Not comparable — plugins back up different data
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.
⚠️ Not backing up wp-config.php
Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.
| Category | SafeGuard | UpdraftPlus | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 37 | 746.4 KB | 43 | 233.1 KB | +6 |
| Plugins | 8,086 | 108.2 MB | 9,361 | 120.2 MB | +1,275 |
| Themes | 394 | 14.4 MB | 394 | 14.4 MB | = |
| Uploads | 261 | 18.2 MB | 261 | ||
Iteration 4 (median)
9 iterations across 3 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SafeGuard | 8.8s | 8.7s | 17.5s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
Raw log archive is temporarily unavailable while the benchmark cluster is offline. Metrics, results, and inventories remain downloadable.
| 18.2 MB |
| = |
| WP Core | 2,733 | 55.9 MB | 2,733 | 55.9 MB | = |
| wp-config | 2 | 8.9 KB | 3 | 14.7 KB | +1 |
| Other | 33 | 6.4 MB | 29 | 6.4 MB | -4 |
| Total | 11,546 | 204.0 MB | 12,824 | 215.4 MB | +1,278 |
UpdraftPlus | 12.3s | 5.6s | 17.9s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| 2Median | SafeGuard | 11.0s | 12.5s | 23.5s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 15.1s | 5.8s | 20.8s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| 3 | SafeGuard | 11.9s | 12.4s | 24.3s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 15.6s | 5.9s | 21.5s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | SafeGuard | 7.1s | 7.2s | 14.3s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 10.8s | 5.9s | 16.7s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 5 | SafeGuard | 7.1s | 7.1s | 14.3s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 11.6s | 5.7s | 17.2s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 6Median | SafeGuard | 7.2s | 7.5s | 14.8s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 10.9s | 5.6s | 16.5s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7Median | SafeGuard | 7.3s | 7.1s | 14.4s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 11.2s | 5.4s | 16.6s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 8 | SafeGuard | 7.2s | 7.2s | 14.4s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 11.0s | 5.3s | 16.3s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified | |
| 9 | SafeGuard | 7.0s | 7.3s | 14.3s | 88.0 MBZIPdefN/ 238.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 11.2s | 5.7s | 16.9s | 90.0 MBGZgzip/ 254.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |