SafeGuard vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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SafeGuardPROvsWPvividFREE

SafeGuard v1.2.0WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed (different scopes)
SafeGuard
6.7svs8.6s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
SafeGuard
37 MBvs33 MB

Compared by compression ratio — different raw data sizes

Best Overall
Not Directly Comparable

These plugins back up different amounts of data — see the Backup Scope badges below. Speed and storage comparisons are not apples-to-apples.

⚠️Different backup scope -- results may not be directly comparable

One plugin backs up more data categories than the other, which affects both speed and archive size.

Backup Scope

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
3.2s
Restore
3.4s
WPvivid
Backup
6.1s
Restore
2.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 7.0s
Backup
3.3s
Restore
3.8s
WPvividTotal: 8.7s
Backup
6.3s
Restore
2.6s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 6.8s
Backup
3.2s
Restore
3.6s
WPvividTotal: 8.9s
Backup
6.3s
Restore
2.6s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 6.7s
Backup
3.3s
Restore
3.4s
WPvividTotal: 8.6s
Backup
6.1s
Restore
2.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up111.0 MB
Archive size37.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput33.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up55.0 MB
Archive size33.0 MBZIP
Compression1.7:1
Throughput8.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database5273.4 KB00 B-5
Plugins2,44322.0 MB00 B-2,443
Themes39414.4 MB00 B-394
Uploads24968.9 KB00 B-24
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config28.9 KB00 B-2
Other17178.9 KB733.4 MB-10
Total5,61893.8 MB733.4 MB-5,611

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
2.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
5.8s

Iteration Results

9 iterations across 3 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.

Shared Hosting3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
1
SafeGuard
3.3s3.6s6.9s
WPvivid
6.3s2.6s8.9s
2Median
SafeGuard
3.2s3.8s7.0s
WPvivid
6.3s2.5s8.7s
3
SafeGuard
3.3s3.8s7.1s
WPvivid
6.1s2.6s8.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
3.2s3.6s6.8s
WPvivid
6.3s2.5s8.8s
5
SafeGuard
3.3s3.5s6.8s
WPvivid
6.3s2.7s9.0s
6Median
SafeGuard
3.1s3.6s6.8s
WPvivid
6.3s2.6s8.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
SafeGuard
3.3s3.4s6.7s
WPvivid
6.2s2.7s8.9s
8
SafeGuard
3.3s3.4s6.7s
WPvivid
6.0s2.6s8.6s
9
SafeGuard
3.3s3.7s7.0s
WPvivid
6.1s2.5s8.6s

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