Duplicati vs Borgmatic: Which Backup Tool?

Quick Verdict Borgmatic is the better backup tool for most self-hosters. Its deduplication is genuinely superior, it handles large datasets faster, and its YAML config files are version-controllable and reproducible. Duplicati wins if you need a web UI or native cloud storage support (S3, B2, Google Drive) without extra tooling. If you are comfortable with the command line, pick Borgmatic. If you want to click through a GUI and back up directly to cloud storage, pick Duplicati. Overview Duplicati is a GUI-first backup tool written in C#/.NET. It runs a web interface on port 8200 where you configure backup jobs, select sources, choose destinations, and set schedules. It supports a wide range of cloud backends natively — Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, SFTP, and more. Encryption uses AES-256, and backups are incremental and block-based. Borgmatic is a Python wrapper around BorgBackup. It replaces Borg's verbose CLI with a clean YAML configuration file. You define your so