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Bareos vs Comet Backup: catalog facts
Bareos	Comet Backup
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Paid Commercial software with a free trial.
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…	Covers Windows, Linux, macOS, hypervisors and Microsoft 365 Choice of Comet cloud, any S3 service or your own storage
Setup is an administrator-level job involving a director, storage daemons and a database, which is far more work…	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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