# UpdraftPlus Premium

> UpdraftPlus Premium adds migration, staging and extra backup features to the free UpdraftPlus backup plugin.

- Type: Plugin
- Category: Backup
- Vendor: TeamUpdraft
- Website: https://teamupdraft.com/updraftplus/
- Starting price: $70/year
- Free version: Yes
- Refund window: 14 days
- Our score: 7.9/10 (WordPress.org, Trustpilot, Reddit)
- Black Friday 2026: Not announced
- Black Friday 2025: 30% off
- Page: https://thefreakyblog.com/updraftplus-premium/

UpdraftPlus Premium adds migration, staging and extra backup features to the free UpdraftPlus backup plugin. Licenses are sold as annual plans by site count.

## Key features

- **Incremental backups**: Back up only the changes made since the last backup.
- **One-click migration**: Move a site to a new host or domain in one step.
- **Restore individual parts**: Restore selected parts of a site instead of the whole site.
- **Multiple backup locations**: Store backups in several remote locations.
- **Backup before updates**: Take an automatic backup before updates run.
- **Encrypted database**: Encrypt the database inside backups.

## Pricing

| Plan | Price | Sites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal | $70/year | 2 |
| Business | $95/year | 10 |
| Agency | $145/year | 35 |
| Enterprise | $195/year | unlimited |
| Gold | $399/year | unlimited |

## Pros

- The free version covers scheduled backups
- Migration and incremental backups are included in Premium
- Plans run from 2 sites to unlimited sites, with a 14-day money-back period

## Cons

- Premium updates are included for one year per license
- Storage is 1GB on the Personal to Enterprise plans
- The Gold plan costs $399 per year

## Best for

- Site owners who need migrations and multi-location backups
- Agencies managing many client sites

## What Reddit says

Recent Reddit threads about UpdraftPlus focus on a security incident: attackers used UpdraftCentral connection keys exposed in a TeamUpdraft breach to install malicious plugins. Users also report backups slowing, stalling or silently stopping after the incident.

## Ratings

- WordPress.org: 4.8/5 (8704 reviews)
- Trustpilot: 5/5 (143 reviews)

## Alternatives

- Duplicator
- BackWPup
- BlogVault

## More

- Pricing: https://thefreakyblog.com/updraftplus-premium/pricing/
- Review: https://thefreakyblog.com/updraftplus-premium/review/
- Black Friday deal: https://thefreakyblog.com/updraftplus-premium/black-friday/
- Coupon: https://thefreakyblog.com/updraftplus-premium/coupon/