BackupRidge vs BackupBliss
BackupBliss makes Backup Migration — 80,000+ installs, a 4.9-star rating, and the simplest one-screen backup UX in the category. If you are weighing a BackupBliss alternative, it is usually for one of two reasons: your site passed the free tier’s 4 GB backup cap, or you want the safety features they keep in Premium — backups before updates, encryption, email alerts. This page is the decision comparison, including where BackupBliss genuinely wins. The switching guide carries the step-by-step how.
Not the same plugin: BackupRidge and BackupBliss are different products from different companies, despite the similar names. Comparison data verified from wordpress.org and backupbliss.com on September 4, 2026. BackupRidge is not affiliated with BackupBliss or Inisev.
Same simplicity goal, a different free/paid line
Choose BackupRidge if…
- Your site is over 4 GB, or will be — there is no size cap on backup, restore, or migration, free
- You want a snapshot before every plugin/theme/core update with one-click rollback, free — that is a Premium feature on their side
- You want backups in storage you own — S3 or Cloudflare R2, free, sent to several destinations at once — rather than 1 GB of vendor cloud
- Your site is on slow or cheap shared hosting — backups measure your host, tune themselves, and resume across PHP time limits
Stay with BackupBliss if…
- You want free Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox — all Pro on our side
- You use their free staging sites (on your server or TasteWP) — we have no free staging
- You value the one-screen UX and the super-quick site-to-site migration flow — it is genuinely the easiest in the category
- Your site is under 4 GB and it just works — switching has a cost too, and a 4.9-star plugin that already fits is a fine place to be
Where the free tier stops
Both plugins give away scheduled backups and restore. The difference is what happens when your site grows, and what protects you on the day an update goes wrong.
No 4 GB ceiling
Backup Migration’s free tier stops at 4 GB per backup; larger sites and tar/gzip formats are Premium. BackupRidge has no cap at any tier and splits large archives into parts automatically, so a 20 GB media library backs up and restores on the free plugin.
A rollback before every update, free
Automatic backups before theme, plugin, and core updates are a Premium feature in Backup Migration. In BackupRidge, pre-update snapshots run by default in the free plugin, with one-click rollback.
Storage you own, not 1 GB of theirs
Their free cloud is 1 GB of BackupBliss Storage, with paid plans from $1.49/month for 10 GB. BackupRidge sends standard ZIPs to your own S3 or Cloudflare R2 bucket free, to several destinations at once, with per-destination success/failure reporting on every run.
Free tier vs free tier
Where a feature is paid, we say so — on both sides.
| Feature | BackupRidge Free | Backup Migration Free (BackupBliss) |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled automatic backups | ✓ Free | ✓ Free — daily, weekly, or monthly |
| Maximum backup size | ✓ No cap, any tier | 4 GB in free · beyond 4 GB is Premium |
| One-click restore | ✓ Free, any size | ✓ Free · partial restore is Premium |
| Cloud storage destinations | ✓ Local, FTP, SFTP, S3, R2 — sent simultaneously, free | ✓ Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, FTP, SFTP, 1 GB BackupBliss Storage (Amazon S3, Wasabi, and pCloud also listed on wordpress.org; pCloud is Premium on their pricing page) |
| Google Drive / Dropbox / OneDrive | Pro | ✓ Free (per their pricing page) |
| Backup retention (auto-prune old backups) | ✓ Free · tiered GFS in Pro | ✓ Free — keep the last N automatic backups |
| Snapshot before plugin/theme/core updates, with one-click rollback | ✓ Free, on by default | Premium |
| Site migration | ✓ Receive free, any size · push is Pro | ✓ Free “super-quick migration”, within the 4 GB cap |
| Staging sites | — Pro (staging clone via migration push) | ✓ Free — on your server or TasteWP |
| Email notifications | ✓ Free | Premium |
| Disaster recovery: reconnect storage on a fresh install and adopt existing backups | ✓ Free — even backups from a different domain | ✓ Free — connect the storage account and sync |
| Encryption | Pro | Premium (listed as “coming soon” on their pricing page) |
Backup Migration feature placement verified from wordpress.org and backupbliss.com on September 4, 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
Where BackupBliss genuinely wins
Free Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. Their pricing page lists all three as free external storage, alongside FTP and SFTP; the wordpress.org listing adds Amazon S3, Wasabi, and pCloud to the destination list, though the pricing page puts pCloud in Premium and does not place S3 or Wasabi. On BackupRidge those three OAuth clouds are Pro. If Google Drive is your destination and you want it free, their free tier has you covered today and ours does not.
Free staging sites. Backup Migration creates a staging copy on your own server or on TasteWP’s free sandbox, in the free plugin. BackupRidge has no free staging — a staging clone is a Pro migration-push feature.
The easiest UX in the category. One screen, one button, and a site-to-site migration that really is a few clicks. The rating backs it up: 4.9 stars across more than 1,300 reviews. We are designing toward the same simplicity, but they got there first and have the reviews to prove it.
Included cloud storage. 1 GB of BackupBliss Storage free, 5 GB in the first Premium year, and paid plans from $1.49/month. If you do not have and do not want an S3 or R2 account, that is a real convenience we do not offer.
A cheaper paid entry. Premium starts at $45/yr for 2 domains, and Unlimited is $139/yr — both under our equivalent tiers.
What you are weighing against that: a 4 GB cap on free backups, pre-update backups and email alerts behind Premium, your backups living in vendor cloud rather than a bucket you control, and one serious security incident in the plugin’s history. Both free tiers are real — the difference is which plugin keeps the safety features free as your site grows.
