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Bareos vs Amanda: catalog facts
Bareos	Amanda
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free The community edition is free and open source. Commercial editions are paid.
Windows, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
It is a full client-server backup solution under AGPLv3 with no open-core restrictions, covering Linux, Windows, macOS…	Archives are written with standard tar or dump, so they are readable without Amanda Balances daily full and incremental runs across clients automatically
Setup is an administrator-level job involving a director, storage daemons and a database, which is far more work…	Configuration is dense and the documentation assumes Unix experience The interface is entirely command line
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
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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