Database Vault vs mariadb-backup

Database Vault is a cloud service for automating database backups and restoring earlier snapshots. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase, and Supabase; the supported-database list also includes SQLite. Backup schedules can be hourly, daily, weekly, or custom. Users can review backup history and restore a point-in-time snapshot, including through a one-click restore to a new database. The service monitors failures, retries automatically, and provides notifications and operation logs. Its dashboard tracks backup frequency, storage use, and success rates. Database Vault says backups are encrypted with AES-256 before storage and connection strings are encrypted at rest and never logged. It runs on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure, which it describes as SOC 2 Type II certified, and advertises a 99.9% uptime SLA for backup operations. The Free plan includes 1 GB of storage and 7-day retention. Starter costs $9 a month and supports up to three databases; Pro costs $15 a month and supports up to ten. Backups remain accessible for 30 days after cancellation.

mariadb-backup is a free, open-source tool for physical backups of MariaDB tables, including while the server is running. Available on Linux and Windows for self-hosted deployments, it supports InnoDB, Aria, MyISAM, and MyRocks. Backup options include full, incremental, and partial copies, point-in-time recovery, and restoration of individual databases, tables, or partitions. It can make hot online InnoDB backups and uses a nearly non-blocking method for full backups on running systems. It also supports Galera Cluster state snapshot transfers, InnoDB page-compressed tables, and tables protected by data-at-rest encryption; encrypted tables stay encrypted in the backup. Output can be streamed to stdout for piping to tools such as OpenSSL or gzip. Restoring requires preparation with the --prepare option, and safe full or incremental restores require an empty MariaDB data directory. Backup operations connect to the running server and generally require global RELOAD, PROCESS, LOCK TABLES, and BINLOG MONITOR privileges. The listed plan is free.