10 Best WP Database Backup Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Database Backup has 30,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to WP Database Backup
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Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner
Closest match4.2 (129) 10,000+ active installsXCloner is a backup plugin that allows you to safely back up and restore your WordPress sites. You can send site backups to SFTP, Dropbox, Amazon, Goo …
Shares the backup, cloud backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.5, last updated May 26, 2026.
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Total Upkeep – WordPress Backup Plugin plus Restore & Migrate by BoldGrid
4.8 (440) 50,000+ active installsAutomated backups, remote backup to Amazon S3 and Google Drive, stop website crashes before they happen and more. Total Upkeep is the backup solution …
Shares the backup, cloud backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About 1.7 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 20 days ago.
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BackWPup
Paid version availableBackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
4.0 (1,321) 400,000+ active installsBack up, restore, and protect your WordPress website with automated backups, cloud storage, one-click recovery, and AI-assisted backup management.
Shares the backup, cloud backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About 13 times the installs, rated 4.0 against 4.5, last updated 4 days ago.
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Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
4.9 (4,930) 1 million+ active installsThe best WordPress backup and migration plugin. Quickly and easily backup ,migrate, copy, move, or clone your site from one location to another.
Shares the backup, cloud backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About 33 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.5, last updated 11 days ago.
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UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4.8 (8,637) 3 million+ active installsBackup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
Shares the backup, cloud backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 17 days ago.
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Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone
4.5 (135) 600,000+ active installsBackup, restores, and migration with Backuply are fairly simple with a wide range of storage options from Local Backups, FTP to cloud options like AWS …
Shares the backup, cloud backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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WebToffee WP Backup and Migration
Paid version available4.5 (49) 5,000+ active installsEasily backup, restore, or migrate. Supports one-click backup and scheduled backup. Backup selected content to Amazon S3, Google Drive, FTP/SFTP, etc.
Shares the cloud backup, wordpress backup tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 30,000+, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.5 (66) 60,000+ active installsDatabase Backup for WordPress is your one-stop database backup solution for WordPress.
Shares the backup, database backup tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated April 20, 2026.
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4.6 (330) 80,000+ active installsSecure incremental backups with staging, migration, and one-click restore for WordPress. Offsite storage and easy recovery.
Shares the backup, cloud backup tags on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.5, last updated 10 days ago.
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WP STAGING
Paid version availableWP STAGING – WordPress Backups, Restore, Migration & Clone
4.8 (2,464) 100,000+ active installsWordPress backup plugin: backups, restore & migration in minutes. Clone or duplicate your site, test updates on a staging copy. 100% unit-tested.
Shares the backup, wordpress backup tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated today.
Switching from WP Database Backup: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Database Backup?
Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.2 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Database Backup alternative has the most users?
UpdraftPlus, with 3 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Database Backup alternative is rated highest?
Duplicator, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,930 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Database Backup alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with WP Database Backup score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against WP Database Backup on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner is the closest match to WP Database Backup by the data we track, and UpdraftPlus has the widest reach with 3 million+ active installs. WP STAGING shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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