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Jetpack VaultPress Backup
A veteran backup tool with some frustrating billing limitations.
HealthyDeclining
72/100
Reliable backups and responsive support are offset by limited billing options and no way to manage backup retention.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.5★
35 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-26%
Declining fast
242 → 180 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 26% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -26% in the last year
242/day a year ago→180/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayJetpack VaultPress Backup is generally trusted for reliability and responsive support, but carries notable caveats around limited backup management controls, billing flexibility, and occasional plugin conflicts.
What people like
- +Reliable backup and restore performance, including successful restores to new servers×4
- +Support team is responsive and goes out of their way to resolve issues, including coordinating directly with hosts×4
- +Considered good value when bundled with the broader Jetpack suite for managing multiple WordPress sites×2
Common complaints
- −No controls to manage backup retention — users cannot cap the number of stored backups or schedule deletion of old ones, causing storage (and cost) to grow unboundedly
- −Only monthly billing is available; no annual billing option
- −Migration workflow is broken or misleading when Jetpack is installed on the destination site rather than the source site, contrary to official instructions
- −Can conflict with other plugins (e.g. AAWP 'fail to fetch' errors)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 35 total
Latest reviews · 35 analyzed
- 2026-05-05★★★★★Need to offer annual billing for upgradeshcbcwebster
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Solid-gold reliablehoganconstruction
- 2025-06-18★★★★★Crisis Avertedtcwithington
- 2025-05-08★★★★★Jetpack is unreliablejimarush28421-shot
- 2025-03-20★★★★★Restore Points are InvaluableBob
- 2025-02-13★★★★★Excellent value for moneyifvy221-shot
- 2025-02-07★★★★★Very fast, reliable – works perfectingovogelsang
- 2024-12-12★★★★★Way to go JetPackRobin garrett
- 2024-10-09★★★★★Jetpack Backup from IONOS requires second subscription for migrationarkt1234
- 2024-05-27★★★★★Jetpack Backup – is very good and reliable pluginiriwealth
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Jetpack VaultPress Backup
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.
179
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
201
Prior 7-day baseline
86
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
186
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.9%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.21
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.46 → 4.67★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered