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
9.6svs11.7s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
51 MBvs125 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
1.9s
Restore
9.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 13.2s
Backup
1.9s
Restore
10.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 10.1s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.0s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 11.7s
Backup
1.9s
Restore
9.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.7s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.9s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 12.1s
Backup
1.9s
Restore
10.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.7s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up177.0 MB
Archive size125.0 MBTAR
Compression1.4:1
Throughput88.4 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput22.9 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database16238.7 KB25156.4 KB+9
Plugins3,02946.9 MB4,56663.1 MB+1,537
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads562.0 MB492.0 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB314.7 KB-1
Other20182.5 KB17178.9 KB-3
Total6,252119.8 MB7,787135.8 MB+1,535

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
1.9s10.2s12.0s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.1s10.1s
2Median
BackWPup
1.9s11.2s13.2s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.0s9.9s
3
BackWPup
3.3s10.7s13.9s
UpdraftPlus
7.1s3.0s10.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
BackWPup
1.9s9.8s11.7s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s2.9s9.9s
5
BackWPup
1.9s10.1s12.1s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.7s
6
BackWPup
1.9s9.5s11.4s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
1.8s10.2s12.0s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.1s10.0s
8
BackWPup
2.0s10.5s12.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.6s
9
BackWPup
1.9s10.2s12.1s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.7s

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