Quick verdict: BackupYourSite's per-site cost comes in lower than BlogVault's at every site count we compared, and the gap widens as you add more sites. BlogVault still wins on a more mature staging environment if that's what you need most.
If you manage more than one website, the sticker price on a backup plan tells you almost nothing. What matters is the cost per site per month — because that's the number that actually multiplies as your client list or portfolio grows. BlogVault and BackupYourSite are both built for people managing multiple WordPress sites, but they price themselves very differently, and the gap gets wider (or narrower) depending on how many sites you're backing up.
This article does the math for you, tier by tier, using BlogVault's published pricing and BackupYourSite's plan structure, so you can see exactly where each one lands per site, per month.
Quick Answer: Which Is Cheaper Per Site?
At every site count we compared, BackupYourSite's per-site cost comes in lower than BlogVault's equivalent tier, and the gap widens as you add more sites — because BackupYourSite's plans are built around bundling more sites per dollar as you move up, while BlogVault's per-site rate drops more slowly across its tiers. For a freelancer with 3 sites, a small agency with 10, or a larger shop managing 30+, BackupYourSite's flat per-site math is easier to plan around and, tier for tier, less expensive. The one thing BlogVault has going for it that plain per-site cost doesn't capture: a more mature staging environment and a longer track record as a pure backup specialist — those are worth paying for if you need them. But if the question is strictly "which costs less per site," the numbers below answer it directly.
BlogVault's Actual 2026 Pricing (Verified)
BlogVault sells three plan lines — Personal, Business, and WooCommerce — each available at a 1-site or 5-site tier, billed annually only (no monthly billing option is offered). Above 5 sites, BlogVault moves you to custom Agency pricing that isn't published — you have to talk to their sales team.
| BlogVault Plan | Sites | Annual Price | Effective $/site/year | Effective $/site/month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | 1 | $99/yr | $99.00 | $8.25 |
| Personal | 5 | $299/yr | $59.80 | $4.98 |
| Business | 1 | $299/yr | $299.00 | $24.92 |
| Business | 5 | $899/yr | $179.80 | $14.98 |
| WooCommerce | 1 | $499/yr | $499.00 | $41.58 |
| WooCommerce | 5 | $1,499/yr | $299.80 | $24.98 |
| Agency (10+ sites) | 10+ | Custom — contact sales | Not published | Not published |
A few things worth noting about this structure:
- The plans don't stack neatly by feature. Personal gives you daily backups, 30-day retention, 20GB of storage, and 1-day staging. Business steps up to twice-daily backups, 90-day retention, 50GB storage, and multisite support for up to 25 subsites. WooCommerce adds real-time backup, 365-day retention, 100GB storage, and support for up to 100 subsites.
- There's no monthly billing at all. You commit to a full year upfront to get any of these rates.
- Past 5 sites, pricing is opaque. If you manage 10, 20, or 30 client sites, you can't see what you'll pay until you talk to a salesperson — which makes it hard to budget or compare against a competitor in advance.
BackupYourSite's Pricing (For Comparison)
BackupYourSite prices around three flat monthly tiers, billed monthly, with no annual lock-in required:
| BackupYourSite Plan | Sites | Monthly Price | $/site/month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | 3 | $15/mo | $5.00 |
| Business | 10 | $30/mo | $3.00 |
| Agency | 30 | $75/mo | $2.50 |
Every tier includes the same core mechanism: SSH-based, plugin-free, offsite backups with one-click restore. You're not paying more per site for extra features bolted onto a higher tier — the price drops as the site count goes up, and that's the whole story.
