Amanda vs Backblaze for Business
Amanda
amanda.orgBackblaze for Business
backblaze.comSide by side
| Figure | Amanda | Backblaze for Business |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5.99/mo | $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Backup and Disaster Recovery Software | 9.5 (#1) | 9.2 (#3) |
| Company size | BETSOL's LinkedIn profile lists 501–1,000 employees. | LinkedIn lists Backblaze as a 201–500 employee software-development company. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.6 out of 5 from 10 reviews for the Zmanda listing | 4.7 out of 5 from 144 reviews |
Plans
Amanda
- Amanda CommunityFree
- Amanda Community EditionFree
- Business$5.99 a month
- Business Plus$6.99 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Backblaze for Business
- Business Backup$99 a year
- Enterprise ControlPriced on request
In their own words
Amanda
Amanda is a free backup system that lets an administrator protect multiple networked hosts from one master server. It can write backups to disk, tape drives or changers, and cloud storage; bundled drivers cover DVD-RW, RAIT, and Amazon S3. Amanda schedules full and incremental backups and distributes work over the backup cycle. Its catalog tracks files and media locations, helping identify tapes needed for a restore and manage them to avoid overwriting the wrong one. Archives can be compressed before or after network transfer. Security options include OpenSSH for server-client communication, GPG or another encryption program for archives, and Kerberos 5. The Application API supports custom backups for applications such as relational databases and special file systems. Amanda has a native Windows client, and lists Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix client platforms. It is available for Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosting. The community edition is free, open source, and provided as-is; the project says it continues to receive critical security updates.
Backblaze for Business
Backblaze for Business has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.