Category: Storage & Backup

8 European alternatives to Bacula Systems — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.

Swiss enterprise backup company (Yverdon-les-Bains) providing commercial support and an enterprise edition built on the open-source Bacula backup engine (AGPLv3 core); self-hosted, cross-platform (mixed OS, containers, cloud) backup used by organizations including NASA and Swisscom; confirmed actively trading in 2026 via current marketing content and recent blog posts.

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Facts

Headquarters: CH (OTHER)
Category: Storage & Backup
Type: Product
GDPR-compliant: Yes
Open-source: Yes
Data hosting: EU

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Bacula Systems

Acronis
Swiss cyber protection company providing backup, disaster recovery, and secure file sync
CH · commercial
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Bareos
German open-source enterprise backup solution forked from Bacula
DE · open-source
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BorgBackup
Open-source deduplicating archival backup program with compression and encryption
DE · open-source
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Contabo
German hosting provider offering affordable object storage and backup in European data centres
DE · commercial
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Exoscale
Swiss cloud provider offering S3-compatible object storage from European data centres
CH · commercial
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Hetzner
German hosting provider offering affordable dedicated servers, cloud storage, and backup solutions
DE · commercial
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IONOS
German cloud and hosting provider with S3-compatible object storage and backup solutions
DE · commercial
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LINBIT
Austrian company behind DRBD and LINSTOR for replicated block storage and high availability
AT · open-source
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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Bacula Systems?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Bacula Systems include Acronis, Bareos and BorgBackup. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Bacula Systems?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Bacula Systems include Bareos, BorgBackup and LINBIT. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Bacula Systems GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Bacula Systems is headquartered in CH (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

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