BackWPup vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsWPvividFREE

BackWPup v4.1.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed (different scopes)
BackWPup
17.8svs22.3s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
WPvivid
63 MBvs182 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

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
2.7s
Restore
15.2s
WPvivid
Backup
17.2s
Restore
5.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 25.2s
Backup
7.4s
Restore
17.7s
WPvividTotal: 24.2s
Backup
18.9s
Restore
5.3s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 17.8s
Backup
2.7s
Restore
15.2s
WPvividTotal: 22.5s
Backup
17.2s
Restore
5.4s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 18.6s
Backup
2.7s
Restore
15.9s
WPvividTotal: 22.7s
Backup
17.2s
Restore
5.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up248.0 MB
Archive size182.0 MBTAR
Compression1.4:1
Throughput33.6 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
WPvivid
Data backed up158.0 MB
Archive size63.0 MBZIP
Compression2.5:1
Throughput8.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database20252.6 KB00 B-20
Plugins5,69580.1 MB00 B-5,695
Themes1,14035.8 MB00 B-1,140
Uploads641.9 MB00 B-64
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config420.5 KB00 B-4
Other20182.6 KB765.2 MB-13
Total9,676174.1 MB765.2 MB-9,669

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
16.6s

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
5.4s17.5s22.8s
WPvivid
18.6s5.3s23.9s
2
BackWPup
7.4s19.1s26.5s
WPvivid
18.9s5.3s24.2s
3Median
BackWPup
7.5s17.7s25.2s
WPvivid
19.6s5.6s25.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
2.6s15.2s17.8s
WPvivid
17.2s5.4s22.6s
5
BackWPup
2.7s14.0s16.8s
WPvivid
17.0s5.1s22.1s
6
BackWPup
2.7s16.0s18.7s
WPvivid
17.2s5.4s22.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
2.7s15.5s18.2s
WPvivid
17.2s5.1s22.3s
8Median
BackWPup
2.7s15.9s18.6s
WPvivid
17.2s5.4s22.7s
9
BackWPup
2.7s16.1s18.8s
WPvivid
17.2s5.5s22.8s

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