BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedBlog Starter (XS) -- XS

BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
8.1svs9.8s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
40 MBvs94 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
1.6s
Restore
8.2s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 10.3s
Backup
1.7s
Restore
8.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.7s
Backup
5.8s
Restore
2.9s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 10.6s
Backup
1.7s
Restore
8.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.4s
Backup
5.7s
Restore
2.7s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 9.8s
Backup
1.6s
Restore
8.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.2s
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up145.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBTAR
Compression1.5:1
Throughput83.1 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput21.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database2172.5 KB11115.5 KB+9
Plugins2,18117.8 MB3,71833.9 MB+1,537
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads31973.0 KB24968.9 KB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB314.7 KB-1
Other20181.8 KB17178.9 KB-3
Total5,36589.5 MB6,900105.5 MB+1,535

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 9 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
0.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s
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
BackWPup
1.7s8.2s10.0s
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.9s8.7s
2Median
BackWPup
1.7s8.9s10.6s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.6s8.5s
3
BackWPup
1.7s8.6s10.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s3.0s8.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
1.8s8.4s10.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.8s8.4s
5
BackWPup
1.7s8.9s10.6s
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.7s8.6s
6Median
BackWPup
1.7s8.9s10.6s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.5s8.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
1.7s8.5s10.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.7s8.1s
8
BackWPup
1.6s8.2s9.8s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.6s8.2s
9Median
BackWPup
1.6s7.9s9.5s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.8s8.5s

Downloads

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