DBAegis

DBAegis is a self-hosted control plane for database backup, restore, and recovery oversight. It fits DBAs, SREs, platform engineers, and IT teams coordinating several engines, while smaller PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB installations can begin with Community. Choose it for centralized safeguards and auditing, not as a substitute for native high-availability or point-in-time recovery systems.

Overview

DBAegis combines backup scheduling, restore workflows, validation, storage destinations, notifications, reports, and audit visibility in a web interface and API that you operate yourself. That gives an infrastructure team one operational view of recovery work, but the self-hosted model also makes deployment, upgrades, and day-to-day platform care the customer’s responsibility.

Community supports local logical backup and restore for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB. The published matrix extends to 18 engines, including MariaDB, Redis, Valkey, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Oracle, Cassandra, Neo4j, CouchDB, Couchbase, ClickHouse, Snowflake, Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, and Firestore; broader coverage requires a Professional or Enterprise entitlement. Point-in-time recovery and restore verification are supported, while database-native and provider-native capabilities remain necessary parts of a complete recovery design.

Key features

Controlled restores

Dry-run validation, reason capture, password re-authorization, typed confirmation for high-risk actions, and audit fields put deliberate checks around destructive work. Those controls suit shared production environments where accountability matters, although they add friction compared with an unguarded command-line restore.

Storage, security, and visibility

Professional storage destinations include local, database-server-local, Amazon S3, Azure Blob, and Google Cloud Storage. Professional also adds role-based access control, multifactor authentication, email notifications, and daily summaries. Enterprise adds LDAP or Active Directory integration, webhooks, and report exports, making it the more natural fit for organizations that need existing identity systems or downstream reporting.

Encrypted stored credentials, HTTPS with verified TLS options, edition-controlled access, and audit-oriented recovery workflows address common operational security requirements. The web and API surfaces support automation, while deployment guidance centers on a dedicated Linux virtual machine.

Pricing

Community is a useful starting point for a small, locally stored deployment, but its one-admin, three-connection, and three-schedule caps quickly constrain a growing operation. Professional is aimed at production teams that need broader engine and storage coverage plus team controls; its default quotas and custom pricing require a sizing conversation. Enterprise removes those stated capacity defaults and adds directory integration and export paths for larger or more regulated operations. A support portal handles installation, failed backups, restores, storage, licensing, air-gapped deployments, and enterprise operations; response commitments depend on the customer agreement. ILOGICSOFT also offers contracted 24×7 database support covering incident triage, maintenance, tuning, recovery guidance, and cost optimization.

Platforms

DBAegis runs self-hosted on Linux and exposes web and API interfaces. The deployment model suits organizations that need control over where recovery administration runs, but it is less convenient for teams seeking a fully managed service.

Who it's for

DBAs, SREs, infrastructure and platform teams, and IT leaders with multiple database technologies or formal recovery procedures are the strongest match. Community can serve a small PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB estate. Teams needing centralized identity, cloud storage destinations, production controls, or extensive engine coverage should evaluate Professional or Enterprise. Organizations requiring only a single-engine native utility may find DBAegis more operational surface than they need.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Centralizes backup and restore coordination across a published 18-engine matrix.
• Pros: Restore verification and high-risk confirmation steps improve accountability for production changes.
• Pros: Professional and Enterprise add storage, access, notification, webhook, and reporting controls for team operations.
• Cons: Community is limited to one admin, three connections, three schedules, three database engines, and local logical workflows.
• Cons: Professional and Enterprise use custom pricing and require signed licenses.
• Cons: Self-hosting leaves platform deployment and maintenance with the customer, and DBAegis does not replace native HA or recovery tooling.

Alternatives

Browse Database Backup Software for a wider category comparison.

• MySQL is the better choice when you need a database platform with SQL/NoSQL applications, replication, and high-availability components across more operating systems.
• DBDock suits readers wanting a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted CLI.
• Quemsi is worth considering for an open-source agent and a free Solo plan with unlimited databases.
• SqlBak fits teams preferring a hosted-oriented product with a free tier for one server and two databases plus paid monthly plans.
• Databasus is a free Apache 2.0 self-hosted option with all described features included.
• mariadb-backup is the focused option for physical MariaDB backups on Linux or Windows.
• Percona Backup for MongoDB is the narrower MongoDB-specific alternative from Percona.
• pg_probackup is appropriate when you need a free PostgreSQL cluster backup and recovery utility.

Verdict

DBAegis is a strong fit for infrastructure teams that want one self-hosted place to coordinate backups, validated restores, and recovery accountability across multiple engines. Its main reason to choose it is the combination of centralized workflow controls and enterprise-oriented safeguards. Look elsewhere if you need a managed service, only one database engine, or native high-availability and point-in-time recovery functionality without an additional coordination layer.