SafeGuard vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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SafeGuardPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

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Speed Result
DRAW
SafeGuard7.1s
UpdraftPlus7.4s
Storage Winner
SafeGuard
48 MBvs51 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

Backup Scope

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

SafeGuard
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.2s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.3s
Restore
2.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
SafeGuardTotal: 7.2s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 7.6s
Backup
5.4s
Restore
2.1s
Managed WordPress
SafeGuardTotal: 7.1s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 7.4s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
2.1s
VPS Standard
SafeGuardTotal: 7.1s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 7.5s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
2.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

SafeGuard
Data backed up144.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput37.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput29.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategorySafeGuardUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1183.2 KB133.0 KB=
Plugins3,26650.7 MB4,54562.6 MB+1,279
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB15.8 KB=
Other19187.8 KB19187.8 KB=
Total6,508124.1 MB7,787135.8 MB+1,279

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

SafeGuard
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
3.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s

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
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.2s7.6s
2
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.1s7.5s
3
SafeGuard
3.9s3.4s7.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.1s7.6s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
SafeGuard
3.9s3.2s7.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.3s2.2s7.5s
5Median
SafeGuard
3.9s3.2s7.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.3s2.1s7.4s
6
SafeGuard
3.8s3.2s7.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.1s7.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
SafeGuard
3.9s3.2s7.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.3s2.2s7.5s
8
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.3s2.1s7.4s
9Median
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.1s7.5s

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