BackWPup vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsWP Staging ProPRO

BackWPup v5.7.4WP Staging Pro v6.8.0
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Speed (different scopes)
WP Staging Pro
13.8svs20.7s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
BackWPup202 MB
WP Staging Pro145 MB
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.

Per-tier crashes

A crash is scoped to the hosting tier it happened on: the plugin loses that tier but is still measured on the tiers it survives.

  • WP Staging Proran out of memory during backuponsharedexit 137

⚠️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
WP Staging Pro
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

⚠️ No WordPress core files (wp-admin, wp-includes). Restoring onto a bare server needs a separate WordPress install.

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
2.9s
Restore
17.8s
WP Staging Pro
Backup
8.3s
Restore
5.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 20.7s
Backup
2.9s
Restore
17.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 13.9s
Backup
8.3s
Restore
5.5s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 20.8s
Backup
2.9s
Restore
17.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 14.0s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
5.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up271.0 MB
Archive size202.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput89.7 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
WP Staging Pro
Data backed up184.0 MB
Archive size145.0 MBWPSTG
Compression1.3:1
Throughput21.8 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1582.2 KB00 B-1
Plugins7,809103.5 MB00 B-7,809
Themes39013.6 MB00 B-390
Uploads26818.2 MB5144.7 MB-263
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config211.6 KB00 B-2
Other24196.9 KB00 B-24
Total11,276193.5 MB5144.7 MB-11,271

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 2 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
WP Staging Pro
SCAN
4.9s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

Iteration Results

6 iterations across 2 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.

Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
2Median
BackWPup
2.9s17.7s20.6s
WP Staging Pro
8.5s5.5s14.1s
3
BackWPup
2.9s17.8s20.7s
WP Staging Pro
8.3s5.6s13.9s
4
BackWPup
3.1s18.3s21.5s
WP Staging Pro
8.3s5.4s13.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
5Median
BackWPup
2.9s18.1s21.0s
WP Staging Pro
8.4s5.5s13.8s
6
BackWPup
2.9s17.8s20.7s
WP Staging Pro
8.4s5.7s14.1s
7
BackWPup
3.0s17.8s20.8s
WP Staging Pro
8.5s5.6s14.0s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — BackWPup (TXT)File Inventory — WP Staging Pro (TXT)

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