BackWPup vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsSafeGuardPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2SafeGuard v1.2.0
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
20.2svs30.9s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
93 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

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

⚠️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
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

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.8s
Restore
27.2s
SafeGuard
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 42.6s
Backup
10.6s
Restore
32.0s
SafeGuardTotal: 34.3s
Backup
14.9s
Restore
19.2s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 31.9s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
28.0s
SafeGuardTotal: 20.2s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.6s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 31.6s
Backup
3.8s
Restore
27.8s
SafeGuardTotal: 20.6s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
12.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput27.6 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput17.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database213.1 MB243.2 MB+3
Plugins10,573119.9 MB10,840124.2 MB+267
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2669.5 MB2599.5 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB28.9 KB-2
Other21199.5 KB286.4 MB+7
Total14,180208.1 MB14,448218.6 MB+268

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.4s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.7s
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
1
BackWPup
10.6s30.9s41.5s
SafeGuard
14.3s18.0s32.3s
2Median
BackWPup
10.6s32.0s42.6s
SafeGuard
14.9s19.6s34.5s
3
BackWPup
11.9s34.9s46.9s
SafeGuard
15.1s19.2s34.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.8s26.4s30.1s
SafeGuard
8.6s11.6s20.2s
5Median
BackWPup
3.9s28.0s31.9s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.6s20.1s
6
BackWPup
5.2s29.4s34.6s
SafeGuard
8.5s12.5s21.0s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
3.8s27.8s31.6s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.7s20.2s
8
BackWPup
3.8s27.2s30.9s
SafeGuard
8.5s12.1s20.6s
9
BackWPup
5.4s28.6s34.0s
SafeGuard
8.6s13.4s22.0s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — BackWPup (TXT)File Inventory — SafeGuard (TXT)

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