Retour

Spec sheet

Purpose

Retour backs up Kubernetes resource manifests and persistent volumes and supports disaster recovery.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

License

Retour is proprietary software; the maker asks users to contact it for a license or licensing options.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Headquarters

Warsaw, PolandRead 28 Sep 2026 · thebackup.company

Automatic discovery

Point Retour at a Deployment or StatefulSet and it discovers associated volumes automatically.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Backup scheduling

Backups can run on a cron schedule with configurable retention.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Database support

Ready-made application-consistency profiles are listed for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and qemu-guest freeze.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Encryption

Retour supports encrypted storage backends and optional AWS KMS or Vault Transit custody of key material.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Identity integrations

The web UI supports OIDC and SAML authentication with multiple identity providers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Immutability

S3 Object Lock retention can be applied to uploaded volume data, metadata, and manifests.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Immutable backups

Retour can apply S3 Object Lock retention to uploaded backup objects.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Incremental backups

The optional Kopia engine deduplicates data and uploads only changes on supported backends.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Maker and location

The site says Retour is owned and operated by Andante Bernard Pietraga in Warsaw, Poland.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Notable requirement

CSI volume snapshots require a Kubernetes cluster with a driver that supports CSI snapshots.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Platform and configuration

Retour is deployed with a Kubernetes operator and defines backups and restores as Kubernetes custom resources; its web UI is optional.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Platform requirement

Retour is designed for Kubernetes and uses CSI snapshots when the cluster has a supporting CSI driver.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Restore drills

A schedule can restore its newest backup to a scratch namespace and run a check on its own cron.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Restore options

Retour supports selective resource restores, file-level restores, and migration between clusters.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Scheduling

BackupSchedule supports cron-based backups with retention settings.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Snapshots

It uses CSI volume snapshots when the Kubernetes cluster has a supporting driver.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Storage integrations

The site lists 60+ storage backends, including Amazon S3, Ceph, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Dropbox, SFTP, and local storage.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Support contact

The site lists [email protected] for inquiries.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Verification

Backups are checked after upload and restores after copy by default.Read 8 Oct 2026 · thebackup.company

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Container Backup Software#18 of 287.4
• Kubernetes Backup Software#20 of 317.4