Proxmox Backup Server

Backup server in Hosting & cloud

Free backup server for Proxmox setups, praised for near-instant incremental backups, deduplication and simple, trusted operation. No critics recommended a caveat.

11 people gave an opinion

recommend it: 11
criticize it: 0
approval share: 100%

Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 7 of 13 months

November 2025: not recommended
December 2025: recommended
January 2026: recommended
February 2026: not recommended
March 2026: recommended
April 2026: recommended
May 2026: not recommended
June 2026: not recommended
July 2026: recommended
August 2026: not recommended
September 2026: recommended
October 2026: recommended
November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it carries the badge

11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

Trusted, well-loved backup system
“The only backup system that I truly love and trust (from experience)”
Comment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Backups Aren't Simple”
“enjoy the bliss of Proxmox Backup Server”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS”
Deduplicated, incremental backups
“it is the perfect forever near instant incremental backups that sold me”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS”
“Good backup software deduplicates on storage.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting is being enshittified”
Integrates well with Proxmox
“Proxmox/pbs/truenas/talos/linstor/DRBD are all amazing.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Protect Your Shed”
“how well it integrates with proxmox backup server”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “From Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve in Our Office Lab”

What people said

12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“The only backup system that I truly love and trust (from experience)”

RecommendsComment from 17 Sep 2026 in “Backups Aren't Simple”

“it is the perfect forever near instant incremental backups that sold me”

RecommendsComment from 10 Jul 2026 in “How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS”

“enjoy the bliss of Proxmox Backup Server”

RecommendsComment from 8 Jul 2026 in “How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS Without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS”

“its just incredibly simple”

RecommendsComment from 2 Jul 2026 in “Immich v3.0.0 Released”

“All of it is backed up to PBS, backed by Cloudflare R2 storage.”

RecommendsComment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner: From $1,432 to $233 With Zero Downtime”

“Proxmox/pbs/truenas/talos/linstor/DRBD are all amazing.”

RecommendsComment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Protect Your Shed”

“As a Proxmox Backup Server user... I still want ZFS roots with native rollback support.”

MixedComment from 31 Mar 2026 in “From Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve in Our Office Lab”

“how well it integrates with proxmox backup server”

RecommendsComment from 30 Mar 2026 in “From Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve in Our Office Lab”

“run pbs (proxmox backup server) somewhere”

RecommendsComment from 9 Mar 2026 in “My Homelab Setup”

“Why not virtualize everything and then just backup the entire cluster?”

RecommendsComment from 13 Jan 2026 in “2026 is the Year of Self-hosting”

“Good backup software deduplicates on storage.”

RecommendsComment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting is being enshittified”

“has "live restore" what can start a kvm after just the first few megs are restored”

RecommendsComment from 7 Dec 2025 in “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.