What free covers, and what paid costs
| BackupRidge | BackupBliss (Backup Migration) | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Scheduled backups, restore, retention, pre-update rollback, migration-receive, simultaneous destinations, no size caps | Scheduled backups, restore, retention, migration, staging, Google Drive/OneDrive/Dropbox/FTP/SFTP (S3, Wasabi, pCloud also listed on wordpress.org), 1 GB cloud — backups up to 4 GB |
| Entry paid tier | $49/yr — 3 sites | Premium $45/yr — 2 domains (lifetime $89) |
| Top end | $199/yr — unlimited sites, every Pro feature | Unlimited $139/yr (lifetime $249) — plus paid BackupBliss Storage beyond the included first-year quota |
BackupBliss prices from backupbliss.com, verified September 4, 2026. Founder lifetime pricing is available on BackupRidge Pro while it lasts (a launch offer, not a standing SKU), and all paid plans carry a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Decided? The switching guide takes it from here
We keep the how separate from the why: this page is the comparison, and the Switching from BackupBliss guide is the step-by-step — mapping your schedule and storage, running a verified first backup alongside Backup Migration, and retiring it only once you hold a restore you have tested.
Install BackupRidge alongside Backup Migration
They coexist cleanly — see Getting Started. Pre-update snapshots switch on automatically from this moment.
Map your setup using the guide
Their automatic-backup settings map to a scheduled backup; their storage options map to one or more destinations — the guide covers the storage-by-storage mapping, including the Google Drive caveat.
Run, verify, then retire Backup Migration — and keep its archives
Verify a restore on a staging site first, and keep your old Backup Migration archives at their destination — they are ZIP files and stay openable without the plugin.
Questions people ask before switching
Is BackupRidge the same plugin as BackupBliss?
No. BackupBliss is the company behind the “Backup Migration” WordPress plugin (wordpress.org slug backup-backup), part of the Inisev product family. BackupRidge is a different plugin from a different company, Stava Tech. The names are close enough that people mix them up — if you meant to buy BackupBliss Premium, this is not it, and we would rather tell you now than after checkout. If you are weighing the two, read on.
Is BackupRidge really free?
Yes. The free plugin includes scheduled automatic backups, one-click restore with no size caps, pre-update snapshots with rollback, site-migration receive, and unlimited simultaneous storage destinations — local folder, FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, and Cloudflare R2. Pro adds Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Backblaze B2, incremental backups, encryption, verification, and migration push. Backup Migration’s free tier is genuinely capable too — this comparison is about where the free/paid line sits, not a hollow free tier on their side.
What is the 4 GB limit in Backup Migration?
Their own readme states it plainly: the free version “is limited to backups of 4GB in size, due to native WordPress ZIP limitations.” Backups beyond 4 GB — and tar/gzip archive formats that avoid the ZIP ceiling — are Premium features. BackupRidge has no size cap on backup, restore, or migration, free, and splits large archives into parts automatically so they finish on slow hosts.
Does BackupRidge support Google Drive and Dropbox for free like Backup Migration?
No — and we will say it plainly: Backup Migration’s pricing page lists Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, FTP, and SFTP as free external storage, plus 1 GB of their own BackupBliss cloud storage. Its wordpress.org listing also names Amazon S3, Wasabi, and pCloud as destinations, but the pricing page places pCloud in Premium and does not list S3 or Wasabi at all, so treat those three as “check the current plugin”. On BackupRidge, Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive are Pro destinations; free covers local, FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, and Cloudflare R2, sent to several destinations simultaneously. One caveat on their side: their wordpress.org FAQ still says automatic cloud upload needs the Pro version. We go by the pricing page, but check the current plugin before you rely on either.
Can BackupRidge restore my existing Backup Migration archives?
Not directly — BackupRidge restores its own backups and imports All-in-One WP Migration .wpress files, but it does not read Backup Migration’s ZIP layout. Backup Migration says the same about other plugins’ archives in its FAQ, so this is symmetrical. Keep your old archives where they are: they are ZIP files, so they stay openable with any archive tool, and Backup Migration itself can restore them if you ever reinstall it. Take a fresh BackupRidge backup, verify a restore, then retire the old setup. The switching guide walks through it.
What about the 2023 security incident?
In December 2023, Backup Migration versions up to 1.3.7 had an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-6553, CVSS 9.8) that was exploited in the wild before the 1.3.8 fix shipped. It was patched promptly and is not a current issue — every plugin can have a vulnerability, and how quickly it is fixed matters more than that it happened. We mention it once, factually, because a backup plugin is the thing you rely on when everything else fails, and its security history is part of the decision.
Is it safe to run BackupRidge and Backup Migration at the same time?
Yes. They store their files in separate directories (Backup Migration under wp-content/backup-migration, BackupRidge under wp-content/uploads/backupridge) and do not interfere. Run both while you switch: take and verify a BackupRidge backup first, and remove Backup Migration only when you are confident.
Who is behind BackupRidge, and is it actively maintained?
BackupRidge is built by Stava Tech and released under GPL v2. Every release is documented in a public changelog, and the plugin ships frequent, incremental updates. We are far smaller than BackupBliss today — they have 80,000+ active installs and a 4.9-star rating across more than 1,300 reviews; we are a new listing. Judge us by the restore log and the changelog, not by install counts we do not have yet.
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Simple should not mean capped
Install BackupRidge next to Backup Migration, point it at your own S3 or R2 bucket, and watch a backup of any size finish — with a snapshot before every update, free.
BackupBliss and Backup Migration are trademarks of their respective owners. BackupRidge is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by BackupBliss or Inisev. Feature and pricing information verified from public sources on September 4, 2026 and may have changed since — report an inaccuracy.