BackWPup vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

BackWPupFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

BackWPup v5.7.4UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
1m 17.5svs1m 29.1s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
3.5 GBvs3.9 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (1m 17.5s vs 1m 29.1s) · UpdraftPlus produces smaller backups (3.5 GB vs 3.9 GB)

Backup Scope

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
27.1s
Restore
49.9s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
1m 13.2s
Restore
15.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 1m 29.7s
Backup
29.7s
Restore
59.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 36.6s
Backup
1m 20.2s
Restore
16.4s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 1m 23.4s
Backup
27.3s
Restore
56.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 29.1s
Backup
1m 13.5s
Restore
15.9s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 1m 17.5s
Backup
27.4s
Restore
49.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 30.0s
Backup
1m 14.1s
Restore
15.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.9 GBTAR
Compression1:1no compression
Throughput138.4 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.5 GBGZ
Compression1.1:1
Throughput51.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.8 MB1559.3 KB=
Plugins7,232117.8 MB8,784134.0 MB+1,552
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5893.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,788
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB15.8 KB-1
Other24197.6 KB316.4 MB+7
Total41,0203.89 GB40,7903.66 GB-230

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
27.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1m 11.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.8s

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
28.2s52.1s1m 20.3s
UpdraftPlus
1m 18.8s16.1s1m 34.9s
2Median
BackWPup
29.7s1m 0.0s1m 29.8s
UpdraftPlus
1m 20.2s16.4s1m 36.6s
3
BackWPup
29.9s59.8s1m 29.7s
UpdraftPlus
1m 22.5s17.2s1m 39.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
28.9s50.6s1m 19.4s
UpdraftPlus
1m 13.2s15.9s1m 29.1s
5Median
BackWPup
27.3s56.4s1m 23.7s
UpdraftPlus
1m 13.5s15.6s1m 29.1s
6
BackWPup
27.1s56.2s1m 23.4s
UpdraftPlus
1m 16.0s15.9s1m 31.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
26.6s49.9s1m 16.5s
UpdraftPlus
1m 11.1s15.9s1m 27.0s
8
BackWPup
27.4s57.2s1m 24.6s
UpdraftPlus
1m 14.1s15.9s1m 30.0s
9Median
BackWPup
27.8s49.8s1m 17.5s
UpdraftPlus
1m 15.5s15.9s1m 31.4s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — BackWPup (TXT)File Inventory — UpdraftPlus (TXT)

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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