CrashPlan vs Restic
A detailed comparison to help you choose between CrashPlan and Restic.
Quick Verdict
3.7/5
CrashPlan
0 reviews
4.3/5
Restic
0 reviews
Restic is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.7). CrashPlan provides unlimited endpoint backup for businesses. Deploy to employee laptops and workstations centrally. No file size limits, unlimited versioning, and forensic restore capabilities. Restic is a modern backup program that uses content-addressable storage, deduplication, and AES-256 encryption. Backs up to S3, B2, Google Cloud, SFTP, and more. No server required.
CrashPlan Unlimited endpoint backup for businesses | Restic Fast, secure, encrypted open source backup | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.7 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | free |
| Starting price | From $7.33/mo | Free✓ |
| Best for | IT departments at businesses under a few hundred employees that want centrally managed, unlimited-version endpoint backup with self-serve restore | Developers and sysadmins who want encrypted, deduplicated off-site backups to any storage backend and are comfortable owning key management and operations. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | CrashPlan cloud; enterprise can use Azure, AWS, Wasabi, Backblaze or their own S3 | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | team features | free tieropen source |
| Visit CrashPlan → | Visit Restic → | |
CrashPlan
Pros
- + Endpoint backup at $7.33/user/month (annual) with unlimited cloud storage and unlimited versioning — retention length and restore count do not change the bill
- + Published small-business pricing with self-serve signup, 14-day full-function trial, and no per-server license on the enterprise tier
- + Long track record: continuous product since 2007 (ex-Code42), 900+ enterprise and 120,000+ small-business customers cited at the 2022 carve-out
- + Enterprise tier supports bring-your-own storage (Azure, AWS, Wasabi, Backblaze or your own S3) plus SSO, legal hold, immutable copies and audit logging
Cons
- - Vendor pages contradict themselves on endpoint storage ('unlimited' on the plan page vs 50 GB pooled in the pricing FAQ) — resolve before rollout
- - Cost scales per user and the governance features (SSO, legal hold, immutable copies, dedicated CSM) sit above the 250-user / quote-only line
- - No personal plan, no free tier, no published uptime SLA, and endpoint deleted-file retention caps at 90 days
- - Server tier's 250 GB pooled storage with $90/year per 250 GB add-ons is stepped pricing that grows quietly with data volume
Restic
Pros
- + Free BSD-2-Clause software with no paid tier or usage caps
- + Client-side AES-256-CTR encryption with Poly1305 authentication is always on
- + Content-addressed deduplication: incremental backups and multi-machine repositories
- + Native support for S3, B2, GCS, Azure Blob, SFTP, and REST backends; rclone for the rest
- + Openly documented repository format — no vendor lock-in, portable repositories
Cons
- - No password recovery: lose the repository key and the data is gone
- - Command-line only — scheduling, monitoring, and alerting are external
- - Community support only; no SLA or paid support option
- - Repository maintenance (prune, check) requires operational discipline
- - Pre-1.0 version numbering; the API surface can still shift between releases
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