BackupBuddy vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedBlog Starter (XS) -- XS

BackupBuddyPROvsWPvividFREE

BackupBuddy v9.1.5WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed (different scopes)
WPvivid
8.8svs43.3s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
BackupBuddy
48 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

BackupBuddy
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackupBuddy
Backup
5.1s
Restore
38.1s
WPvivid
Backup
6.2s
Restore
2.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 44.4s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
39.2s
WPvividTotal: 8.9s
Backup
6.2s
Restore
2.7s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 43.8s
Backup
5.2s
Restore
38.6s
WPvividTotal: 8.8s
Backup
6.2s
Restore
2.6s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 44.4s
Backup
5.2s
Restore
39.3s
WPvividTotal: 8.8s
Backup
6.2s
Restore
2.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up167.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput31.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up55.0 MB
Archive size33.0 MBZIP
Compression1.7:1
Throughput8.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database33286.8 KB00 B-33
Plugins9,31059.9 MB00 B-9,310
Themes39414.4 MB00 B-394
Uploads304.1 MB00 B-30
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config211.5 KB00 B-2
Other18178.9 KB733.4 MB-11
Total12,520134.8 MB733.4 MB-12,513

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
4.7s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
5.8s

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
1Median
BackupBuddy
5.2s39.2s44.4s
WPvivid
6.2s2.7s8.9s
2
BackupBuddy
5.3s37.9s43.2s
WPvivid
6.4s2.6s8.9s
3
BackupBuddy
5.4s40.0s45.5s
WPvivid
6.2s2.7s8.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackupBuddy
5.1s38.6s43.8s
WPvivid
6.3s2.5s8.8s
5
BackupBuddy
5.2s38.1s43.3s
WPvivid
6.2s2.7s8.8s
6
BackupBuddy
5.3s39.2s44.5s
WPvivid
6.1s2.6s8.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
5.2s39.6s44.7s
WPvivid
6.2s2.6s8.8s
8Median
BackupBuddy
5.2s39.3s44.4s
WPvivid
6.4s2.6s9.0s
9
BackupBuddy
5.1s38.9s44.0s
WPvivid
6.2s2.5s8.8s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — BackupBuddy (TXT)File Inventory — WPvivid (TXT)

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