UpdraftPlus vs ManageWP - Worker
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| Feature | UpdraftPlus v1.26.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | ManageWP - Worker v4.9.38 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 3M+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | August 21, 2026 |
| Editions | UpdraftPlus · UpdraftPlus Premium ($) | ManageWP - Worker |
| Pros | Scheduled and manual backups of files and database; Free storage targets include Dropbox, Google Drive and Amazon S3; Restore from the admin screen with selectable parts | Site stats and updates from one dashboard; Incremental backups driven by the dashboard; Free connector; the dashboard is a separate hosted service |
| Cons | Several storage destinations and advanced features are only in Premium; Premium storage targets are not available in the free version | Self-updates from the vendor's storage without a site-side review; Needs a ManageWP account to be useful |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Scheduled backups via WordPress cron, Database backup, Restore from backup, Lite migrator for moving a site, Storage to Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3 and others, Storage to OneDrive, Backblaze, Google Cloud, Azure, pCloud, SFTP and WebDAV (Premium) ($), UpdraftCentral remote management commands | Remote site stats for the dashboard, Incremental backup actions, Self-update from the vendor storage |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, DreamObjects, OneDrive ($), Backblaze B2 ($) | — |
| Plugins | — | ManageWP dashboard |
| Requires WordPress | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | 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 | s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com |