UpdraftPlus vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWP Staging ProPRO

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WP Staging Pro v6.7.0
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Speed Result
DRAW
UpdraftPlus9.2s
WP Staging Pro9.0s
Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
51 MBvs64 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

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WP Staging Pro
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

⚠️ No WordPress core files (wp-admin, wp-includes). Restoring onto a bare server needs a separate WordPress install.

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

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.4s
Restore
2.8s
WP Staging Pro
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.3s
Backup
6.4s
Restore
3.0s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.3s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.6s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.2s
Backup
6.4s
Restore
2.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.5s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.6s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.4s
Backup
6.5s
Restore
3.0s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.0s
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput24.3 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WP Staging Pro
Data backed up90.0 MB
Archive size64.0 MBWPSTG
Compression1.4:1
Throughput13.3 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database133.0 KB00 B-1
Plugins4,54562.6 MB00 B-4,545
Themes39013.6 MB00 B-390
Uploads492.0 MB563.1 MB-44
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config15.8 KB00 B-1
Other19187.8 KB00 B-19
Total7,787135.8 MB563.1 MB-7,782

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 9 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.5s
WP Staging Pro
SCAN
1.8s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s

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
UpdraftPlus
6.4s3.0s9.3s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.4s9.1s
2Median
UpdraftPlus
6.4s2.8s9.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.6s9.3s
3
UpdraftPlus
7.2s3.0s10.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.8s2.9s9.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
UpdraftPlus
6.6s2.8s9.3s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.8s9.5s
5
UpdraftPlus
6.4s2.7s9.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.5s9.1s
6Median
UpdraftPlus
6.2s2.8s9.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.9s2.6s9.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
6.5s3.0s9.5s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.9s9.6s
8Median
UpdraftPlus
6.6s2.8s9.4s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.4s9.0s
9
UpdraftPlus
6.4s3.0s9.4s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.2s8.8s

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