UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
16.1svs36.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs94 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (16.1s vs 36.8s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 94 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.4s
WPvivid
Backup
18.1s
Restore
18.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.1s
Backup
12.4s
Restore
5.7s
WPvividTotal: 39.2s
Backup
19.9s
Restore
18.9s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.1s
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.4s
WPvividTotal: 37.0s
Backup
18.3s
Restore
18.8s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.2s
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.6s
WPvividTotal: 37.0s
Backup
18.2s
Restore
18.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput22.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput10.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1384.5 KB14.1 MB=
Plugins12,099135.8 MB10,554119.6 MB-1,545
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other306.5 MB366.4 MB+6
Total15,730228.1 MB14,191215.6 MB-1,539

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.9s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
17.5s

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
1Median
UpdraftPlus
12.1s5.7s17.7s
WPvivid
19.2s20.0s39.2s
2
UpdraftPlus
12.4s5.7s18.1s
WPvivid
19.9s18.8s38.6s
3
UpdraftPlus
13.0s5.9s19.0s
WPvivid
20.4s18.9s39.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.4s16.1s
WPvivid
18.3s18.6s36.8s
5Median
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.4s16.1s
WPvivid
18.1s18.8s37.0s
6
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.5s16.4s
WPvivid
18.4s18.8s37.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.4s16.1s
WPvivid
18.1s18.3s36.4s
8Median
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.6s16.2s
WPvivid
18.2s18.8s37.0s
9
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.6s16.3s
WPvivid
18.2s18.8s37.0s

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