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Bareos vs Bacula: catalog facts
Bareos	Bacula
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free The community edition is free and open source. Bacula Enterprise is 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…	Scales to large environments with tape libraries and many clients Catalogue database makes single-file restores across years practical
Setup is an administrator-level job involving a director, storage daemons and a database, which is far more work…	Configuration is extensive and unforgiving for newcomers The Enterprise edition holds features the community edition lacks
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	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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