Fastest total time (backup + restore)
Smallest archive size
BackWPup is faster (6.8s vs 30.7s) · UpdraftPlus produces smaller backups (93 MB vs 216 MB)
| Category | BackWPup | UpdraftPlus | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 21 | 1.6 MB | 30 | 526.4 KB | +9 |
| Plugins | 10,329 | 118.8 MB | 11,794 | 134.5 MB | +1,465 |
| Themes | 562 | 19.4 MB | 562 | 19.4 MB | = |
| Uploads | 273 | 9.6 MB | 266 | ||
Iteration 2 (median)
3 iterations -- median highlighted. Winner = lowest median total time. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BackWPup | 6.6s | 0.0s | 6.6s | 216.0 MBTARnone/ 288.0 MB | 1.3:1 | Verified |
| 9.6 MB |
| -7 |
| WP Core | 2,728 | 55.3 MB | 2,728 | 55.3 MB | = |
| wp-config | 4 | 20.5 KB | 3 | 14.7 KB | -1 |
| Other | 21 | 198.2 KB | 26 | 6.4 MB | +5 |
| Total | 13,938 | 205.0 MB | 15,409 | 225.8 MB | +1,471 |
| 19.0s |
| 11.4s |
| 30.3s |
| 93.0 MBGZgzip/ 272.0 MB |
| 2.9:1 |
| Verified |
| 2Median | BackWPup | 6.8s | 0.0s | 6.8s | 216.0 MBTARnone/ 288.0 MB | 1.3:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 19.1s | 11.6s | 30.7s | 93.0 MBGZgzip/ 272.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| 3 | BackWPup | 6.9s | 0.0s | 6.9s | 216.0 MBTARnone/ 288.0 MB | 1.3:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 19.0s | 12.0s | 30.9s | 93.0 MBGZgzip/ 272.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |