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Comet Backup vs Bacula: catalog facts
Comet Backup	Bacula
Paid Commercial software with a free trial.	Free The community edition is free and open source. Bacula Enterprise is paid.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Covers Windows, Linux, macOS, hypervisors and Microsoft 365 Choice of Comet cloud, any S3 service or your own storage	Scales to large environments with tape libraries and many clients Catalogue database makes single-file restores across years practical
Aimed at businesses and MSPs rather than home users Pricing is not shown on the homepage	Configuration is extensive and unforgiving for newcomers The Enterprise edition holds features the community edition lacks
Downloadable app, Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
Account 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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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