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Head-to-head · Website Backup Services

UpdraftPlus vs BackupBliss

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 4 checks side by side
Higher score UpdraftPlus #5 in Website Backup Services 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit UpdraftPlus
BackupBliss #18 in Website Backup Services 7.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit BackupBliss

UpdraftPlus leads on 0 checks, BackupBliss on 0, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 4 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreUpdraftPlus · 8.8/10
  • Free planboth

UpdraftPlus scores higher on our rubric for website backup services: 8.8 against 7.5 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #18.

On backup frequency, BackupBliss gives you Daily where UpdraftPlus offers Hourly.

UpdraftPlus is the better fit for established WordPress backup workflows. BackupBliss is the better fit for affordable WordPress backup and staging.

  • UpdraftPlus fits best

    Established WordPress backup workflows

  • BackupBliss fits best

    Affordable WordPress backup and staging

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Side by side

Feature UpdraftPlus 8.8/10 Visit ↗ BackupBliss 7.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 7.5
Ranking #5 in Website Backup Services #18 in Website Backup Services
Best for Established WordPress backup workflows Affordable WordPress backup and staging
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $70/yr $1.49/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Money-back guarantee 10 days 14 days
Deployment Self-hosted Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms Web Web
Support Email, Community, Docs Email, Live chat, Community
Integrations 18 integrations 9 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features UpdraftPlus 3/3 · BackupBliss 3/3
Database backup ✓ ✓
One-click restore ✓ ✓
Staging restore ✓ ✓
Specs
Backup frequency Hourly Daily
Retention period Not checked yet Not checked yet
Backup scope Full_site Full_site
Storage model Both Both
Our review
Pros
  • Scheduled backups as often as every 2 hours
  • Guided, component-level restoration and direct migration
  • Broad remote storage and WordPress multisite support
  • Free full-site backups with automatic daily, weekly, or monthly schedules
  • Migration, cloning, restore, and staging for WordPress sites
  • Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3, and FTP
Cons
  • Paid plans start at $70 per year
  • All listed paid plans include only 1GB storage except Gold
  • Advanced features such as staging and migration require paid plans
  • The free plan limits backups to 4 GB
  • Partial restore and file browsing require a premium plan
  • Premium cloud storage is sold separately from plugin licensing
Our verdict

UpdraftPlus is a WordPress plugin for backing up, restoring, and migrating websites. It supports manual and scheduled backups of WordPress files and databases, with schedules as frequent as every 2 hours. WordPress site owners, developers,…

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BackupBliss is a WordPress plugin for creating, scheduling, storing, restoring, migrating, and staging website backups. It covers both files and databases, with full-site backups, local storage, external cloud and file-transfer…

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  1. UpdraftPlusWebsite Backup Services 8.8Free plan
  2. BackupBlissWebsite Backup Services 7.5Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • UpdraftPlus — where it wins

    • Scheduled backups as often as every 2 hours
    • Guided, component-level restoration and direct migration
    • Broad remote storage and WordPress multisite support

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid plans start at $70 per year
    • All listed paid plans include only 1GB storage except Gold
    • Advanced features such as staging and migration require paid plans

  • BackupBliss — where it wins

    • Free full-site backups with automatic daily, weekly, or monthly schedules
    • Migration, cloning, restore, and staging for WordPress sites
    • Works with Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Amazon S3, and FTP

    Where it doesn't

    • The free plan limits backups to 4 GB
    • Partial restore and file browsing require a premium plan
    • Premium cloud storage is sold separately from plugin licensing

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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