BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
16.5svs21.3s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
90 MBvs202 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
3.0s
Restore
18.2s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
11.0s
Restore
5.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 32.2s
Backup
9.3s
Restore
23.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 20.9s
Backup
15.1s
Restore
5.7s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 21.9s
Backup
3.1s
Restore
18.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.5s
Backup
11.2s
Restore
5.6s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 21.6s
Backup
3.0s
Restore
18.5s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.7s
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up271.0 MB
Archive size202.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput29.2 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput16.8 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database34672.3 KB43233.1 KB+9
Plugins7,821104.0 MB9,361120.2 MB+1,540
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26818.2 MB26118.2 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB314.7 KB-1
Other22187.9 KB296.4 MB+7
Total11,276193.4 MB12,824215.4 MB+1,548

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.8s
DB_EXPORT
1.6s

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
7.6s23.2s30.8s
UpdraftPlus
12.4s5.7s18.1s
2
BackWPup
9.5s23.3s32.8s
UpdraftPlus
15.2s5.7s20.9s
3Median
BackWPup
9.3s22.9s32.2s
UpdraftPlus
15.1s5.9s20.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
3.1s18.9s21.9s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.4s16.5s
5
BackWPup
3.2s18.8s22.0s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.7s16.5s
6
BackWPup
3.1s17.5s20.6s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.6s16.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
3.1s18.5s21.6s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.6s16.8s
8
BackWPup
3.0s18.2s21.3s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.2s16.3s
9
BackWPup
3.0s19.1s22.1s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.6s16.7s

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