UpdraftPlus Review: Is It The Right Backup Software For Your Team?

UpdraftPlus backs up WordPress sites to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, and other cloud services. You can schedule backups hourly, daily, or weekly, or trigger them manually.

The free version limits you to one backup at a time and stores only one backup copy; the paid plan ($70/year) removes these caps and adds support for incremental backups. Test the restore process in a staging environment before relying on it in production—some users report that large site restores (over 500 MB) occasionally timeout.

Verify during your demo that UpdraftPlus can back up your specific plugins and custom post types. The plugin works with multisite WordPress, but you'll need the paid plan to back up multiple sites from a single license.

Check your hosting provider's backup policy first; some hosts include daily backups, which may make UpdraftPlus redundant. Performance impact is usually minimal on sites under 1 GB, but larger sites may see slower backups during peak traffic hours.

The free version includes email notifications for backup completion, but only the paid plan offers backup encryption and priority support. If you need HIPAA or GDPR compliance logging, UpdraftPlus does not provide audit trails.

Confirm that your cloud storage provider's API limits won't throttle your backup schedule—this is especially important if you're backing up multiple sites to the same Dropbox account.