BackupBuddy vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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BackupBuddy v9.1.5WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed (different scopes)
WPvivid
11.4svs55.9s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
BackupBuddy
58 MBvs44 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
6.1s
Restore
49.8s
WPvivid
Backup
8.3s
Restore
3.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 59.7s
Backup
7.3s
Restore
52.4s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
3.2s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 56.2s
Backup
6.1s
Restore
50.1s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
3.2s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 56.6s
Backup
6.3s
Restore
50.3s
WPvividTotal: 11.7s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
3.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up199.0 MB
Archive size58.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput27.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up88.0 MB
Archive size44.0 MBZIP
Compression2:1
Throughput10.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database47359.5 KB00 B-47
Plugins10,15889.0 MB00 B-10,158
Themes39414.4 MB00 B-394
Uploads555.2 MB00 B-55
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config211.5 KB00 B-2
Other18178.9 KB744.1 MB-11
Total13,407165.1 MB744.1 MB-13,400

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
5.5s
VERIFY
0.2s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
7.9s

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
BackupBuddy
7.2s51.9s59.1s
WPvivid
8.3s3.2s11.4s
2Median
BackupBuddy
7.3s52.4s59.7s
WPvivid
8.4s3.2s11.6s
3
BackupBuddy
7.3s52.5s59.7s
WPvivid
8.7s3.2s11.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
6.1s49.8s55.9s
WPvivid
8.3s3.2s11.5s
5
BackupBuddy
6.1s50.5s56.5s
WPvivid
8.4s3.2s11.6s
6Median
BackupBuddy
6.1s50.1s56.2s
WPvivid
8.5s3.2s11.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
6.2s51.1s57.3s
WPvivid
8.5s3.2s11.7s
8
BackupBuddy
6.3s49.1s55.4s
WPvivid
8.3s3.1s11.4s
9Median
BackupBuddy
6.3s50.3s56.6s
WPvivid
8.4s3.4s11.8s

Downloads

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

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