It has a big advantage over many of the other ones, it is distro agnostic. It connects to the root file system via SSHFS and allows to backup directory trees, databases or virtual machines.

It also allows to run pre and post backup job scripts to prepare the job and it’s free without any file number or file size limitation.

Although a systems administrator, not a geek, I have used Borg on several client small networks – max. 15 clients on max 5 servers, with very satisfactory results.

The lack of a Windows client is a setback for some, but one client installed Windows 10 in a VM on a Mac machine to satisfy his desire for using Borg-only backup.

At least 15 of these don’t have enough users to have been real-world debugged. They shouldn’t even be here.

For the 10 that might possibly be worth considering, a table showing the features would have been useful. Finally, there should be been a recommendation, picking out the 2 or 3 utilities that are the front-runners for the various possible environments (desktop, server, multiple servers, etc).

@Shane,

Thanks for sharing, let me check before including it in the list…

The main reason I like it is that you can run the backups without encryption or archiving, thus allowing easy recovery of individual files. I back up to external drives on docking stations.

I dread the day when it fails to be run because of an OS update because then I’ll have to redo my entire 40TB data backup with some other utility.