BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
23.4svs29.5s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
94 MBvs219 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

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.9s
Restore
25.4s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 44.0s
Backup
10.7s
Restore
32.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 28.6s
Backup
18.9s
Restore
9.9s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 30.5s
Backup
4.0s
Restore
26.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.6s
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.8s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 30.6s
Backup
4.1s
Restore
26.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.5s
Backup
13.9s
Restore
9.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput27.4 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput14.5 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database213.1 MB30663.5 KB+9
Plugins10,573119.9 MB12,115136.1 MB+1,542
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2669.5 MB2599.5 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB314.7 KB-1
Other21199.5 KB286.4 MB+7
Total14,180208.1 MB15,730228.1 MB+1,550

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.5s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.2s
DB_EXPORT
2.7s

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
BackWPup
10.0s32.6s42.6s
UpdraftPlus
18.1s9.9s28.0s
2Median
BackWPup
10.7s33.7s44.4s
UpdraftPlus
18.9s9.7s28.6s
3
BackWPup
11.0s32.9s44.0s
UpdraftPlus
21.1s9.9s31.0s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
3.8s26.7s30.5s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.8s23.6s
5
BackWPup
4.0s25.3s29.3s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.6s23.4s
6
BackWPup
5.0s26.6s31.6s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.9s23.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
4.1s25.4s29.5s
UpdraftPlus
13.9s9.6s23.5s
8Median
BackWPup
3.9s26.7s30.6s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.7s23.3s
9
BackWPup
5.1s26.9s32.0s
UpdraftPlus
14.0s9.9s23.9s

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