BackupBuddy vs BackWPup Backup Speed Battle

completedBlog Starter (XS) -- XS

BackupBuddyPROvsBackWPupFREE

BackupBuddy v9.1.17BackWPup v5.7.4
Share on X
🔒 SequentialBlog Starter (XS) — XSNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
10.0svs43.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
BackupBuddy
48 MBvs94 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (10.0s vs 43.6s) · BackupBuddy produces smaller backups (48 MB vs 94 MB)

Backup Scope

BackupBuddy
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackupBuddy
Backup
5.2s
Restore
38.4s
BackWPup
Backup
1.6s
Restore
8.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 45.5s
Backup
5.5s
Restore
39.9s
BackWPupTotal: 10.4s
Backup
1.7s
Restore
8.7s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 43.6s
Backup
5.2s
Restore
38.4s
BackWPupTotal: 10.0s
Backup
1.7s
Restore
8.3s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 44.9s
Backup
5.2s
Restore
39.7s
BackWPupTotal: 10.1s
Backup
1.7s
Restore
8.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up167.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput30.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
BackWPup
Data backed up145.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBTAR
Compression1.5:1
Throughput85.0 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyBackWPupDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database00 B1165.0 KB+1
Plugins9,27659.4 MB2,13717.2 MB-7,139
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads524.2 MB31973.0 KB-21
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB211.6 KB+1
Other19184.6 KB22190.7 KB+3
Total12,520134.8 MB5,36589.5 MB-7,155

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
4.7s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
0.8s
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
BackupBuddy
5.3s39.8s45.1s
BackWPup
1.7s8.9s10.6s
2Median
BackupBuddy
5.6s39.9s45.5s
BackWPup
1.7s8.7s10.4s
3
BackupBuddy
5.5s40.5s45.9s
BackWPup
1.6s8.7s10.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
5.3s37.9s43.1s
BackWPup
1.6s8.5s10.1s
5Median
BackupBuddy
5.2s38.4s43.6s
BackWPup
1.7s8.0s9.7s
6
BackupBuddy
5.2s39.0s44.3s
BackWPup
1.7s8.3s10.0s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackupBuddy
5.2s39.7s44.9s
BackWPup
1.7s8.3s10.0s
8
BackupBuddy
5.2s38.7s43.9s
BackWPup
1.7s8.5s10.1s
9
BackupBuddy
5.1s40.4s45.5s
BackWPup
1.6s8.7s10.3s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — BackupBuddy (TXT)File Inventory — BackWPup (TXT)

Raw log archive is temporarily unavailable while the benchmark cluster is offline. Metrics, results, and inventories remain downloadable.

Community Governance

Report an Issue

Explore this matchup

Full head-to-head: BackupBuddy vs BackWPupBackupBuddy statsBackWPup statsFull leaderboard

Related battles