SafeGuard vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

SafeGuardPROvsWPvividFREE

SafeGuard v1.8.0WPvivid v0.9.130
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🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
1m 20.0svs3m 53.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
3.4 GBvs3.8 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

SafeGuard is faster (1m 20.0s vs 3m 53.5s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (3.4 GB vs 3.8 GB)

Backup Scope

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
49.5s
Restore
30.2s
WPvivid
Backup
3m 7.7s
Restore
44.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 31.7s
Backup
50.3s
Restore
41.4s
WPvividTotal: 4m 0.8s
Backup
3m 15.3s
Restore
46.2s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 29.7s
Backup
49.5s
Restore
40.2s
WPvividTotal: 3m 53.5s
Backup
3m 7.7s
Restore
44.4s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 22.9s
Backup
51.5s
Restore
31.3s
WPvividTotal: 4m 2.9s
Backup
3m 16.4s
Restore
46.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.8 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput79.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up3.9 GB
Archive size3.4 GBZIP
Compression1.2:1
Throughput20.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.8 MB19.6 MB=
Plugins7,505122.1 MB7,238117.8 MB-267
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5823.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,781
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other356.4 MB736.5 MB+38
Total41,2963.90 GB39,2863.66 GB-2,010

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 1 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
48.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
3m 13.6s

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
SafeGuard
49.9s30.2s1m 20.0s
WPvivid
3m 14.2s46.2s4m 0.3s
2Median
SafeGuard
50.3s41.4s1m 31.7s
WPvivid
3m 15.3s45.5s4m 0.8s
3
SafeGuard
51.5s43.0s1m 34.5s
WPvivid
3m 16.8s48.0s4m 4.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
49.2s29.5s1m 18.8s
WPvivid
3m 7.7s44.1s3m 51.7s
5
SafeGuard
49.5s40.2s1m 29.7s
WPvivid
3m 7.5s47.1s3m 54.6s
6Median
SafeGuard
50.0s40.7s1m 30.7s
WPvivid
3m 9.0s44.4s3m 53.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
SafeGuard
51.5s31.0s1m 22.5s
WPvivid
3m 15.9s46.0s4m 1.9s
8
SafeGuard
52.3s41.2s1m 33.5s
WPvivid
3m 16.4s46.5s4m 2.9s
9Median
SafeGuard
51.5s31.3s1m 22.9s
WPvivid
3m 16.5s46.6s4m 3.0s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — SafeGuard (TXT)File Inventory — WPvivid (TXT)

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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