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Spice AI vs backupd

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Spice AI compared with backupd
DetailSpice AI logo Spice AIbackupd logo backupd
What it doesOpen data lakehouse for agents that serves enterprise data securely and at scale on object storage Back up, restore and check your databases from a terminal or a CI job
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2021 Not given
Based inUS Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingOpen Source: Free under Apache 2.0. Cloud Developer: $19/month. Pro for Teams: $99/month with subscription and usage-based pricing. Enterprise: Contact for tailored pricing. Starter: $10/month (free for 14 days) with 5 databases, backups every 12 hours, kept 30 days, 50 GB included storage then $0.10 per GB. Pro: $25/month with 20 databases, backups every 6 hours, kept 90 days, 150 GB included storage then $0.08 per GB. Custom: contact sales@backupd.dev for pricing.
Key features
  • Analytics replica with real-time CDC from PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB
  • Hybrid search combining keyword, vector, and full-text search in SQL
  • Embedded LLM inference callable directly from SQL queries
  • Per-agent sandboxed data isolation with row-level filters and column masking
  • Multi-node clustering and distributed query execution across storage tiers
  • Open source runtime under Apache 2.0 license with self-hosted and managed cloud options
  • Backup before migrations in CI pipelines with wait and fail guarantees
  • Scheduled backup health checks that fail if a database has no recent backup
  • Restore production backups to staging environments
  • Automatic backup restoration verification on sandbox servers
  • Encryption to user's own key with decryption on local machine
  • JSON output and exit codes for CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Restore to different database, original database or locally
  • Support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB and Convex databases
  • Uptime monitoring and alerts for failed backups
  • Compressed and encrypted storage with configurable retention periods
What makes it different
  • Combines federation and acceleration in one SQL endpoint
  • Proven production deployments at Twilio, Barracuda Networks, NRC Health
  • One standard lakehouse configuration deployed per customer, team, or agent
  • Backups encrypted to your own key so the service cannot access them
  • Automatic restore testing proves backups can actually be restored
  • Integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines with exit codes and JSON output
  • Open source MIT licensed with code on GitHub
  • No server agent required; backups can be restored with standard open tools
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)57 +1 (up) since last check4 +4 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)130
Citation Flow (Majestic)390
Referring domains (Majestic)4710

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