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24 alternatives to Database Backup as a Service

Get MySQL and PostgreSQL scheduled backups as a service

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Database Backup as a Service launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   DBacked▲148

   Simple, secure database backup as a service 🛠️

   2018 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Barebackups▲78

   Super-simple database backups

   2020 · snapshooter.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Backup Stack▲1

   Opensource. Self-hosted. Scheduled backup (DB & files) to S3

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4PC
   PGBackup.com, Postgres backup as a service▲46

   2016 · pgbackup.com · its alternatives →

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   Project Backup▲3

   Simple, automated SQL & File backups for Windows.

   Aug 2026 · project-backup.pl · its alternatives →

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   Serverless Postgres▲159

   This is a MVP for Serverless Postgres. 1/ It uses Fly.io[0], which can automatically pause your database after all connections are released (and start it again when new connections join). 2/ It uses Oriole[1], a Postgres extension with experimental support for S3 / Decoupled Storage[2]. 3/ It uses Tigris[3], Globally Distributed S3-Compatible Object Storage. Oriole will automatically backup the data to Tigris using background workers. I wouldn't recommend using this in production, but I think it's in a good spot to provoke some discussion and ideas. You can get it running…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Postgresus▲35

   Open source PostgreSQL backup tool

   Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

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   Dumper▲64

   Offsite backup for databases

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Backup Scheduler▲21

   Cheap and dirty solution to backup a specific folder on macOS to S3. I use this to backup my Calibre library.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Pro Backup▲84

    Get daily, automated backups of your SaaS apps

    2024 · probackup.io · its alternatives →

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    Oqlid▲2

    Automated database backups you can trust

    Aug 2026 · oqlid.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PlanetScale▲215

    The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform

    2021 · planetscale.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    UpBack! Database Backup and Recovery ▲12

    Effortless Data Backup and Recovery for Modern Databases

    2024 · upback.cloud · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Databasus – open-source backup tool for PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB▲10

    I had a post in the start of December about Postgresus 2.0: self hosted tool for PostgreSQL. Since then the project changed the name and added support of other databases: MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB. Website - https://databasus.com GitHub - https://github.com/databasus/databasus Main features: - Scheduled backups for multiple PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB databases - Storage to S3, Cloudflare R2, Google Drive, Azure Blob, NAS, SFTP, rclone, etc. - Notifications about backup status via email, Telegram, Slack, Discord, MS Teams and customizable webhooks -…

    Dec 2025 · databasus.com · its alternatives →

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    Infreqdb – S3 backed key/value database for infrequent read access▲39

    S3 backed key/value database for infrequent read access - turbobytes/infreqdb

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16CS
    Cloud Storage with ZFS send and receive over SSH▲59

    rsync.net offers secure cloud storage on an open standards ZFS and SSH platform for offsite backup and disaster recovery

    2015 · rsync.net · its alternatives →

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    DBOS Java – Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows▲114

    Hi HN - I’m Peter, here with Harry (devhawk), and we’re building DBOS Java, an open-source Java library for durable workflows, backed by Postgres. https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-java Essentially, DBOS helps you write long-lived, reliable code that can survive failures, restarts, and crashes without losing state or duplicating work. As your workflows run, it checkpoints each step they take in a Postgres database. When a process stops (fails, restarts, or crashes), your program can recover from those checkpoints to restore its exact state and continue from where…

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DB Backups▲73

    An easy way to manage all your Heroku backups

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19AS
    Amazon S3 API Support for Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Service▲74

    2017 · blog.minio.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    BackupTable▲70

    Backup all your tables on Airtable

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21DL
    Database Labs – Postgres as a Service▲46

    Prices for Postgresql Database as a Service in Google Cloud, Amazon, and DigitalOcean.

    2014 · databaselabs.io · its alternatives →

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    Low-cost backup to S3 Glacier Deep Archive▲120

    Hi, most people (hopefully) have local backups. However, when that backup fails, it is good to have a backup stored somewhere off-site. In the old days you would ship physical drives/tapes, which is cumbersome, costly, and slow. With fast upload speeds, it is now possible to upload your data to the cloud. I have found S3 Glacier Deep Archive to be a great solution for this: - It is very cheap ($1/TB/month for US region) - Very reliable (99.999999999% data durability, data spread over 3 Availability Zones) However, usability out of the box is not that great, I'm not aware of…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    BackHub▲77

    Backup your GitHub Repositories

    2018 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    bit.io▲130

    All your data in one place

    2021 · its alternatives →

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