BackWPup vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

completedBlog Starter (XS) -- XS

BackWPupFREEvsWP Staging ProPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2WP Staging Pro v6.7.0
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🔒 SequentialBlog Starter (XS) — XSNone Load
Speed (different scopes)
BackWPup
5.2svs7.4s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
WP Staging Pro
33 MBvs94 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
WP Staging Pro
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

⚠️ No WordPress core files (wp-admin, wp-includes). Restoring onto a bare server needs a separate WordPress install.

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

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
1.2s
Restore
4.0s
WP Staging Pro
Backup
6.0s
Restore
1.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 5.2s
Backup
1.3s
Restore
4.0s
WP Staging ProTotal: 7.5s
Backup
6.1s
Restore
1.4s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 5.3s
Backup
1.2s
Restore
4.0s
WP Staging ProTotal: 7.5s
Backup
6.1s
Restore
1.4s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 5.2s
Backup
1.2s
Restore
4.0s
WP Staging ProTotal: 7.5s
Backup
6.1s
Restore
1.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up145.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBTAR
Compression1.5:1
Throughput115.7 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
WP Staging Pro
Data backed up57.0 MB
Archive size33.0 MBWPSTG
Compression1.7:1
Throughput9.4 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1165.0 KB00 B-1
Plugins2,13717.2 MB00 B-2,137
Themes39013.6 MB00 B-390
Uploads31973.0 KB532.6 MB-26
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config211.6 KB00 B-2
Other22190.7 KB00 B-22
Total5,36589.5 MB532.6 MB-5,360

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
0.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
WP Staging Pro
SCAN
1.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s

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
1.2s4.1s5.3s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.4s7.5s
2
BackWPup
1.3s3.9s5.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.0s1.4s7.4s
3Median
BackWPup
1.3s4.0s5.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.4s7.5s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
1.2s4.0s5.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.4s7.5s
5
BackWPup
1.2s4.2s5.4s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.4s7.5s
6
BackWPup
1.2s4.0s5.3s
WP Staging Pro
6.0s1.4s7.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
1.2s4.0s5.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.4s7.5s
8
BackWPup
1.2s4.1s5.3s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.4s7.5s
9Median
BackWPup
1.2s4.0s5.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.1s1.5s7.5s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — BackWPup (TXT)File Inventory — WP Staging Pro (TXT)

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