5 Best WordPress Backup Plugins Compared (Pros and Cons)

Here below we have suggested the 5 Best WordPress Backup Plugins

1. UpdraftPlus

UpdraftPlus is the most popular free WordPress backup plugin available on the internet. It is used by more than 2 million websites. UpdraftPlus allows you to create a complete backup of your WordPress site and store it on the cloud or download it to your computer. It can automatically upload your backups to Dropbox, Google Drive, S3, Rackspace, FTP, SFTP, email, and several other cloud storage services

Key Features:

1. Customized and scheduled backups
2. Manage WordPress multisite network
3. Easy backups and restoration
4. Supports multiple cloud storage options
5. Clone your site and test out changes
6. Migrate your cloned site to a new domain or host.

Pros of UpdraftPlus:

• This is the only WordPress backup plugin that offers a good free version for backups and restores.
• A UpdraftPlus backup also includes customer support. But this is available only with the premium version.

Cons of UpdraftPlus:

• It doesn’t work for large sites and might not work well with an old WordPress version.
• The process is not optimized and can overload your site.
• The independent centralized dashboard costs are extra under UpdraftCentral.

2. JetPack Backups

Jetpack Backups is a popular WordPress backup plugin by Automattic, the company created by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg.

This plugin was originally launched under the name VaultPress which is what we use on WPBeginner, but now it’s been redesigned and rebranded as Jetpack Backups.

Key Features:

1. One-click automatic WordPress backup restoration
2. You can download the full backup or select individual files
3. Daily backups with a 30-day archive
4. Mobile app you can take and use with you everywhere
5. Automatically cleans up spam comments off your site

Pros of JetPack Backups:

• The free backup solution gives you access to a number of WordPress security features and uptime monitoring.
• No limit on storage disk space
• The independent dashboard that lets you manage everything from one place

Cons of JetPack Backups

• The restore process can sometimes be difficult.
• The main drawback is that you have to take a JetPack subscription to get access to the full backup feature.

3. BackupBuddy

BackupBuddy is one of the most popular premium WordPress backup plugins used by over half a million WordPress sites. It allows you to easily schedule daily, weekly, and monthly backups.

With BackupBuddy, you can automatically store your backups in cloud storage services like Dropbox, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud, FTP, Stash, and even email it to yourself.

Key Features:

1. Automatic backup facilities
2. Option to choose specific WordPress database files for backup
3. WordPress database Repair and optimization
4. Supports many offsite storage options
5. Site Migration
6. Quick and easy to restore your site

Pros of BackupBuddy:

• A major plus to this plugin is that you get access to 1 year Stash Live – Backup Buddy’s own cloud storage solution
• By default, it stores 5 daily, 2 weekly, and 1 monthly database backups and 1 daily, 1 weekly, and 1 monthly full backup as zip files
• Email notifications when your backups are ready for download
• The process is very smooth.

Cons of BackupBuddy:

• No option for on-demand backups
• No option to try out the product first
• Again, there’s no option to provide HTTP authentication, so if you have a password-protected WordPress site, it’s a dead end.
• It fails to work on large WordPress sites.

4. BlogVault

BlogVault is another popular WordPress backup service for WordPress. It’s a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution rather than just a WordPress plugin. It creates offsite backups independently on BlogVault servers, so there will be a zero load on your server.

BlogVault creates automatic backup of your website on a daily basis and also allows you to manually create unlimited on-demand backups. It features smart incremental backups that sync only incremental changes for minimal server load. This ensures optimal performance for your site.

Key Features:

1. Incremental backups
2. Scheduled backups
3. Automated backups
4. Zero additional server load
5. Inbuilt test and staging site option
6. Easy migration to another hosting service.

Pros of BlogVault:

• You just need to click a button to restore your backup. This is by far the most promising feature of this plugin.
• The BlogVault plugin has an unlimited on-demand backup feature which means you can take a backup whenever you like.
• It extends great personalized customer support that makes using the service so much better.
• The premium WordPress backup plugin includes website security through MalCare security integration as well.

Cons of BlogVault:

• There is no free version
• A bit pricey at $89/year for 1 site license only.

5. Duplicator

As the final name suggests, Duplicator is a popular WordPress plugin used to migrate WordPress sites. However, it also has backup features.

It does not allow you to create automated scheduled backups which makes it less than ideal primary WordPress backup solution for a regularly maintained site.

Key Features:

1. Backup WordPress files
2. Scheduled Backups
3. Backup Log
4. Incremental Backup
5. Continuous Backup
6. Web Access / Restoration

Pros of Duplicator:

• Comes with an installation wizard
• Seems to take customer feedback very seriously

Cons of Duplicator:

• Very little effort put into the onboarding process
• Difficult to use migration settings for larger websites

Final Thoughts:

Each WordPress backup plugin in our list has their pros and cons, but all of them offer complete WordPress file backup as well as full database backup features. That’s all. We hope that this list helped you pick the best WordPress backup plugin for your site.

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