BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Result
DRAW
BackWPup17.3s
UpdraftPlus16.9s
Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
94 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

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

Backup Scope

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.2s
Restore
14.1s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
11.0s
Restore
5.8s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 20.9s
Backup
5.0s
Restore
15.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.8s
Backup
12.9s
Restore
6.0s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 17.4s
Backup
3.3s
Restore
14.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 17.0s
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.9s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 17.4s
Backup
3.2s
Restore
14.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.9s
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput58.2 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput21.3 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.9 MB1384.5 KB=
Plugins10,548119.6 MB12,099135.8 MB+1,551
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2669.5 MB2599.5 MB-7
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB15.8 KB-1
Other23208.4 KB306.5 MB+7
Total14,180208.1 MB15,730228.1 MB+1,550

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
9.2s
DB_EXPORT
1.1s

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
1Median
BackWPup
5.0s15.9s20.9s
UpdraftPlus
12.9s5.9s18.8s
2
BackWPup
5.0s15.8s20.8s
UpdraftPlus
12.6s6.0s18.7s
3
BackWPup
5.1s16.3s21.5s
UpdraftPlus
13.2s6.0s19.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.3s14.1s17.4s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.9s16.9s
5Median
BackWPup
3.2s14.1s17.3s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.9s17.0s
6
BackWPup
3.6s14.4s18.0s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s6.1s17.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
3.2s14.0s17.2s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.8s16.9s
8Median
BackWPup
3.2s14.2s17.4s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.8s16.9s
9
BackWPup
3.6s14.4s17.9s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s6.3s17.4s

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