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Synology Hyper Backup vs Kopia: catalog facts
Synology Hyper Backup	Kopia
Free Included with Synology NAS systems; cloud destinations may cost extra.	Free Free and open source, with no paid edition.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Wide range of local, NAS, rsync and cloud destinations Versioning with deduplication and incremental backups	A desktop app and a command line tool that share the same repository format End-to-end encryption with keys you control, plus compression and deduplication
Only runs on Synology NAS hardware Closed source	Backs up the files and folders you choose; it is not a whole-disk imaging tool Still pre-1.0, so repository format changes between versions are possible
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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