BackWPup vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
14.3svs20.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
88 MBvs202 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

⚠️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

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

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

BackWPup
Backup
2.9s
Restore
17.5s
SafeGuard
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 31.9s
Backup
9.0s
Restore
23.1s
SafeGuardTotal: 24.2s
Backup
11.8s
Restore
12.3s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 20.9s
Backup
2.9s
Restore
17.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.4s
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.2s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 21.0s
Backup
2.9s
Restore
18.1s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.3s
Backup
7.2s
Restore
7.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up271.0 MB
Archive size202.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput30.1 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
SafeGuard
Data backed up238.0 MB
Archive size88.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput20.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database34672.3 KB37746.4 KB+3
Plugins7,821104.0 MB8,086108.2 MB+265
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26818.2 MB26118.2 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB28.9 KB-2
Other22187.9 KB336.4 MB+11
Total11,276193.4 MB11,546204.0 MB+270

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.3s

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
7.6s23.2s30.8s
SafeGuard
9.0s8.4s17.4s
2Median
BackWPup
9.0s23.1s32.1s
SafeGuard
11.8s12.5s24.2s
3
BackWPup
9.0s22.9s31.9s
SafeGuard
12.4s12.3s24.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.0s17.3s20.3s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.4s14.5s
5Median
BackWPup
2.9s17.9s20.9s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.2s14.4s
6
BackWPup
2.9s18.1s21.0s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.2s14.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
2.9s17.5s20.4s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.1s14.3s
8Median
BackWPup
3.0s18.1s21.0s
SafeGuard
7.0s7.2s14.2s
9
BackWPup
2.9s18.5s21.4s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.3s14.5s

Downloads

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

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