CYAN Backup vs Migrate Guru
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| Feature | CYAN Backup v2.5.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details | Migrate Guru v6.72 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 300+ | 200,000+ |
| Last updated | November 4, 2025 | August 28, 2026 |
| Editions | CYAN Backup | Migrate Guru |
| Pros | Scheduled full-site zip archives; Remote copy over FTP, SFTP or FTPS; Folders can be excluded from the archive | Guided one-click migration or clone; Handles URL rewriting and serialised data; Recovery and white-label options |
| Cons | No built-in cloud storage destination (S3 and Dropbox code is absent); Remote copies need the owner's own FTP, SFTP or FTPS server | Site data is processed on the vendor's servers; Sends site details to the vendor on activation and deactivation; Depends on the vendor service being available |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Scheduled backups with custom intervals, Remote copy over FTP and FTPS, Remote copy over SFTP, Backup and options admin pages | One-click migration or clone through the vendor service, File and database transfer, Site recovery, WP-CLI commands, White-label login and plugin listing, Migration page in the WordPress admin |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | FTP, SFTP and FTPS servers chosen by the site owner | — |
| Plugins | — | Elementor |
| Other | — | Migrate Guru service |
| Requires WordPress | 2.9 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | — | mg.blogvault.net, fonts.googleapis.com |