When comparing restic vs MEGA, the Slant community recommends MEGA for most people. In the question“What are the best cloud backup services for Linux?” MEGA is ranked 2nd while restic is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose MEGA is:
Linux, Windows and Mac.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Command-line program
restic runs comfortably as a CLI program, which allows for batch mode processing and integration in scripts or system services.
Pro Deduplication
Uses deduplication of content based on slices of files; if you only change one line, you'll only have to back up the small slices in which they are contained.
Pro Encrypted backups
Easily encrypt your backups using AES256.
Pro Very fast
Pro Simple command calls
Pro Cross platform
Linux, Windows and Mac.
Pro Client-side encryption
All files uploaded to Mega are first encrypted on the users side. To access files a decryption key must be supplied. For ease of use, the decryption key can be appended to the URL you share.
Pro 50GB free
50 GB trial for new accounts after registering for a month, then 15 GB. There's also three upgrade plans, starting at 500GB and $110/yr. 15GB may not seem much, but Dropbox only offers 2GB for the free plan. This is better than Google Drive because Google Drive storage is shared with all the Google services you are using.
Pro Functional web interface
Pro Easy to use
Just drag and drop files in the browser window, then create a link for sharing. You will need an account to create a link. To streamline the process for new users you can start uploading as soon as you access the website and create an account while it's uploading.
Pro Respects personal privacy
They will never look through your files unless they ask for permission.
Pro Open source client
Cons
Con No built-in automation
Many backup tools come with some form of built-in scheduling, which is absent from restic.
Con No GUI for configuring and maintaining backups
Con Slow syncs
Servers are slow, and the new app is terrible.