Pluton vs Others

See how Pluton compares to other popular open-source backup solutions.

Legend: ✅ = Yes | ⚠️ = Partial | ❌ = No

Pluton vs Backrest

Feature	Pluton	Backrest
Open source	✅	✅
Self-hosted	✅	✅
Web-based UI	✅	✅
Incremental backups	✅	✅
Backup Replication (for 3-2-1 backups)	✅	❌
Deduplication	✅	✅
AES-256 encryption	✅	✅
Compression	✅	✅
Scheduled backups	✅	✅
Cloud storage providers (Rclone integration)	70+	70+
Snapshot retention policies	✅	✅
Email notifications	✅	❌
Webhook notifications	✅	⚠️ (Discord, Slack, Shoutrrr, Gotify)
Push notifications	✅ Ntfy	✅ Gotify
Pre/post backup scripts	✅	✅
Restore to original/custom location	✅	✅
Selective file restore	✅	✅
Manual recovery testing	✅	✅
Download snapshots	✅	✅
Download files from snapshots	✅ (PRO)	✅
Browse snapshot contents	✅ (PRO)	✅
Preview Snapshot Files (image, text, videos)	✅ (PRO)	❌
Centralized multi-device management	✅ (PRO)	❌
Lightweight agent for remote devices	✅ (PRO)	❌
Real-time sync backups	✅ (PRO)	❌
Full server / bare-metal backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Storage to Storage backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Compare snapshots	✅ (PRO)	❌
Automated recovery testing	✅ (PRO)	❌
Backup email report digest	✅ (PRO)	❌
Two-factor authentication (2FA)	✅	❌
Docker deployment	✅	✅
Cross-platform (Windows/Linux)	✅	✅
ARM64 support	✅	✅
Low resource usage (~50 MB idle)	✅	✅
No vendor lock-in	✅	✅
Backup history & logging	✅	✅
Tags / organization	✅	⚠️ (repo/plan grouping)

Pluton vs Duplicati

Feature	Pluton	Duplicati
Open source	✅	✅
Self-hosted	✅	✅
Web-based UI	✅	✅
Incremental backups	✅	✅
Backup Replication (for 3-2-1 backups)	✅	❌
Deduplication	✅	✅
AES-256 encryption	✅	✅
Compression	✅	✅
Scheduled backups	✅	✅
Cloud storage providers	70+	~27
Snapshot retention policies	✅	✅
Email notifications	✅	⚠️ (CLI only)
Pre/post backup scripts	✅	✅
Restore to original/custom location	✅	✅
Selective file restore	✅	✅
Download snapshots	✅	❌
Preview Snapshot Files (image, text, videos)	✅ (PRO)	❌
Webhook notifications	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (paid plan)
Push notifications (Ntfy)	✅ (PRO)	❌
Centralized multi-device management	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (paid Console)
Lightweight agent for remote devices	✅ (PRO)	✅ (paid Console)
Real-time sync backups	✅ (PRO)	❌
Full server / bare-metal backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Storage to Storage backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Browse snapshot contents	✅ (PRO)	✅
Compare snapshots	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (CLI only)
Download files from snapshots	✅ (PRO)	✅
Automated recovery testing	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (basic verify)
Backup email report digest	✅ (PRO)	❌
Two-factor authentication (2FA)	✅	❌
Docker deployment	✅	✅
Cross-platform (Windows/Linux)	✅	✅
ARM64 support	✅	✅
Low resource usage (~50 MB idle)	✅	⚠️
No vendor lock-in	✅	✅
Backup history & logging	✅	✅
Tags / organization	✅	❌

Pluton vs Duplicacy

Feature	Pluton	Duplicacy
Open source	✅	⚠️ (CLI only)
Self-hosted	✅	✅
Web-based UI	✅	✅ (paid Web Edition)
Incremental backups	✅	✅
Backup Replication (for 3-2-1 backups)	✅	❌
Deduplication	✅	✅ (cross-machine)
AES-256 encryption	✅	✅ (AES-256-GCM + RSA)
Compression	✅	✅ (zstd, lz4)
Scheduled backups	✅	✅
Cloud storage providers	70+	~18
Snapshot retention policies	✅	✅
Email notifications (free)	✅	⚠️ (Web Edition only)
Pre/post backup scripts	✅	✅
Restore to original/custom location	✅	✅
Selective file restore	✅	✅
Download snapshots	✅	❌
Preview Snapshot Files (image, text, videos)	✅ (PRO)	❌
Webhook notifications	✅ (PRO)	❌
Push notifications (Ntfy)	✅ (PRO)	❌
Centralized multi-device management	✅ (PRO)	❌
Lightweight agent for remote devices	✅ (PRO)	❌
Real-time sync backups	✅ (PRO)	❌
Full server / bare-metal backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Storage to Storage backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Browse snapshot contents	✅ (PRO)	✅
Compare snapshots	✅ (PRO)	✅ (CLI diff)
Download files from snapshots	✅ (PRO)	✅
Automated recovery testing	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (check command only)
Backup email report digest	✅ (PRO)	❌
Two-factor authentication (2FA)	✅	❌
Docker deployment	✅	⚠️ (community images)
Cross-platform (Windows/Linux)	✅	✅
ARM64 support	✅	✅
Low resource usage (~50 MB idle)	✅	✅
No vendor lock-in	✅	✅
Backup history & logging	✅	✅
Tags / organization	✅	⚠️ (snapshot tags only)

Pluton vs Vorta

Feature	Pluton	Vorta
Open source	✅	✅
Self-hosted	✅	✅ (desktop app)
Web-based UI	✅	❌ (native Qt desktop)
Incremental backups	✅	✅
Backup Replication (for 3-2-1 backups)	✅	❌
Deduplication	✅	✅
AES-256 encryption	✅	✅
Compression	✅	✅
Scheduled backups	✅	✅
Cloud storage providers	70+	⚠️ (local, SSH/SFTP, BorgBase)
Snapshot retention policies	✅	✅
Email notifications	✅	❌ (desktop notifications only)
Webhook notifications	✅	❌
Push notifications (Ntfy)	✅	❌
Pre/post backup scripts	✅	✅
Restore to original/custom location	✅	✅
Selective file restore	✅	✅
Download snapshots	✅	❌
Preview Snapshot Files (image, text, videos)	✅ (PRO)	❌
Centralized multi-device management	✅ (PRO)	❌
Lightweight agent for remote devices	✅ (PRO)	❌
Real-time sync backups	✅ (PRO)	❌
Full server / bare-metal backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Storage to Storage backup	✅ (PRO)	❌
Browse snapshot contents	✅ (PRO)	✅ (via FUSE mount)
Compare snapshots	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (basic text diff)
Download files from snapshots	✅ (PRO)	✅ (via extract)
Automated recovery testing	✅ (PRO)	⚠️ (manual borg check)
Backup email report digest	✅ (PRO)	❌
Two-factor authentication (2FA)	✅	❌
Docker deployment	✅	❌
Windows support	✅	❌
Linux support	✅	✅
ARM64 support	✅	✅
Low resource usage (~50 MB idle)	✅	✅
No vendor lock-in	✅	✅
Backup history & logging	✅	✅
Tags / organization	✅	⚠️ (profiles)