blogVault vs Backup Buddy
| Features | blogVault | BackupBuddy |
|---|
| Cost | $89/year | $75/year |
| Free trial | 7 days | No |
| Offsite backup | Yes. If your server crashes, recover to a new server easily. | No (plus an additional cost of paying for a storage account) |
| Test restore | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| wordpress-security | High. A read-only wordpress website can be backed up. This is inline with the best wordpress security practices. | Low. BackupBuddy requires a writable site to backup your website. |
| Support | Personalized email | Forums. |
| Site size | Works well with extremely large sites with GBs of data | BackupBuddy is mostly used for small sites. |
| Download granularity | High. blogVault allows you to download Individual files from specific days | Low. You can either download the whole backup or nothing. |
| Restore | 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 | blogVault offers you a Complete Service. | BackupBuddy gives you just the software. The rest is up to you. |
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