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Synology Hyper Backup vs restic: catalog facts
Synology Hyper Backup	restic
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	One static binary with no server, agent or database to install first Content-defined chunking means daily backups only transfer what changed
Only runs on Synology NAS hardware Closed source	Command line only; any graphical interface or scheduling comes from third-party projects Still pre-1.0, so the project does not yet guarantee backward compatibility across major versions
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-2-Clause
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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