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BackWPup WordPress Backup Plugin Benchmarks

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BackWPup

v5.7.4FREE

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Elo Rating1263+/- 11348 battlesTested 2 weeks ago

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Fight Record

Wins248
Losses118
Draws6
Win Rate67%

51 of these tier wins were decided by the opponent crashing (it could not complete a backup or restore on that hosting tier where this plugin could), not by a faster or smaller backup.

Average Times by Profile

Site ProfileAvg BackupAvg RestoreMedian Total
Blog Starter (XS)1.6s7.1s9.5s
Business Site (S)3.5s14.0s18.0s
Developer Portfolio (S)1.9s7.8s10.4s
News/Magazine (M)4.1s16.0s20.1s
WooCommerce Standard (M)5.4s21.6s28.8s
Media Heavy (XL)27.2s53.5s1m 19s
Blog Starter (XS)1.6s7.0s9.4s
Blog Starter (XS)1.6s7.1s9.4s
Blog Starter (XS)1.6s7.1s9.7s
Business Site (S)2.6s13.2s17.3s
Business Site (S)5.7s15.5s23.3s
Business Site (S)2.6s13.5s18.1s
Developer Portfolio (S)1.8s7.8s10.4s
Developer Portfolio (S)2.2s7.7s10.1s
Developer Portfolio (S)1.8s7.9s10.5s
News/Magazine (M)2.8s15.1s20.0s
News/Magazine (M)6.9s18.3s29.3s
News/Magazine (M)2.8s15.0s19.7s
WooCommerce Standard (M)3.9s20.4s27.7s
WooCommerce Standard (M)8.3s24.1s37.5s
WooCommerce Standard (M)3.9s20.4s28.4s
Media Heavy (XL)27.0s52.7s1m 19s
Media Heavy (XL)28.0s55.8s1m 22s
Media Heavy (XL)26.7s52.0s1m 18s

Performance Profile

Version Performance Trend

Only one version tested so far. Trend data will appear once battles span multiple versions.

Head-to-Head

SafeGuard
vs SafeGuard
2-0-3
Duplicator
vs Duplicator
5-0-0
WP Staging Pro
vs WP Staging Pro
0-0-5
UpdraftPlus
vs UpdraftPlus
1-1-3
Duplicator Pro
vs Duplicator Pro
5-0-0
WPvivid
vs WPvivid
5-0-0
BackupBuddy
vs BackupBuddy
5-0-0
All-in-One WP Migration
vs All-in-One WP Migration
0-0-5

Battle History

131
W
vs WPvividMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026W
vs WP Staging ProMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026W
vs UpdraftPlusMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026W
vs SafeGuardMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026W
vs Duplicator ProMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026W
vs DuplicatorMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026W
vs BackupBuddyMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026L
vs All-in-One WP MigrationMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026ERR
vs SafeGuardMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 4, 2026L
vs SafeGuardBlog Starter (XS)
Aug 3, 2026ERR
vs SafeGuardMedia Heavy (XL)
Aug 3, 2026W
vs WPvividWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026L
vs WP Staging ProWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026D
vs UpdraftPlusWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026L
vs SafeGuardWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026W
vs Duplicator ProWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026W
vs DuplicatorWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026W
vs BackupBuddyWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026L
vs All-in-One WP MigrationWooCommerce Standard (M)
Jul 26, 2026W
vs WPvividNews/Magazine (M)
Jul 26, 2026
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