UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
9.4svs11.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
44 MBvs51 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (9.4s vs 11.5s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (44 MB vs 51 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.8s
WPvivid
Backup
8.3s
Restore
3.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.0s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
3.2s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.6s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.9s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
3.1s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.4s
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.8s
WPvividTotal: 11.5s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
3.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput23.4 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up88.0 MB
Archive size44.0 MBZIP
Compression2:1
Throughput10.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database25156.4 KB00 B-25
Plugins4,56663.1 MB00 B-4,566
Themes39414.4 MB00 B-394
Uploads492.0 MB00 B-49
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config314.7 KB00 B-3
Other17178.9 KB744.1 MB-10
Total7,787135.8 MB744.1 MB-7,780

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.8s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
7.9s

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
1Median
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.8s
WPvivid
8.3s3.2s11.5s
2
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.8s
WPvivid
8.4s3.3s11.7s
3
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.6s
WPvivid
8.5s3.1s11.6s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.8s9.6s
WPvivid
8.5s3.1s11.6s
5
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.6s
WPvivid
8.3s3.2s11.6s
6
UpdraftPlus
6.8s2.9s9.8s
WPvivid
8.5s3.1s11.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
6.6s3.0s9.7s
WPvivid
8.4s3.1s11.5s
8
UpdraftPlus
6.6s2.8s9.4s
WPvivid
8.5s2.7s11.2s
9Median
UpdraftPlus
6.6s2.7s9.3s
WPvivid
8.6s3.1s11.8s

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