UpdraftPlus vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWP Staging ProPRO

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WP Staging Pro v6.7.0
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
8.4svs8.9s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
40 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

UpdraftPlus
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

UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.7s
WP Staging Pro
Backup
6.5s
Restore
2.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.5s
Backup
5.8s
Restore
2.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.2s
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.6s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.4s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.0s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.4s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.5s
Backup
5.7s
Restore
2.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 8.9s
Backup
6.5s
Restore
2.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput21.9 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WP Staging Pro
Data backed up57.0 MB
Archive size33.0 MBWPSTG
Compression1.7:1
Throughput8.5 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database130.4 KB00 B-1
Plugins3,68333.4 MB00 B-3,683
Themes39013.6 MB00 B-390
Uploads24968.9 KB532.6 MB-19
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config15.8 KB00 B-1
Other19187.8 KB00 B-19
Total6,900105.5 MB532.6 MB-6,895

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.8s
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
1
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.8s8.7s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.6s9.2s
2
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.7s8.5s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.6s9.2s
3Median
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.8s8.4s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.7s9.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.8s8.4s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.4s9.1s
5
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.9s8.6s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.3s9.0s
6
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.7s8.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.4s9.0s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.9s8.5s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.3s8.9s
8
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.8s8.5s
WP Staging Pro
6.5s2.4s8.9s
9
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.8s8.5s
WP Staging Pro
6.5s2.5s9.0s

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