Akeeba Backup for WordPress comes in two different editions: the free of charge CORE edition and the for-a-fee (subscription based) Professional. Most first-time users will want to use the CORE edition to get started with backups. Advanced users and web professionals will want to upgrade to the Professional version to make use of the most advanced features.
To help you decide if Akeeba Backup Professional for WordPress is worth trying, we have compiled the following comparison table:
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| Backup your entire site and its database with a single click |  |
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| Restoration script included in the backup archive We are the only ones to offer self-contained backup archives |
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| User interface translations into many languages |
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| Automatically fine-tune the configuration to suit your preferences and server setup | |
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| Configuration encrypted with strong 128-bit AES cryptography |  |
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| Generate standard ZIP or custom JPA format backup archive files, including split ZIP/JPA | |
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| Direct server-to-server transfer of your site over FTP/FTPS (DirectFTP) | |
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| Direct server-to-server transfer of your site over SFTP (DirectSFTP) | |
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| AES-128 encrypted archives (JPS format) | |
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| Optimized database dump (Extended INSERTs) | |
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| Front-end backup feature allowing scheduled (CRON) backups Front-end CRON functionality requires third party software (e.g. wget, curl) and web access |
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Efficient native command-line PHP scripts for use in CRON scheduling
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| Multiple backup profiles | |
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| Backup only your site's database or only your files | |
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| Incremental files only backup | |
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| Administer your backup files (download, delete) | |
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| Import arbitrary archive files | |
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Restore your backup files from within the plug-in
(full site backup archives only) |
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| Exclude arbitrary directories, files or directory contents (individual item selection) |
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| Exclude database tables or table contents only (individual item selection) |
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| Regular expressions (PCRE) file, directory and database filters | |
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| Option to exclude non-WordPress database tables | |
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| Include extra MySQL databases in the backup set | |
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| Include off-site directories in the backup set | |
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| Cloud Backup Send backup archives to any FTP, FTPS and SFTP server | |
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| Cloud Backup Store backup archives on Amazon S3 and restore from archives stored there | |
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Cloud Backup Store backup archives on DropBox, Box.com, Google Storage, iDriveSync, SugarSync, RackSpace CloudFiles, Microsoft Windows Azure BLOB Storage and any WebDAV server (allowing you to use another 40+ cloud storage services) |
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| Fine-grained quota management, even for remote files | |
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