BackWPup vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPup v4.1.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed (different scopes)
BackWPup
21.8svs27.9s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
WPvivid
80 MBvs202 MB

Compared by compression ratio — different raw data sizes

Best Overall
Not Directly Comparable

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.

Backup Scope

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.0s
Restore
18.7s
WPvivid
Backup
18.4s
Restore
9.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 31.7s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
23.2s
WPvividTotal: 31.4s
Backup
21.7s
Restore
9.7s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 21.9s
Backup
3.1s
Restore
18.7s
WPvividTotal: 27.9s
Backup
18.5s
Restore
9.4s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 22.0s
Backup
3.0s
Restore
19.0s
WPvividTotal: 28.2s
Backup
18.4s
Restore
9.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up271.0 MB
Archive size202.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput31.8 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
WPvivid
Data backed up181.0 MB
Archive size80.0 MBZIP
Compression2.3:1
Throughput8.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database34672.3 KB00 B-34
Plugins7,821104.0 MB00 B-7,821
Themes39414.4 MB00 B-394
Uploads26818.2 MB00 B-268
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config420.5 KB00 B-4
Other22187.9 KB782.3 MB-15
Total11,276193.4 MB782.3 MB-11,269

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 6 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
1.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
17.7s

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
7.3s22.5s29.8s
WPvivid
20.6s9.2s29.8s
2Median
BackWPup
8.5s23.2s31.7s
WPvivid
21.8s9.7s31.4s
3
BackWPup
9.3s23.6s32.8s
WPvivid
21.7s10.1s31.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.1s18.1s21.2s
WPvivid
18.5s9.4s27.9s
5
BackWPup
3.0s19.1s22.1s
WPvivid
18.6s9.2s27.8s
6Median
BackWPup
3.1s18.7s21.9s
WPvivid
18.3s9.5s27.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
3.0s19.2s22.2s
WPvivid
18.5s9.7s28.2s
8
BackWPup
3.0s18.8s21.8s
WPvivid
18.4s9.8s28.2s
9
BackWPup
3.0s19.0s22.0s
WPvivid
18.4s10.4s28.8s

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