Virtualmin backups have many features, and as a destination currently offer the following options:
We will add native support for Syncthing in Virtualmin, which will permit things that none of the current options can do.
| Criteria | local folder | FTP | SSH | Webmin | Amazon S3 | Rackpace | Download link | Syncthing |
| Data sovereignty (does not require external service) | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes |
| Automatic / Unattended | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Off-server | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Devices can be behind the firewall, and without a fixed IP address | n/a | no | no | no | n/a | n/a | yes, manually | yes, to your laptop or an Android |
| P2P / multiple (each node can sync with the others, which is different than setting up multiple destinations) | no | no | no | no | depends on provider | depends on provider | no | yes |
| Only send new or modified files | n/a | no | no (unless rsync) | ? | ? | ? | n/a | yes |
| Cold storage / asynchronous (machine can be turned on/off anytime, and it just gets data when machine is online) | n/a | no | no | ? | n/a | n/a | n/a | yes |
| Data is encrypted in transport | n/ a | If FTPS | yes | yes? | yes? | yes? | yes, with Virtualmin HTTPS | yes |
| Throttling: Can set Incoming and Outgoing Rate Limit (KiB/s) | n/ a | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | yes |
To be added to the chart