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BlogVault
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BackupBuddy
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Cost
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$89/year |
$75/year |
Free Trial
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7 Days |
No |
Offsite Backup
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Yes. If your server crashes, recover to a new server easily. |
No (plus an additional cost of paying for a storage account) |
Test Restore
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Yes, BlogVault lets you do a test restore so that you can check that your backups are correct. |
No. There is no option to test the validity of your backups |
Incremental Backups
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Yes, BlogVault backsup only the changes. This minimizes the load on your site. |
No. Each backup using BackupBuddy takes resources on your site, slowing it down. |
Versioned Backups
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Yes. blogVault gives you a list of backup versions that are easy to manage. |
No. You would have to sort through large backup files to figure out which version of your backup is what you wanted. |
Local Storage
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No. BlogVault does not store any data on your servers |
Yes, by using local storage for your backup, backup buddy can use GBs of data on your site. It also litters your wordpress with additional files |
Support
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Personalized |
Email, Forums |
WordPress Security
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High. A read-only wordpress website can be backed up. This is in line with the best wordpress security practices |
Low. BackupBuddy requires a writable site to backup your website. |
Site Size
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Works well with extremely large sites with GBs of data |
BackupBuddy is mostly used for small sites. |
Download Granularity
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High. BlogVault allows you to download Individual files from specific days |
Low. You can either download the whole backup or nothing. |
Restore
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Auto-restore. No downloading large backups. No FTPing. As easy as it gets. |
Manual restore. You have to first download the backup then delete all the current data after which upload it manually and then finally run the script to restore your backup. |
Bottom-Line
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BlogVault offers you a Complete Service |
BackupBuddy gives you just the software. The rest is up to you. |
