SafeGuard vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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SafeGuard v1.2.0WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed (different scopes)
SafeGuard
13.2svs22.3s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
SafeGuard
70 MBvs63 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

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
6.8s
Restore
6.4s
WPvivid
Backup
17.1s
Restore
5.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 19.2s
Backup
9.0s
Restore
10.2s
WPvividTotal: 24.8s
Backup
19.4s
Restore
5.5s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 13.3s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
6.5s
WPvividTotal: 22.5s
Backup
17.4s
Restore
5.3s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 13.2s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
6.4s
WPvividTotal: 22.7s
Backup
17.2s
Restore
5.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up215.0 MB
Archive size70.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput23.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up158.0 MB
Archive size63.0 MBZIP
Compression2.5:1
Throughput8.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database23340.2 KB00 B-23
Plugins5,95984.3 MB00 B-5,959
Themes1,14035.8 MB00 B-1,140
Uploads571.9 MB00 B-57
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config28.9 KB00 B-2
Other276.4 MB765.2 MB-20
Total9,941184.6 MB765.2 MB-9,934

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 9 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
5.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
16.6s

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
7.9s6.9s14.7s
WPvivid
18.5s5.5s24.0s
2Median
SafeGuard
9.0s10.2s19.2s
WPvivid
19.4s5.4s24.8s
3
SafeGuard
10.7s10.7s21.4s
WPvivid
20.0s5.7s25.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
SafeGuard
6.9s6.5s13.4s
WPvivid
17.4s5.0s22.5s
5
SafeGuard
6.8s6.5s13.3s
WPvivid
17.4s5.5s22.9s
6
SafeGuard
6.8s6.4s13.2s
WPvivid
16.9s5.3s22.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
SafeGuard
6.8s6.4s13.2s
WPvivid
17.1s5.5s22.7s
8
SafeGuard
6.8s6.6s13.4s
WPvivid
17.2s5.5s22.7s
9
SafeGuard
6.8s6.3s13.1s
WPvivid
17.2s5.1s22.3s

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