UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26WPvivid v0.9.130
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🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
1m 29.5svs4m 8.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
3.4 GBvs3.5 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (1m 29.5s vs 4m 8.6s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (3.4 GB vs 3.5 GB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
1m 12.9s
Restore
16.1s
WPvivid
Backup
3m 21.4s
Restore
47.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 39.2s
Backup
1m 21.4s
Restore
17.8s
WPvividTotal: 4m 20.9s
Backup
3m 29.3s
Restore
51.6s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 31.7s
Backup
1m 15.0s
Restore
16.2s
WPvividTotal: 4m 14.0s
Backup
3m 22.3s
Restore
49.8s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 30.3s
Backup
1m 14.2s
Restore
16.4s
WPvividTotal: 4m 9.0s
Backup
3m 21.4s
Restore
47.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.5 GBGZ
Compression1.1:1
Throughput50.3 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up3.9 GB
Archive size3.4 GBZIP
Compression1.2:1
Throughput19.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1559.3 KB19.6 MB=
Plugins8,784134.0 MB7,238117.8 MB-1,546
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads28,8013.46 GB28,8013.46 GB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other316.4 MB736.5 MB+42
Total40,7903.66 GB39,2863.66 GB-1,504

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1m 11.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.8s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
3m 20.2s

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
UpdraftPlus
1m 18.7s16.3s1m 35.1s
WPvivid
3m 23.3s46.8s4m 10.2s
2
UpdraftPlus
1m 22.5s17.9s1m 40.4s
WPvivid
3m 31.2s51.9s4m 23.1s
3Median
UpdraftPlus
1m 21.4s17.8s1m 39.2s
WPvivid
3m 29.3s51.6s4m 20.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
UpdraftPlus
1m 12.2s16.2s1m 28.4s
WPvivid
3m 21.5s47.1s4m 8.6s
5Median
UpdraftPlus
1m 15.0s16.7s1m 31.7s
WPvivid
3m 22.3s51.7s4m 14.0s
6
UpdraftPlus
1m 19.5s16.1s1m 35.7s
WPvivid
3m 24.7s49.8s4m 14.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
1m 12.9s16.6s1m 29.5s
WPvivid
3m 20.8s47.4s4m 8.2s
8Median
UpdraftPlus
1m 14.2s16.1s1m 30.3s
WPvivid
3m 21.4s47.6s4m 9.0s
9
UpdraftPlus
1m 16.8s16.4s1m 33.2s
WPvivid
3m 21.4s49.5s4m 10.9s

Downloads

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