Fastest total time (backup + restore)
Smallest archive size
BackupBuddy is faster (25.3s vs 31.6s) · UpdraftPlus produces smaller backups (478 MB vs 480 MB)
| Category | BackupBuddy | UpdraftPlus | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 77 | 1.6 MB | 30 | 248.8 KB | -47 |
| Plugins | 14,144 | 154.7 MB | 8,476 | 128.2 MB | -5,668 |
| Themes | 394 | 14.4 MB | 394 | 14.4 MB | = |
| Uploads | 2,777 | 401.9 MB | 2,771 | ||
Iteration 3 (median)
3 iterations -- median highlighted. Winner = lowest median total time. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BackupBuddy | 25.5s | 0.0s | 25.5s | 480.0 MBZIPdefN/ 684.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Verified |
| 398.8 MB |
| -6 |
| WP Core | 2,728 | 55.3 MB | 2,728 | 55.3 MB | = |
| wp-config | 2 | 11.5 KB | 3 | 14.7 KB | +1 |
| Other | 20 | 182.1 KB | 27 | 6.4 MB | +7 |
| Total | 20,142 | 628.2 MB | 14,429 | 603.5 MB | -5,713 |
| 24.2s |
| 7.5s |
| 31.7s |
| 478.0 MBGZgzip/ 644.0 MB |
| 1.4:1 |
| Failed |
| 2 | BackupBuddy | 25.2s | 0.0s | 25.2s | 480.0 MBZIPdefN/ 684.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 23.9s | 7.6s | 31.5s | 478.0 MBGZgzip/ 644.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Failed |
| 3Median | BackupBuddy | 25.3s | 0.0s | 25.3s | 480.0 MBZIPdefN/ 684.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 23.9s | 7.8s | 31.6s | 478.0 MBGZgzip/ 644.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Failed |