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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Duplicati vs Retool
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Duplicati and Retool — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:self-hosted
Duplicati vs Retool: at a glance
What is Duplicati?
Duplicati can now restore from versioned storage as it looked at a past point in time.
The 2.4.0.105 canary adds --remote-point-in-time, which reads a versioned bucket as it was at a chosen time, read-only, so a damaged or tampered destination can be restored without manually copying old versions. Object-lock handling now detects unsupported destinations, and Duplicati Storage gains object locks and can act as a secondary destination.
What is Retool?
Retool's week is security disclosures and patch trains after a fast run of model launches.
Retool spent mid-October adding models (GPT 6.1 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 4 Argon) and widening multi-instance releases to more Git hosts. This week was maintenance: two 4.34/4.0 stable patches, 4.78 on Edge, and two security disclosures. The one that matters is a Node.js RCE (CVE-2026-111497) affecting Retool services that call user-configured URLs.
Duplicati vs Retool: editorial side-by-side
Duplicati
5.0INFRA · APIS
Duplicati can now restore from versioned storage as it looked at a past point in time.
◆ Current state
The 2.4.0.105 canary adds --remote-point-in-time, which reads a versioned bucket as it was at a chosen time, read-only, so a damaged or tampered destination can be restored without manually copying old versions. Object-lock handling now detects unsupported destinations, and Duplicati Storage gains object locks and can act as a secondary destination.
◆ Where it's heading
The 2.4 canaries keep pushing recoverability: restore tests, filelist recovery, Hyper-V and MSSQL as restorable sources, and now point-in-time reads against versioned storage. Together they target ransomware and corruption scenarios, while the stable 2.4.0.x line receives the fixes.
◆ Prediction
Expect these canary features to land in the next 2.4 stable release, with more work on Duplicati's own storage service.
Retool
6.3INFRA · APIS
Retool's week is security disclosures and patch trains after a fast run of model launches.
◆ Current state
Retool spent mid-October adding models (GPT 6.1 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Gemini 4 Argon) and widening multi-instance releases to more Git hosts. This week was maintenance: two 4.34/4.0 stable patches, 4.78 on Edge, and two security disclosures. The one that matters is a Node.js RCE (CVE-2026-111497) affecting Retool services that call user-configured URLs.
◆ Where it's heading
Retool runs two tracks: fast AI model onboarding on cloud and a steady, security-heavy cadence for self-hosted customers. Edge builds land about weekly (4.74 to 4.78 in eight days), and the disclosures page is becoming a regular channel for telling on-prem admins what to patch.
◆ Prediction
Expect a stable-channel patch that bundles the Node.js fix, another Edge build within a week, and the next frontier model added soon after it launches.
Alternatives to Duplicati and Retool
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Duplicati or Retool.
NetBird
NetBird's daemon-socket access canary gets a second build while v0.81 waits on GA.
Payload CMS
Payload 4.0 beta 4 works through the admin accessibility audit and raises the Node minimum.
Cloudflare Tunnel
Cloudflare Tunnel reaches its fifth October release, still with checksums only.
Skipper
Skipper's route server stops recompressing zones whose routes didn't change.
Chromatic
Chromatic now routes visual reviews to component owners automatically.
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Recent activity from Duplicati and Retool
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary adds point-in-time restores from versioned storage
- 2d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.105 canary binaries published
- 2d agoRetoolNode.js October 2026 security vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-111497)
- 3d agoRetoolSelf-hosted Retool 4.34 and 4.0 stable updates
- 4d agoRetoolSelf-hosted Retool 4.34 and 4.0 stable updates
- 4d agoRetoolRetool 4.78 Edge for self-hosted instances
- 5d agoRetoolCVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 (PHP2Shell)
- 7d agoRetoolExpanded source control managers for multi-instance releases
- 15d agoDuplicatiDuplicati canary makes Hyper-V and MSSQL restorable sources
- 15d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.104 canary binaries published
- 19d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable hardens restore and adds reduced reporting
- 19d agoDuplicatiDuplicati 2.4.0.1 stable binaries published
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Duplicati and Retool?
Both compete on the same themes — self-hosted — within Infra & APIs. Retool is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Duplicati better than Retool?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Retool is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Duplicati?
Top Duplicati alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Duplicati alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/duplicati for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Retool?
Top Retool alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Retool alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/retool for the full list with editorial commentary on each.