BackWPup vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

BackWPupFREEvsSafeGuardPRO

BackWPup v5.7.4SafeGuard v1.8.0
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Speed Winner
BackWPup
1m 16.7svs1m 23.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
3.8 GBvs3.9 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (1m 16.7s vs 1m 23.5s) · SafeGuard produces smaller backups (3.8 GB vs 3.9 GB)

Backup Scope

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
27.0s
Restore
49.3s
SafeGuard
Backup
51.6s
Restore
31.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 1m 20.6s
Backup
27.9s
Restore
52.7s
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 25.3s
Backup
53.4s
Restore
32.2s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 1m 16.9s
Backup
27.1s
Restore
49.8s
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 29.2s
Backup
51.8s
Restore
37.6s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 1m 16.7s
Backup
27.0s
Restore
49.7s
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 33.5s
Backup
51.7s
Restore
42.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.9 GBTAR
Compression1:1no compression
Throughput147.5 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
SafeGuard
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.8 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput76.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.8 MB19.8 MB=
Plugins7,232117.8 MB7,505122.1 MB+273
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5893.70 GB30,5823.70 GB-7
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB15.8 KB-1
Other24197.6 KB356.4 MB+11
Total41,0203.89 GB41,2963.90 GB+276

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
25.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
50.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s

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
27.8s51.3s1m 19.1s
SafeGuard
53.4s31.9s1m 25.3s
2Median
BackWPup
27.9s52.7s1m 20.6s
SafeGuard
53.1s32.2s1m 25.3s
3
BackWPup
28.4s54.2s1m 22.6s
SafeGuard
54.6s32.8s1m 27.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
27.1s49.8s1m 16.9s
SafeGuard
52.0s31.5s1m 23.5s
5Median
BackWPup
27.7s49.3s1m 16.9s
SafeGuard
51.8s42.4s1m 34.2s
6
BackWPup
27.0s56.8s1m 23.8s
SafeGuard
51.6s37.6s1m 29.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
26.6s50.2s1m 16.8s
SafeGuard
52.0s31.4s1m 23.4s
8
BackWPup
27.0s49.7s1m 16.7s
SafeGuard
51.7s42.0s1m 33.7s
9Median
BackWPup
27.0s48.5s1m 15.5s
SafeGuard
51.5s42.0s1m 33.5s

Downloads

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