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Backups Solution(s) / Options in 2026
Hi Guys,
With all the recent hacking events (cPanel / Apache etc), just wondering what you all have been using for Backing up your fleet of VPS(s)/servers.
I have been using few options including R1oft (Yes, I know), Borg and even BackupPC 
etc.
Different kind of VMs and Different DCs.
I miss having a centralized "Pull" backup system that just works. I have hoping PBS will fill this gap but their "features" seems to be tied to ProxmoxVE.
What you have been using recently??
If you have different VMs across different providers??
Self-Hosting, Free or Paid, With a decent UI .... whatever works best 
Thanks
Comments
I personally use backrest (it's basically restic with a webui)
There's also ZeroByte which is pretty much the same as backrsst (uses restic in the backend), though it's still early in its development.
I am sure there are plenty of other great options.
I always hear that tar is pretty good.
Been using JetBackup, but there are Veeam and Acronis too. Veeam offers a free version that is pretty useful. Proxmox has its own backup software too, which works quite well for non-Proxmox VMs.
Just use
borghttps://github.com/karanhudia/borg-ui this is interesting
I'm using Zerobyte. It somehow made more sense to me when trying to use it compared to Backrest.
From what I've seen Borg or Restic seem to be the standard... then either use them directly or pick a UI you like.
I'm using Zerobyte. Easy to setup and configure backups.
just jetbackup - ssh destination
tar with crontab.
Just print it .
I'm using Kopia https://github.com/kopia/kopia
Running a master kopia repository service on my backup machine and then just run smaller kopia instances on the machines I want to backup in docker containers. Everything gets sent to the backup server and the backup server handles all of the backup maintenance tasks.
borgmatic
restic (CLI) and rclone from a home server so backups aren't accessible if the server was ever breached.
for last few months I moved my backup tool to Restic, more simple than my hacky shell script. I might looking for another alternative in nearby future which can do push and/or pull
We use these:
1. cPanel backups
2. jetbackup
3. https://www.netdynamics24.com/client/index.php?fuse=knowledgebase&controller=articles&view=article&articleId=57
hourly and daily deduped dump to r2 with restic
Proxmox backup server is also used for backing up my VMs
I use this one for my soho backup solution
https://www.qualeed.com/en/qbackup/
not great for restore times but great for simplicity but it dedups and can backup to remote locations.
I need something relatively lightweight to get as close to bare metal-ish as possible. For simple backup of files the alternatives are endless; for Windows I still use Macrium, on OpenWRT I use Restic and I guess I hate myself a lot because goddamn it is shitty at anything but creating backups.
I have settled for BackupPC on some of my Linux rigs but it's slow and ancient. Works though, almost always
Anyway, if you just want to backup files just rsync and gz to somewhere over SSH or cloud service via rclone IMO.
Nice boombox mate.
I'm surprised https://github.com/borgbase/vykar
isn't getting more discussion.
https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/217092/how-about-i-disrupt-the-objectstorage-aws3
Very promising.
Guys how do you move 5 TB of backups from a basement workstation to anywhere else in the world? I feel like I have to mail the disks.
custom rsync to Hostbrrrrrrrrrr
Backups? What are those?
rsync using ssh as root with empty password auth is the only way to be sure.
Restic + a hosted SFTP backend is the lowest-overhead "pull-style backup with a decent UI" you can build today. The Restic CLI handles pruning, retention, encryption. The host gives you the off-site + the dashboard.
I run ServerCrate (full disclosure - it's mine), Restic-only hosted vaults on ZFS. Free 10GB tier so you can try before buying. Won't be for everyone vs. rolling your own SSH+rsnapshot, but if you don't want to maintain the destination box, it's one less thing.
If anyone wants a setup walkthrough I have a ServerCrate-agnostic one at servercrate.net/setup/ - works for ANY restic+sftp combo, not just us.