Migrate Guru vs UpdraftPlus
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| Feature | Migrate Guru v6.72 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | UpdraftPlus v1.26.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 3M+ |
| Last updated | August 28, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Migrate Guru | UpdraftPlus · UpdraftPlus Premium ($) |
| Pros | Guided one-click migration or clone; Handles URL rewriting and serialised data; Recovery and white-label options | Scheduled and manual backups of files and database; Free storage targets include Dropbox, Google Drive and Amazon S3; Restore from the admin screen with selectable parts |
| Cons | Site data is processed on the vendor's servers; Sends site details to the vendor on activation and deactivation; Depends on the vendor service being available | Several storage destinations and advanced features are only in Premium; Premium storage targets are not available in the free version |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | One-click migration or clone through the vendor service, File and database transfer, Site recovery, WP-CLI commands, White-label login and plugin listing, Migration page in the WordPress admin | Scheduled backups via WordPress cron, Database backup, Restore from backup, Lite migrator for moving a site, Storage to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 and others, Storage to OneDrive, Backblaze, Google Cloud, Azure, pCloud, SFTP and WebDAV (Premium) ($), UpdraftCentral remote management commands |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, DreamObjects, OneDrive ($), Backblaze B2 ($) |
| Plugins | Elementor | — |
| Other | Migrate Guru service | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | mg.blogvault.net, fonts.googleapis.com | ipinfo.io, www.dropbox.com, auth.api.rackspacecloud.com, lon.auth.api.rackspacecloud.com, identity.api.rackspacecloud.com, lon.identity.api.rackspacecloud.com, accounts.google.com, updraftplus.com, ipvigilante.com |