Pluton
by Pluton · Self-hosted open-source encrypted backups to your own cloud storage
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Overview
Pluton is a self-hosted backup tool that runs scheduled incremental backups from your machines to your own cloud storage, encrypting and compressing data on the device first using the Restic engine. It connects to over 70 storage providers, and handles replication across several destinations, retention rules, guided restores, logging and notifications via Slack, Discord, email or NTFY.
- Best for
- Individuals and small teams wanting self-hosted, encrypted backups to their own cloud storage
- Pricing
- Free open-source edition; PRO is $59/year including 5 remote machines ($12/year per extra machine), with a Business plan listed at $99/year but marked coming soon.
- Runs on
- WebWindowsLinuxSelf-hosted
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Free open-source tier includes scheduling, retention and 2FA
- Connects to 70+ cloud storage providers, no vendor lock-in
- Data encrypted on-device before upload, using the Restic engine
- Runs from Docker or a standalone binary, ~50MB idle memory
Trade-offs
- No cloud offering — you host, update and maintain it yourself
- PRO and Business editions are closed-source
- Business tier is marked Coming Soon, so not yet buyable
- PRO covers 5 remote machines; each extra one is $12/year
How Pluton markets itself
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Homepage capture
“Open-Source, Self-Hosted Backup Solution That Puts You in Control”
- Angle: Open source / ownership
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Pluton’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
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Agent friendliness
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Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
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Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
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Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
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Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
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