BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v5.7.4UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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Speed Result
DRAW
BackWPup17.1s
UpdraftPlus16.9s
Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
94 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

Backup Scope

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.3s
Restore
13.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.8s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 20.9s
Backup
5.1s
Restore
15.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.6s
Backup
12.7s
Restore
5.9s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 17.2s
Backup
3.4s
Restore
13.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 17.0s
Backup
11.2s
Restore
5.8s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 17.3s
Backup
3.4s
Restore
13.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.9s
Backup
11.2s
Restore
5.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput57.3 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput21.7 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.9 MB1384.5 KB=
Plugins10,548119.6 MB12,099135.8 MB+1,551
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2669.5 MB2599.5 MB-7
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB15.8 KB-1
Other23208.4 KB306.5 MB+7
Total14,180208.1 MB15,730228.1 MB+1,550

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
9.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.9s

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
BackWPup
5.1s15.3s20.4s
UpdraftPlus
12.5s5.9s18.4s
2Median
BackWPup
5.1s15.8s20.9s
UpdraftPlus
12.7s5.9s18.6s
3
BackWPup
5.3s15.9s21.2s
UpdraftPlus
13.2s5.9s19.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
3.3s14.0s17.2s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.9s17.1s
5
BackWPup
3.4s13.8s17.1s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.8s16.9s
6
BackWPup
3.9s13.9s17.8s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.8s17.0s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
3.4s13.8s17.3s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.7s16.9s
8
BackWPup
3.3s13.8s17.0s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.8s16.9s
9
BackWPup
3.8s13.7s17.5s
UpdraftPlus
11.4s6.0s17.4s

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