UpdraftPlus review
A flexible WordPress backup option with strong restoration, migration, and storage coverage.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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, agencies, and teams managing multiple sites can use its backup, restoration, remote storage, incremental backup, multisite, and migration capabilities. The free edition covers core backup and restore functions, while premium plans add broader operational features.
The published plans show annual pricing from $70 for Personal to $399 for Gold. Personal includes 2 premium site licences, 1GB storage, premium support, basic staging, and 1 year of premium updates. Business costs $95 for 10 licences and standard staging; Agency costs $145 for 35 licences and advanced staging. Enterprise costs $195 with unlimited licences and ultimate staging. Gold also has unlimited licences, but raises storage to 50GB and adds UpdraftCentral management. Each paid plan includes premium support and 1 year of premium updates.
Storage and ecosystem fit are central strengths. UpdraftPlus supports UpdraftVault, Dropbox, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, Google Drive, FTP, OpenStack Swift, DreamObjects, S3-compatible storage, Email, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Azure, SFTP, SCP, and Google Cloud. Premium features include automatic backups before WordPress updates, direct site-to-site migration, configurable backup counts and retention rules, database encryption and anonymisation, staging, and selectable website-component restoration. Choose it if your workflow is centered on WordPress and needs scheduled, remote, and restorable backups across one or more sites. Consider another option if you need a lower-cost paid plan, more included storage on standard tiers, or a platform beyond WordPress.
UpdraftPlus pros and cons
- 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
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