UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26WPvivid v0.9.130
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
9.6svs11.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
44 MBvs51 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (9.6s vs 11.5s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (44 MB vs 51 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.6s
Restore
3.0s
WPvivid
Backup
8.3s
Restore
3.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.0s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
3.1s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.7s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.0s
WPvividTotal: 11.8s
Backup
8.6s
Restore
3.2s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.6s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.0s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
3.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput23.3 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up88.0 MB
Archive size44.0 MBZIP
Compression2:1
Throughput10.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database132.9 KB1184.7 KB=
Plugins4,54562.6 MB2,99946.4 MB-1,546
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other19187.8 KB26193.8 KB+7
Total7,787135.8 MB6,248119.8 MB-1,539

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
7.8s

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
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.0s9.8s
WPvivid
8.5s3.1s11.6s
2
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.1s10.0s
WPvivid
8.5s3.0s11.5s
3
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.8s
WPvivid
8.5s3.2s11.6s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
UpdraftPlus
6.6s3.0s9.6s
WPvivid
8.3s3.1s11.5s
5Median
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.7s
WPvivid
8.6s3.2s11.8s
6
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.8s
WPvivid
8.6s3.3s11.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.7s
WPvivid
8.3s3.2s11.5s
8
UpdraftPlus
6.5s3.0s9.5s
WPvivid
8.4s3.2s11.6s
9
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.6s
WPvivid
8.5s3.2s11.7s

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