SafeGuard vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

SafeGuardPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

SafeGuard v1.8.0UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
1m 19.2svs1m 22.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
3.5 GBvs3.8 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

SafeGuard is faster (1m 19.2s vs 1m 22.8s) · UpdraftPlus produces smaller backups (3.5 GB vs 3.8 GB)

Backup Scope

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
49.0s
Restore
29.6s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
1m 7.8s
Restore
14.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 20.5s
Backup
50.0s
Restore
30.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 30.5s
Backup
1m 14.6s
Restore
15.9s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 25.8s
Backup
49.7s
Restore
36.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 24.1s
Backup
1m 9.2s
Restore
15.0s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 19.2s
Backup
49.0s
Restore
29.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 23.8s
Backup
1m 8.9s
Restore
14.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.8 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput81.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.5 GBGZ
Compression1.1:1
Throughput54.9 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.8 MB1559.3 KB=
Plugins7,505122.1 MB8,784134.0 MB+1,279
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5823.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,781
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other356.4 MB316.4 MB-4
Total41,2963.90 GB40,7903.66 GB-506

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
48.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1m 6.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
SafeGuard
49.5s30.6s1m 20.2s
UpdraftPlus
1m 13.9s15.5s1m 29.4s
2Median
SafeGuard
50.0s30.5s1m 20.5s
UpdraftPlus
1m 14.6s15.9s1m 30.5s
3
SafeGuard
50.9s39.3s1m 30.2s
UpdraftPlus
1m 15.8s16.1s1m 31.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
49.7s29.6s1m 19.2s
UpdraftPlus
1m 7.8s15.0s1m 22.8s
5
SafeGuard
49.9s40.1s1m 29.9s
UpdraftPlus
1m 9.2s14.9s1m 24.1s
6Median
SafeGuard
49.6s36.2s1m 25.8s
UpdraftPlus
1m 11.9s15.1s1m 26.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
SafeGuard
49.0s29.5s1m 18.5s
UpdraftPlus
1m 7.1s14.9s1m 22.0s
8
SafeGuard
49.0s39.3s1m 28.3s
UpdraftPlus
1m 8.9s14.9s1m 23.8s
9Median
SafeGuard
49.4s29.7s1m 19.2s
UpdraftPlus
1m 11.9s15.0s1m 26.9s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — SafeGuard (TXT)File Inventory — UpdraftPlus (TXT)

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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