BackupBuddy vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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BackupBuddyPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackupBuddy v9.1.5UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
8.1svs42.8s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
BackupBuddy48 MB
UpdraftPlus40 MB
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

BackupBuddy
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackupBuddy
Backup
5.0s
Restore
37.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 44.6s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
39.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.3s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.7s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 43.5s
Backup
5.0s
Restore
38.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.3s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.6s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 42.8s
Backup
5.1s
Restore
37.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.2s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up167.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput31.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput22.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database33286.8 KB11115.5 KB-22
Plugins9,31059.9 MB3,71833.9 MB-5,592
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads304.1 MB24968.9 KB-6
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config211.5 KB314.7 KB+1
Other18178.9 KB17178.9 KB-1
Total12,520134.8 MB6,900105.5 MB-5,620

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
4.5s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.4s
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
BackupBuddy
5.3s40.0s45.4s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.3s
2Median
BackupBuddy
5.5s39.1s44.6s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.6s8.1s
3
BackupBuddy
5.3s38.8s44.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.7s8.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
5.0s37.9s42.9s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.3s
5Median
BackupBuddy
5.0s38.6s43.6s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.6s8.0s
6
BackupBuddy
5.0s38.6s43.5s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.6s8.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
5.1s38.2s43.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.3s
8Median
BackupBuddy
5.0s37.8s42.8s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.2s
9
BackupBuddy
5.2s37.4s42.6s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.5s8.1s

Downloads

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

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