# Free alternatives to IDrive Personal

> IDrive Personal (IDrive Personal (5 TB)) costs $143.88 a year. Free alternatives: Kopia, restic and Duplicati. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/idrive/
- Category: Backup (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/backup/)
- Vendor: IDrive
- Plan: IDrive Personal (5 TB)
- Price: $11.99/month, $143.88/year
- Billing: monthly; yearly and 2-year discounts apply to the first year only
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "IDrive® Personal $11.99 / month 5 TB Storage One user, Multiple computers"
- Price source: https://www.idrive.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### Kopia

- Website: https://kopia.io
- Repository: https://github.com/kopia/kopia (14,305 stars, last push 2026-10-16)
- License: Apache-2.0
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: AUR: kopia; Flathub: io.kopia.KopiaUI
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `yay -S kopia`, `flatpak install flathub io.kopia.KopiaUI`
- Note: You supply the storage (a drive, NAS or cloud bucket) that IDrive includes, and there's no phone backup.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/kopia/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### restic

- Website: https://restic.net
- Repository: https://github.com/restic/restic (36,529 stars, last push 2026-10-17)
- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: command-line tool
- Linux: Arch extra: restic
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `sudo pacman -S restic`
- Note: Command-line only, you supply the storage, and there's no phone backup.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/restic/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### Duplicati

- Website: https://duplicati.com
- Repository: https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati (15,123 stars, last push 2026-10-16)
- License: MIT (proprietary/ dir)
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: desktop app
- Linux: AUR: duplicati-bin
- Self-hostable: no
- Install: `yay -S duplicati-bin`
- Note: You supply the cloud or NAS storage that IDrive includes, and there's no phone backup.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/duplicati/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to IDrive Personal?

Yes. The 3 free alternatives are Kopia (open source, Apache-2.0), restic (open source, BSD-2-Clause) and Duplicati (open source, MIT).

### How much does IDrive Personal cost?

IDrive Personal's IDrive Personal (5 TB) plan costs $11.99 a month, which is $143.88 a year (monthly; yearly and 2-year discounts apply to the first year only). Source: the official pricing page at idrive.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which IDrive Personal alternatives run on Linux?

Kopia (AUR: kopia; Flathub: io.kopia.KopiaUI), restic (Arch extra: restic) and Duplicati (AUR: duplicati-bin).

### Can you self-host a IDrive Personal alternative?

There's nothing to host: Kopia is a desktop app, restic is a command-line tool and Duplicati is a desktop app.

### Are these IDrive Personal alternatives open source?

Yes. All 3 use OSI-approved open-source licenses: Kopia (Apache-2.0), restic (BSD-2-Clause) and Duplicati (MIT).

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