Percona Backup for MongoDB vs pgBackRest
Percona Backup for MongoDB
docs.percona.com
pgBackRest
pgbackrest.orgSide by side
| Figure | Percona Backup for MongoDB | pgBackRest |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Database Backup Software | 8.2 (#10) | 7.4 (#21) |
| Backup types | PBM supports logical, physical, incremental, and snapshot-based backup workflows, with availability depending on the deployment and configuration. | It supports full, differential, and incremental backups at file or block level. |
| Encryption | PBM supports physical backup and restore of data encrypted at rest, and does not store or show the encryption key as part of the backup. | pgBackRest can encrypt its repository to secure backups wherever they are stored. |
| Purpose | Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) is a distributed solution for consistent backups of MongoDB sharded clusters and replica sets, with restores to a specific point in time. | pgBackRest is a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL designed to scale to large databases and workloads. |
| Storage integrations | Supported backup storage includes Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO and S3-compatible storage, filesystem servers, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage, and Alibaba Cloud OSS. | Repositories can use S3, Azure, and GCS compatible object stores. |
Plans
In their own words
Percona Backup for MongoDB
Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM) is a free, open-source tool for consistent backups and restores of MongoDB replica sets and sharded clusters. It supports point-in-time recovery by saving oplog slices between backups. Operators can manage operations from its command-line interface or through a web interface with Percona Monitoring and Management. PBM offers logical, physical and incremental physical backups, plus backups of selected databases or collections; whole-database backups can include users and roles. Destinations include Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, MinIO and compatible storage, filesystem servers, Azure Blob Storage, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage and Alibaba Cloud OSS. Backup types depend on database product, version and storage engine. MongoDB Community and Enterprise Edition support logical backups only. Physical backups require Percona Server for MongoDB 7.0 or newer and WiredTiger. PBM is self-hosted and lists Linux among its platforms. It uses MongoDB authentication and authorization, and requires a PBM user in the admin database for each replica set. Percona recommends systemd credentials rather than storing connection credentials in plaintext environment variables or service files.
pgBackRest
pgBackRest has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.