BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
15.4svs18.1s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
72 MBvs182 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
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
2.7s
Restore
15.3s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.3s
Restore
5.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 26.3s
Backup
7.7s
Restore
18.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.8s
Backup
13.5s
Restore
5.3s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 18.2s
Backup
2.8s
Restore
15.4s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.6s
Backup
10.5s
Restore
5.1s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 19.3s
Backup
2.7s
Restore
16.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.7s
Backup
10.6s
Restore
5.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up248.0 MB
Archive size182.0 MBTAR
Compression1.4:1
Throughput32.4 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput17.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database20252.6 KB29177.2 KB+9
Plugins5,69580.1 MB7,23496.2 MB+1,539
Themes1,14035.8 MB1,14035.8 MB=
Uploads641.9 MB571.9 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB314.7 KB-1
Other20182.6 KB276.4 MB+7
Total9,676174.1 MB11,223196.4 MB+1,547

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.3s
DB_EXPORT
1.5s

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
5.6s17.3s22.9s
UpdraftPlus
13.5s5.3s18.8s
2Median
BackWPup
7.7s18.6s26.3s
UpdraftPlus
12.6s5.5s18.0s
3
BackWPup
7.9s18.8s26.7s
UpdraftPlus
13.8s5.2s19.0s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
2.9s15.3s18.2s
UpdraftPlus
10.2s5.0s15.2s
5Median
BackWPup
2.8s15.4s18.1s
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.1s15.6s
6
BackWPup
2.7s16.1s18.8s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.1s15.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
2.8s16.6s19.4s
UpdraftPlus
10.3s5.1s15.4s
8
BackWPup
2.6s16.7s19.3s
UpdraftPlus
10.6s5.1s15.7s
9
BackWPup
2.7s15.3s18.0s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.3s16.0s

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