UpdraftPlus vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

UpdraftPlusPROvsWPvividFREE

UpdraftPlus v1.24.2WPvivid v0.9.96
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
23.4svs1m 21.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs94 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

UpdraftPlus is faster (23.4s vs 1m 21.4s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 94 MB)

Backup Scope

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.5s
WPvivid
Backup
20.9s
Restore
1m 0.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
UpdraftPlusTotal: 28.8s
Backup
18.9s
Restore
9.9s
WPvividTotal: 1m 26.7s
Backup
25.8s
Restore
1m 2.0s
Managed WordPress
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.5s
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.8s
WPvividTotal: 1m 23.5s
Backup
21.4s
Restore
1m 1.7s
VPS Standard
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.4s
Backup
13.8s
Restore
9.5s
WPvividTotal: 1m 23.7s
Backup
21.0s
Restore
1m 2.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput14.5 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryUpdraftPlusWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database30663.5 KB00 B-30
Plugins12,115136.1 MB00 B-12,115
Themes56219.4 MB00 B-562
Uploads2599.5 MB00 B-259
WP Core2,73355.9 MB00 B-2,733
wp-config314.7 KB00 B-3
Other286.4 MB786.1 MB-21
Total15,730228.1 MB786.1 MB-15,723

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.2s
DB_EXPORT
2.7s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.0s

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
1Median
UpdraftPlus
18.9s8.8s27.7s
WPvivid
24.7s1m 2.0s1m 26.7s
2
UpdraftPlus
18.9s9.9s28.8s
WPvivid
25.8s55.1s1m 21.0s
3
UpdraftPlus
23.7s11.4s35.2s
WPvivid
29.4s1m 6.3s1m 35.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.5s23.3s
WPvivid
21.4s1m 2.1s1m 23.5s
5
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.8s23.5s
WPvivid
20.8s1m 0.5s1m 21.4s
6
UpdraftPlus
14.3s10.2s24.5s
WPvivid
21.8s1m 1.7s1m 23.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
UpdraftPlus
13.8s9.5s23.4s
WPvivid
21.0s1m 3.2s1m 24.2s
8
UpdraftPlus
13.9s9.5s23.4s
WPvivid
20.9s1m 1.2s1m 22.1s
9Median
UpdraftPlus
13.8s9.9s23.8s
WPvivid
21.0s1m 2.7s1m 23.7s

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