Compare software

Bareos vs Veeam Backup & Replication: catalog facts
Bareos	Veeam Backup & Replication
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Freemium A free Community Edition is available; the full product is sold as part of the paid Veeam…
Windows, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows
It is a full client-server backup solution under AGPLv3 with no open-core restrictions, covering Linux, Windows, macOS…	Covers virtual machines, physical machines, NAS shares and cloud workloads Free Community Edition for small setups and home labs
Setup is an administrator-level job involving a director, storage daemons and a database, which is far more work…	Backup server runs on Windows only Aimed at business infrastructure, so setup is more involved than desktop backup tools
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: Proprietary
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 23, 2026

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.