BackupBuddy vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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BackupBuddyPROvsWP Staging ProPRO

BackupBuddy v9.1.5WP Staging Pro v6.7.0
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🔒 SequentialBlog Starter (XS) — XSNone Load
Speed (different scopes)
WP Staging Pro
8.7svs40.9s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
BackupBuddy
48 MBvs33 MB

Compared by compression ratio — different raw data sizes

Best Overall
Not Directly Comparable

These plugins back up different amounts of data — see the Backup Scope badges below. Speed and storage comparisons are not apples-to-apples.

⚠️Different backup scope -- results may not be directly comparable

One plugin backs up more data categories than the other, which affects both speed and archive size.

Backup Scope

BackupBuddy
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WP Staging Pro
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

⚠️ No WordPress core files (wp-admin, wp-includes). Restoring onto a bare server needs a separate WordPress install.

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

Overall Median Times

BackupBuddy
Backup
5.2s
Restore
35.6s
WP Staging Pro
Backup
6.4s
Restore
2.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 42.6s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
37.3s
WP Staging ProTotal: 8.7s
Backup
6.5s
Restore
2.2s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 41.6s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
36.3s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.0s
Backup
6.5s
Restore
2.4s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 41.3s
Backup
5.2s
Restore
36.1s
WP Staging ProTotal: 8.7s
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up167.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput31.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WP Staging Pro
Data backed up57.0 MB
Archive size33.0 MBWPSTG
Compression1.7:1
Throughput8.6 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database00 B00 B=
Plugins9,27659.4 MB00 B-9,276
Themes39013.6 MB00 B-390
Uploads524.2 MB532.6 MB-47
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config15.8 KB00 B-1
Other19184.6 KB00 B-19
Total12,520134.8 MB532.6 MB-12,515

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
4.7s
VERIFY
0.2s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
WP Staging Pro
SCAN
2.0s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
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
1Median
BackupBuddy
5.3s37.3s42.6s
WP Staging Pro
6.4s2.2s8.7s
2
BackupBuddy
5.5s36.7s42.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.4s9.0s
3
BackupBuddy
5.3s37.5s42.7s
WP Staging Pro
6.5s2.1s8.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
5.3s36.8s42.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.5s9.1s
5Median
BackupBuddy
5.3s36.3s41.6s
WP Staging Pro
6.4s2.2s8.6s
6
BackupBuddy
5.4s35.6s40.9s
WP Staging Pro
6.5s2.4s9.0s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
5.2s35.5s40.7s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.2s8.8s
8
BackupBuddy
5.2s36.5s41.7s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.2s8.7s
9Median
BackupBuddy
5.2s36.1s41.3s
WP Staging Pro
6.5s2.2s8.7s

Downloads

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