UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
8.2svs8.7s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
33 MBvs40 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (8.2s vs 8.7s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (33 MB vs 40 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.6s
WPvivid
Backup
6.1s
Restore
2.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.5s
Backup
5.9s
Restore
2.7s
WPvividTotal: 8.9s
Backup
6.3s
Restore
2.6s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.2s
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.7s
WPvividTotal: 8.9s
Backup
6.2s
Restore
2.7s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.4s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.7s
WPvividTotal: 8.8s
Backup
6.2s
Restore
2.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput21.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up55.0 MB
Archive size33.0 MBZIP
Compression1.7:1
Throughput8.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database11115.5 KB00 B-11
Plugins3,71833.9 MB00 B-3,718
Themes39414.4 MB00 B-394
Uploads24968.9 KB00 B-24
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config314.7 KB00 B-3
Other17178.9 KB733.4 MB-10
Total6,900105.5 MB733.4 MB-6,893

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
5.8s

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
UpdraftPlus
6.0s2.8s8.8s
WPvivid
6.4s2.6s9.0s
2
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.7s8.5s
WPvivid
6.2s2.6s8.7s
3Median
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.6s8.5s
WPvivid
6.3s2.7s8.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.8s8.3s
WPvivid
6.2s2.7s8.9s
5Median
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.7s8.2s
WPvivid
6.3s2.6s9.0s
6
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.6s8.2s
WPvivid
6.1s2.7s8.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.4s
WPvivid
6.2s2.6s8.8s
8
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.6s8.2s
WPvivid
6.3s2.6s8.9s
9
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.8s8.4s
WPvivid
6.1s2.6s8.7s

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