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            "tagline": "Subscription cloud backup for Mac and PC computers",
            "summary": "Backblaze Personal Backup is a subscription service that backs up Mac and PC computers to the cloud. It offers unlimited cloud storage for $9 a month, and a free trial needs no credit card.",
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                "Automatic, unlimited backup for Mac and PC",
                "Free trial with no credit card"
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                "Subscription at $9 a month",
                "Cloud restores depend on your internet connection"
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            "overview": "Backblaze's personal product backs up photos, videos and documents on a Mac or PC automatically to the Backblaze cloud. The page describes the backup as automatic and unlimited, and the price is $9 a month for computer backup and unlimited cloud storage. The company's home page is mostly about B2 cloud storage for businesses and developers, so the personal product is separate from that business service.\n\nThe trial is free to start and, according to the page, needs no credit card. Restores from the cloud depend on your internet connection, so large restores take longer than local copies. Backblaze is a subscription product, which suits people who want backup handled for them rather than configured by hand."
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            "page": "https://listme.name/software/restic",
            "tagline": "Free open-source command-line backup program for Linux, macOS and Windows",
            "summary": "restic is a free, open-source command-line backup program for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows. It backs up to many storage back ends and is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License.",
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                "Runs on Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows"
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                "Command-line program in this entry",
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            "overview": "restic is a command-line backup program that backs up files from Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows to many different storage back ends. The project's site states that it is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License, and it lists releases such as restic 0.19.0 from June 2026. Its code is hosted on GitHub, where bugs and feature requests go.\n\nrestic suits people who are comfortable in a terminal and want scripted, repeatable backups. This entry covers the program itself and does not rate third-party graphical front ends. Because it is free software with no paid edition listed on its site, the main cost is the storage you choose to back up to."
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        "Only restic runs on Linux.",
        "restic is open source; Backblaze is not.",
        "restic has a free plan or free version; Backblaze does not.",
        "Backblaze: subscription. restic: free and open source."
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