UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26WPvivid v0.9.130
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
23.1svs1m 21.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs94 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (23.1s vs 1m 21.5s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 94 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.3s
Restore
9.1s
WPvivid
Backup
21.1s
Restore
59.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 29.6s
Backup
20.1s
Restore
9.5s
WPvividTotal: 1m 27.9s
Backup
26.0s
Restore
1m 3.1s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.6s
Backup
14.1s
Restore
9.5s
WPvividTotal: 1m 22.2s
Backup
21.2s
Restore
1m 1.1s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.1s
Backup
13.3s
Restore
9.5s
WPvividTotal: 1m 24.2s
Backup
21.2s
Restore
1m 3.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput13.7 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1384.5 KB14.1 MB=
Plugins12,099135.8 MB10,554119.6 MB-1,545
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other306.5 MB366.4 MB+6
Total15,730228.1 MB14,191215.6 MB-1,539

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
11.5s
DB_EXPORT
2.7s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.7s

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
UpdraftPlus
17.0s9.1s26.1s
WPvivid
24.8s1m 3.1s1m 27.9s
2Median
UpdraftPlus
20.1s9.5s29.6s
WPvivid
26.0s1m 1.9s1m 27.8s
3
UpdraftPlus
21.5s11.1s32.6s
WPvivid
28.4s1m 4.0s1m 32.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.6s23.3s
WPvivid
21.1s1m 3.0s1m 24.1s
5Median
UpdraftPlus
14.1s9.5s23.6s
WPvivid
21.2s1m 1.1s1m 22.2s
6
UpdraftPlus
15.2s9.1s24.3s
WPvivid
21.6s59.9s1m 21.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
13.0s9.3s22.3s
WPvivid
21.3s57.9s1m 19.2s
8
UpdraftPlus
13.3s9.7s23.1s
WPvivid
21.2s1m 3.8s1m 25.0s
9Median
UpdraftPlus
13.8s9.5s23.3s
WPvivid
21.1s1m 3.1s1m 24.2s

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