BackupBuddy vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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BackupBuddyPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackupBuddy v9.1.5UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
9.6svs55.7s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
BackupBuddy58 MB
UpdraftPlus51 MB
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
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackupBuddy
Backup
6.0s
Restore
49.4s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 58.3s
Backup
7.2s
Restore
51.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.9s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.1s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 55.7s
Backup
6.0s
Restore
49.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.6s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.0s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 56.4s
Backup
6.1s
Restore
50.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.7s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
2.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up199.0 MB
Archive size58.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput27.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput23.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database47359.5 KB25156.4 KB-22
Plugins10,15889.0 MB4,56663.1 MB-5,592
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads555.2 MB492.0 MB-6
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config211.5 KB314.7 KB+1
Other18178.9 KB17178.9 KB-1
Total13,407165.1 MB7,787135.8 MB-5,620

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
5.4s
VERIFY
0.2s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
BackupBuddy
7.1s50.7s57.8s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.1s9.9s
2Median
BackupBuddy
7.2s51.1s58.3s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.0s9.9s
3
BackupBuddy
7.4s51.2s58.6s
UpdraftPlus
7.1s3.3s10.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
6.4s49.4s55.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.6s3.0s9.6s
5Median
BackupBuddy
6.0s49.7s55.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.7s
6
BackupBuddy
6.0s50.5s56.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
6.1s49.4s55.6s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.2s9.9s
8Median
BackupBuddy
6.1s50.3s56.4s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s2.8s9.6s
9
BackupBuddy
6.2s51.3s57.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s2.9s9.7s

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