Not comparable — plugins back up different data
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.
⚠️ Not backing up wp-config.php
Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.
| Category | SafeGuard | UpdraftPlus | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 24 | 3.2 MB | 30 | 663.5 KB | +6 |
| Plugins | 10,840 | 124.2 MB | 12,115 | 136.1 MB | +1,275 |
| Themes | 562 | 19.4 MB | 562 | 19.4 MB | = |
| Uploads | 259 | 9.5 MB | 259 | ||
Iteration 6 (median)
9 iterations across 3 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SafeGuard | 13.5s | 16.6s | 30.1s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
Raw log archive is temporarily unavailable while the benchmark cluster is offline. Metrics, results, and inventories remain downloadable.
| 9.5 MB |
| = |
| WP Core | 2,733 | 55.9 MB | 2,733 | 55.9 MB | = |
| wp-config | 2 | 8.9 KB | 3 | 14.7 KB | +1 |
| Other | 28 | 6.4 MB | 28 | 6.4 MB | = |
| Total | 14,448 | 218.6 MB | 15,730 | 228.1 MB | +1,282 |
UpdraftPlus | 18.5s | 9.8s | 28.3s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| 2Median | SafeGuard | 14.6s | 17.2s | 31.8s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 20.9s | 10.5s | 31.4s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| 3 | SafeGuard | 17.0s | 18.9s | 35.9s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 25.0s | 10.8s | 35.9s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Failed |
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | SafeGuard | 8.5s | 11.3s | 19.8s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 13.7s | 9.5s | 23.2s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 5 | SafeGuard | 8.4s | 10.7s | 19.2s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 13.7s | 8.3s | 22.0s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 6Median | SafeGuard | 8.3s | 11.3s | 19.7s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 13.7s | 8.7s | 22.3s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | SafeGuard | 8.5s | 11.5s | 20.0s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 13.8s | 9.6s | 23.4s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 8Median | SafeGuard | 8.6s | 11.2s | 19.8s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 14.1s | 9.7s | 23.8s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 9 | SafeGuard | 8.4s | 12.9s | 21.3s | 93.0 MBZIPdefN/ 259.0 MB | 2.8:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 14.0s | 10.4s | 24.4s | 94.0 MBGZgzip/ 275.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |