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JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate
Reliable backups that hide a price tag behind the migration button.
HealthyGrowing
70/100
Reliable backups are easy to set up but migration costs catch many users by surprise.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.5★
1,051 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+919%
Growing fast
273 → 2,781 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +919% in the last year
273/day a year ago→2,781/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayJetBackup is generally appreciated for its ease of use and backup performance, but carries a significant caveat around hidden costs — particularly the paywall that activates for migration and restore scenarios that users don't expect to be premium-only.
What people like
- +Backup speed and stability praised, even on resource-heavy sites×2
- +Clean, intuitive user interface makes managing backups straightforward×2
- +Support described as responsive and helpful×2
- +Site migration capability (staging to production, host to host) valued when it works
Common complaints
- −Migration and certain restore scenarios are locked behind a paid upgrade, which users find unexpected and frustrating×3
- −Costs and premium limitations are not disclosed upfront×2
- −Backup files use a proprietary format (sgpb) rather than a standard zip, making manual access or external restoration difficult
- −Plugin perceived as stagnant — lacking new features and feeling abandoned compared to free alternatives
- −Broke after an update for at least one user
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.22★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 33%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
- past spikeReview timing — up to 55% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,051 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-09-11★★★★★I would give them a ZERO if I couldpawprivileges
- 2025-06-09★★★★★Best wordpress backup plugin!Leon Deytch1-shot
- 2025-06-06★★★★★JetBackup 3 changes the gameJason Nickerson
- 2025-05-07★★★★★Big Time ImprovementCharlie
- 2025-05-05★★★★★V3 is a gamechanger!!!jamesthomas741
- 2025-05-05★★★★★Fast and Reliable backup pluginaanandchamp1-shot
- 2025-05-05★★★★★Version 3 is a great plugin—much better than the older versions.amitslmn1-shot
- 2025-05-05★★★★★Good News!ronrub1-shot
- 2025-05-04★★★★★Great and Reliable Backup PluginHitesh Chandwani
- 2024-04-19★★★★★Pay to migrateholkman91
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to JetBackup
Top Backups plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
2,676
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,527
Prior 7-day baseline
1,926
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,947
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
55%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.38
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
76%
5★ share in analyzed sample
33%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.21 → 4.22★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered