SafeGuard vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
12.6svs20.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
80 MBvs88 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

SafeGuard is faster (12.6s vs 20.6s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (80 MB vs 88 MB)

⚠️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

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
6.7s
Restore
5.8s
WPvivid
Backup
16.3s
Restore
4.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 15.1s
Backup
8.0s
Restore
7.1s
WPvividTotal: 21.5s
Backup
17.2s
Restore
4.3s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 12.6s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
5.9s
WPvividTotal: 20.6s
Backup
16.3s
Restore
4.3s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 12.7s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
5.9s
WPvividTotal: 20.8s
Backup
16.5s
Restore
4.3s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up238.0 MB
Archive size88.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput29.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up181.0 MB
Archive size80.0 MBZIP
Compression2.3:1
Throughput10.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1546.4 KB1620.7 KB=
Plugins8,077107.8 MB7,812103.5 MB-265
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other356.4 MB386.4 MB+3
Total11,546204.0 MB11,285199.7 MB-261

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
15.8s

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
1
SafeGuard
7.2s6.2s13.4s
WPvivid
16.9s4.2s21.1s
2Median
SafeGuard
8.0s7.1s15.1s
WPvivid
17.2s4.5s21.7s
3
SafeGuard
8.0s7.3s15.3s
WPvivid
17.3s4.3s21.5s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
6.7s5.8s12.4s
WPvivid
16.0s4.3s20.3s
5
SafeGuard
6.9s5.9s12.8s
WPvivid
16.5s4.4s20.9s
6Median
SafeGuard
6.7s5.9s12.6s
WPvivid
16.3s4.3s20.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
SafeGuard
6.7s5.9s12.6s
WPvivid
16.5s4.4s20.8s
8
SafeGuard
6.9s5.9s12.8s
WPvivid
16.3s4.3s20.6s
9
SafeGuard
6.8s5.8s12.7s
WPvivid
16.7s4.3s21.0s

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