Migrate Guru vs WPvivid Backup Plugin
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| Feature | Migrate Guru v6.72 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WPvivid Backup Plugin v0.9.136 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 900,000+ |
| Last updated | August 28, 2026 | September 28, 2026 |
| Editions | Migrate Guru | WPvivid Backup Plugin · WPvivid Plugins Pro ($) |
| Pros | Guided one-click migration or clone; Handles URL rewriting and serialised data; Recovery and white-label options | Scheduled backups with mail reports; Remote copies on Google Drive, OneDrive and Amazon S3; Clone and migrate sites to a new domain |
| 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 | Some storage destinations and features need WPvivid Pro; Large backups can be slow on shared hosting; Restores on a new host need careful domain and path checks |
| Mentioned in our posts | 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 full and partial backups, Backup mail reports, Google Drive remote storage, OneDrive remote storage, Amazon S3 remote storage, Export, clone and migrate site packages |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | — | Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3 |
| Plugins | Elementor | — |
| Other | Migrate Guru service | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.2 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | mg.blogvault.net, fonts.googleapis.com | www.googleapis.com, auth.wpvivid.com, graph.microsoft.com |