Retour
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Retour, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Retour's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Retour license | Priced on request | Proprietary software; contact the maker for licensing options |
The facts
Each one read from Retour's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automatic discovery
- Point Retour at a Deployment or StatefulSet and it discovers associated volumes automatically.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Backup scheduling
- Backups can run on a cron schedule with configurable retention.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Database support
- Ready-made application-consistency profiles are listed for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and qemu-guest freeze.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Backup data can be encrypted at rest with custom keys using rclone crypt remotes; AWS KMS or Vault Transit can wrap encryption material.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Identity integrations
- The web UI supports OIDC and SAML authentication with multiple identity providers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Immutability
- S3 Object Lock retention can be applied to uploaded volume data, metadata, and manifests.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Immutable backups
- Retour can apply S3 Object Lock retention to uploaded backup objects.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Incremental backups
- The optional Kopia engine deduplicates data and uploads only changes on supported backends.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- Retour is proprietary software; the maker asks users to contact it for a license or licensing options.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Notable requirement
- CSI volume snapshots require a Kubernetes cluster with a driver that supports CSI snapshots.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Retour backs up Kubernetes resource manifests and persistent volumes and supports disaster recovery.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Restore drills
- A schedule can restore its newest backup to a scratch namespace and run a check on its own cron.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Restore options
- Retour supports selective resource restores, file-level restores, and migration between clusters.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- BackupSchedule supports cron-based backups with retention settings.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Snapshots
- It uses CSI volume snapshots when the Kubernetes cluster has a supporting driver.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Storage integrations
- The site lists 60+ storage backends, including Amazon S3, Ceph, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Dropbox, SFTP, and local storage.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support contact
- The site lists [email protected] for inquiries.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Backups are checked after upload and restores after copy by default.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Warsaw, Polandchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker and location
- The site says Retour is owned and operated by Andante Bernard Pietraga in Warsaw, Poland.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform and configuration
- Retour is deployed with a Kubernetes operator and defines backups and restores as Kubernetes custom resources; its web UI is optional.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Platform requirement
- Retour is designed for Kubernetes and uses CSI snapshots when the cluster has a supporting CSI driver.checked 8 Oct 2026
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