SafeGuard vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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SafeGuard v1.2.0WPvivid v0.9.96
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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
8.5svs11.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
44 MBvs48 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

SafeGuard is faster (8.5s vs 11.5s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (44 MB vs 48 MB)

⚠️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

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
4.2s
Restore
4.2s
WPvivid
Backup
8.5s
Restore
3.0s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 8.7s
Backup
4.2s
Restore
4.3s
WPvividTotal: 11.9s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
3.3s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 8.6s
Backup
4.3s
Restore
4.3s
WPvividTotal: 11.8s
Backup
8.6s
Restore
3.3s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 8.6s
Backup
4.2s
Restore
4.3s
WPvividTotal: 11.6s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
3.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up144.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput33.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up88.0 MB
Archive size44.0 MBZIP
Compression2:1
Throughput10.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1183.3 KB1184.7 KB=
Plugins3,26450.7 MB2,99946.4 MB-265
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other19187.8 KB26193.8 KB+7
Total6,505124.1 MB6,248119.8 MB-257

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
3.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
7.9s

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
SafeGuard
4.2s4.2s8.4s
WPvivid
8.6s3.3s11.9s
2Median
SafeGuard
4.3s4.3s8.7s
WPvivid
8.5s3.4s11.9s
3
SafeGuard
4.2s4.8s9.0s
WPvivid
8.5s3.2s11.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
4.3s4.3s8.6s
WPvivid
8.5s3.0s11.5s
5Median
SafeGuard
4.2s4.3s8.5s
WPvivid
8.6s3.3s11.8s
6
SafeGuard
4.3s4.4s8.7s
WPvivid
8.6s3.3s11.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
SafeGuard
4.2s4.4s8.6s
WPvivid
8.5s3.1s11.6s
8
SafeGuard
4.3s4.2s8.6s
WPvivid
8.5s2.9s11.3s
9
SafeGuard
4.2s4.3s8.5s
WPvivid
8.6s3.4s12.0s

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