many clients Catalogue database makes single-file restores across years practical	Covers Windows, Linux, macOS, hypervisors and Microsoft 365 Choice of Comet cloud, any S3 service or your own storage
Configuration is extensive and unforgiving for newcomers The Enterprise edition holds features the community edition lacks	Aimed at businesses and MSPs rather than home users Pricing is not shown on the homepage
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Account 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 24, 2026

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