BackWPup vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

BackWPupFREEvsWPvividFREE

BackWPup v4.1.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed (different scopes)
BackWPup
30.2svs1m 24.8s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
WPvivid
83 MBvs219 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

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.9s
Restore
26.3s
WPvivid
Backup
20.9s
Restore
1m 3.8s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 43.8s
Backup
10.5s
Restore
32.8s
WPvividTotal: 1m 30.7s
Backup
26.2s
Restore
1m 4.5s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 30.8s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
27.0s
WPvividTotal: 1m 24.8s
Backup
21.1s
Restore
1m 3.9s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 30.6s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
26.7s
WPvividTotal: 1m 25.0s
Backup
21.0s
Restore
1m 4.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput27.8 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database213.1 MB00 B-21
Plugins10,573119.9 MB00 B-10,573
Themes56219.4 MB00 B-562
Uploads2669.5 MB00 B-266
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config420.5 KB00 B-4
Other21199.5 KB786.1 MB-14
Total14,180208.1 MB786.1 MB-14,173

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
2.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.4s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.3s

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
BackWPup
10.5s31.8s42.3s
WPvivid
24.8s1m 4.4s1m 29.2s
2Median
BackWPup
11.1s32.8s43.8s
WPvivid
26.2s1m 4.5s1m 30.7s
3
BackWPup
10.5s34.0s44.6s
WPvivid
26.7s1m 4.6s1m 31.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
3.9s27.0s30.8s
WPvivid
20.8s1m 3.9s1m 24.8s
5
BackWPup
3.8s22.8s26.6s
WPvivid
21.1s54.1s1m 15.2s
6
BackWPup
5.4s28.0s33.4s
WPvivid
21.3s1m 4.9s1m 26.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
3.9s26.7s30.6s
WPvivid
21.0s1m 4.3s1m 25.3s
8
BackWPup
3.9s26.3s30.2s
WPvivid
21.2s1m 3.8s1m 25.0s
9
BackWPup
5.0s27.7s32.7s
WPvivid
20.9s1m 4.0s1m 24.9s

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