BackupBuddy vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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BackupBuddyPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackupBuddy v9.1.5UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
9.4svs53.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
51 MBvs58 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

Backup Scope

BackupBuddy
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackupBuddy
Backup
6.3s
Restore
47.4s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.5s
Restore
2.8s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 56.5s
Backup
7.5s
Restore
48.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.9s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.0s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 53.8s
Backup
6.3s
Restore
47.4s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.5s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.9s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 55.0s
Backup
6.3s
Restore
48.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.5s
Backup
6.5s
Restore
3.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up199.0 MB
Archive size58.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput26.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput23.3 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database00 B133.0 KB+1
Plugins10,13888.6 MB4,54562.6 MB-5,593
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads775.4 MB492.0 MB-28
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other19184.6 KB19187.8 KB=
Total13,407165.1 MB7,787135.8 MB-5,620

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
5.8s
VERIFY
0.2s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.6s

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
1Median
BackupBuddy
7.5s48.9s56.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.1s9.9s
2
BackupBuddy
7.4s48.5s55.9s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.8s
3
BackupBuddy
7.7s49.4s57.2s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.0s10.0s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
6.3s47.3s53.6s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.6s
5
BackupBuddy
6.3s48.0s54.3s
UpdraftPlus
6.5s2.8s9.3s
6Median
BackupBuddy
6.4s47.4s53.8s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
6.3s47.8s54.1s
UpdraftPlus
6.5s3.0s9.5s
8
BackupBuddy
6.3s48.8s55.0s
UpdraftPlus
6.5s3.1s9.6s
9Median
BackupBuddy
6.3s48.9s55.2s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s2.5s9.4s

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