UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
15.6svs22.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
63 MBvs72 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (15.6s vs 22.5s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (63 MB vs 72 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.4s
Restore
5.1s
WPvivid
Backup
17.1s
Restore
5.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.8s
Backup
13.5s
Restore
5.3s
WPvividTotal: 24.5s
Backup
19.1s
Restore
5.4s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.6s
Backup
10.4s
Restore
5.2s
WPvividTotal: 22.5s
Backup
17.2s
Restore
5.4s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.8s
Backup
10.6s
Restore
5.3s
WPvividTotal: 22.5s
Backup
17.1s
Restore
5.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput17.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up158.0 MB
Archive size63.0 MBZIP
Compression2.5:1
Throughput8.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database29177.2 KB00 B-29
Plugins7,23496.2 MB00 B-7,234
Themes1,14035.8 MB00 B-1,140
Uploads571.9 MB00 B-57
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config314.7 KB00 B-3
Other276.4 MB765.2 MB-20
Total11,223196.4 MB765.2 MB-11,216

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.6s
DB_EXPORT
1.3s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
16.5s

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
13.8s5.8s19.6s
WPvivid
18.6s5.3s23.9s
2
UpdraftPlus
13.1s5.3s18.4s
WPvivid
19.1s5.4s24.5s
3
UpdraftPlus
13.5s5.2s18.8s
WPvivid
20.0s5.4s25.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.0s15.6s
WPvivid
17.2s5.4s22.5s
5
UpdraftPlus
10.4s5.2s15.6s
WPvivid
17.1s5.3s22.4s
6
UpdraftPlus
10.4s5.2s15.6s
WPvivid
17.2s5.4s22.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.1s15.8s
WPvivid
17.1s5.4s22.5s
8
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.3s15.8s
WPvivid
17.2s5.5s22.7s
9Median
UpdraftPlus
10.6s5.3s15.9s
WPvivid
17.1s5.4s22.5s

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