SafeGuard vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

SafeGuardPROvsWPvividFREE

SafeGuard v1.2.0WPvivid v0.9.96
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
19.6svs1m 22.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs93 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

SafeGuard is faster (19.6s vs 1m 22.4s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 93 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
8.4s
Restore
11.2s
WPvivid
Backup
20.9s
Restore
1m 1.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 32.7s
Backup
14.4s
Restore
18.3s
WPvividTotal: 1m 28.5s
Backup
25.7s
Restore
1m 2.6s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 19.7s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.2s
WPvividTotal: 1m 23.3s
Backup
20.9s
Restore
1m 2.5s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 19.7s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.3s
WPvividTotal: 1m 22.4s
Backup
21.2s
Restore
1m 1.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput18.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.8 MB14.1 MB=
Plugins10,819123.9 MB10,554119.6 MB-265
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other296.4 MB366.4 MB+7
Total14,448218.6 MB14,191215.6 MB-257

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 9 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.5s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.4s

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
14.0s16.8s30.7s
WPvivid
25.3s1m 1.7s1m 27.0s
2Median
SafeGuard
14.4s18.3s32.7s
WPvivid
25.7s1m 2.8s1m 28.5s
3
SafeGuard
16.0s18.7s34.7s
WPvivid
27.9s1m 2.6s1m 30.5s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
8.5s11.2s19.6s
WPvivid
20.9s1m 2.4s1m 23.3s
5Median
SafeGuard
8.5s11.2s19.7s
WPvivid
20.9s1m 2.5s1m 23.3s
6
SafeGuard
8.4s12.2s20.6s
WPvivid
21.5s1m 3.0s1m 24.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
SafeGuard
8.4s11.3s19.7s
WPvivid
21.1s1m 1.2s1m 22.3s
8
SafeGuard
8.4s10.9s19.2s
WPvivid
21.3s1m 2.3s1m 23.6s
9Median
SafeGuard
8.4s11.7s20.2s
WPvivid
21.2s1m 1.2s1m 22.4s

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