SafeGuard vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

SafeGuardPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

SafeGuard v1.2.0UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed (different scopes)
SafeGuard
19.7svs22.3s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
SafeGuard93 MB
UpdraftPlus94 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

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

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.2s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.7s
Restore
8.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 31.8s
Backup
14.6s
Restore
17.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 31.4s
Backup
20.9s
Restore
10.5s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 19.7s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 22.3s
Backup
13.7s
Restore
8.7s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 20.0s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.5s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.8s
Backup
14.0s
Restore
9.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput17.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput13.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database243.2 MB30663.5 KB+6
Plugins10,840124.2 MB12,115136.1 MB+1,275
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config28.9 KB314.7 KB+1
Other286.4 MB286.4 MB=
Total14,448218.6 MB15,730228.1 MB+1,282

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.3s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.9s
DB_EXPORT
1.9s

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
13.5s16.6s30.1s
UpdraftPlus
18.5s9.8s28.3s
2Median
SafeGuard
14.6s17.2s31.8s
UpdraftPlus
20.9s10.5s31.4s
3
SafeGuard
17.0s18.9s35.9s
UpdraftPlus
25.0s10.8s35.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
8.5s11.3s19.8s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.5s23.2s
5
SafeGuard
8.4s10.7s19.2s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s8.3s22.0s
6Median
SafeGuard
8.3s11.3s19.7s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s8.7s22.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
SafeGuard
8.5s11.5s20.0s
UpdraftPlus
13.8s9.6s23.4s
8Median
SafeGuard
8.6s11.2s19.8s
UpdraftPlus
14.1s9.7s23.8s
9
SafeGuard
8.4s12.9s21.3s
UpdraftPlus
14.0s10.4s24.4s

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