BackWPup vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

BackWPupFREEvsWPvividFREE

BackWPup v5.7.4WPvivid v0.9.130
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🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
1m 18.6svs4m 7.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
3.4 GBvs3.9 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (1m 18.6s vs 4m 7.6s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (3.4 GB vs 3.9 GB)

Backup Scope

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
27.1s
Restore
51.5s
WPvivid
Backup
3m 17.9s
Restore
46.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 1m 31.8s
Backup
30.4s
Restore
1m 0.2s
WPvividTotal: 4m 12.0s
Backup
3m 23.3s
Restore
48.7s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 1m 21.2s
Backup
28.2s
Restore
52.3s
WPvividTotal: 4m 8.3s
Backup
3m 20.8s
Restore
48.2s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 1m 18.6s
Backup
27.1s
Restore
51.5s
WPvividTotal: 4m 7.6s
Backup
3m 17.9s
Restore
46.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.9 GBTAR
Compression1:1no compression
Throughput135.5 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
WPvivid
Data backed up3.9 GB
Archive size3.4 GBZIP
Compression1.2:1
Throughput19.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.8 MB19.6 MB=
Plugins7,232117.8 MB7,238117.8 MB+6
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5893.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,788
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB15.8 KB-1
Other24197.6 KB736.5 MB+49
Total41,0203.89 GB39,2863.66 GB-1,734

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
25.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
3m 17.0s

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
28.4s52.0s1m 20.3s
WPvivid
3m 20.9s47.1s4m 8.0s
2Median
BackWPup
30.4s1m 2.4s1m 32.8s
WPvivid
3m 23.3s48.7s4m 12.0s
3
BackWPup
31.5s1m 0.2s1m 31.8s
WPvivid
3m 30.3s52.0s4m 22.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
29.5s51.7s1m 21.2s
WPvivid
3m 21.1s47.3s4m 8.3s
5
BackWPup
28.2s52.3s1m 20.5s
WPvivid
3m 19.7s48.2s4m 7.9s
6
BackWPup
28.2s1m 0.2s1m 28.3s
WPvivid
3m 20.8s50.9s4m 11.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
26.9s51.4s1m 18.3s
WPvivid
3m 17.9s46.6s4m 4.5s
8Median
BackWPup
27.1s51.5s1m 18.6s
WPvivid
3m 17.6s50.2s4m 7.8s
9
BackWPup
27.7s57.8s1m 25.6s
WPvivid
3m 20.7s46.9s4m 7.6s

Downloads

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