The Per-Site Cost Comparison Table
Here's where the two providers land side by side, matched as closely as possible by site count:
| Site Count | BlogVault Plan Needed | BlogVault $/site/mo | BackupYourSite Plan | BackupYourSite $/site/mo | Monthly Savings w/ BackupYourSite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 site | Personal (1-site) | $8.25 | Starter (fits 1–3) | $5.00 | 39% less |
| 3 sites | Personal (5-site, 2 seats unused) | $4.98 | Starter (3 sites) | $5.00 | Roughly even |
| 5 sites | Personal (5-site) | $4.98 | Business (fits up to 10) | $3.00 | 40% less |
| 10 sites | Agency — custom quote required | Unknown | Business (10 sites) | $3.00 | Guaranteed vs. unknown |
| 30 sites | Agency — custom quote required | Unknown | Agency (30 sites) | $2.50 | Guaranteed vs. unknown |
Two honest caveats belong right next to this table:
- The comparison above uses BlogVault's Personal tier, its cheapest line. If you need Business-tier features (twice-daily backups, more storage, multisite) or WooCommerce-tier real-time backup, BlogVault's per-site cost climbs to $14.98–$24.98/month at 5 sites — meaningfully above BackupYourSite's flat $3.00–$5.00/site range, though you are also getting a different feature set at that price, not the same thing at a markup.
- Once you cross 5 sites with BlogVault, you're negotiating, not comparing list prices. We can't tell you BlogVault's per-site cost at 10 or 30 sites because BlogVault doesn't publish it. What we can tell you is that BackupYourSite's price at those same site counts is fixed and public: $3.00/site/month at 10 sites, $2.50/site/month at 30.
Why the Per-Site Number Matters More Than the Headline Price
A $75/month plan looks more expensive than a $15/month plan until you divide by sites. The entire point of managing a portfolio — whether you're a freelancer with a handful of client sites or an agency with dozens — is that your backup cost per site should go down as you add more, not stay flat or require a phone call to find out.
This is where the two pricing philosophies diverge:
- BlogVault's discount curve flattens fast. Going from a 1-site to a 5-site Personal plan cuts the per-site rate from $8.25 to $4.98 — a real improvement — but then the curve disappears entirely, because anything past 5 sites requires custom sales pricing instead of a published rate.
- BackupYourSite's discount curve keeps going. The per-site rate drops from $5.00 (Starter) to $3.00 (Business) to $2.50 (Agency) as you move up tiers, and every one of those numbers is on the pricing page — no sales call required to know what you'll pay at 30 sites.
If you're planning a budget for the next 12 months and you expect to add sites, that predictability has real value on its own, independent of the raw dollar figures.
What You're Actually Paying For at Each Price Point
Cost-per-site isn't the only variable, so here's the honest tradeoff:
BlogVault's strengths:
- A longer track record specifically as a backup specialist, with a polished multi-site dashboard
- Staging environments that scale from 1 day (Personal) to 180 days (WooCommerce)
- Real-time backup on the WooCommerce tier, useful for stores with constant order/inventory changes
BackupYourSite's strengths:
- Lower cost per site at every comparable tier, with pricing that doesn't require a sales call past a certain size
- No annual lock-in — monthly billing throughout
- SSH-based, plugin-free architecture: the backup process runs outside WordPress entirely, so it doesn't depend on a plugin staying healthy inside the site it's protecting, and it isn't exposed if the site itself gets compromised at the WordPress-admin level
If your priority is the most mature staging workflow and you're managing 5 or fewer sites, BlogVault's Personal or Business tier is a reasonable, competitively priced choice. If your priority is the lowest verifiable cost per site — especially once you're past 5 or 10 sites — BackupYourSite's published, flat per-site pricing is the more transparent and less expensive path.
How to Calculate Your Own Break-Even Point
If you manage a number of sites that doesn't match our examples exactly, here's the formula:
- For BlogVault: Take the annual price of the smallest plan that covers your site count, divide by 12 for a monthly figure, then divide by your number of sites. Remember you may need to round up to the next tier (e.g., 4 sites requires the 5-site plan; 6+ sites requires a custom Agency quote).
- For BackupYourSite: Take the monthly price of the smallest plan that covers your site count, divide by your number of sites. Starter covers up to 3, Business up to 10, Agency up to 30.
Run both numbers side by side before you commit to a year of anything — especially with BlogVault, where the annual-only billing means a bad fit costs you a full year, not a month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does BlogVault offer monthly billing?
No. As of this comparison, BlogVault's published pricing is annual-only across all three plan lines (Personal, Business, WooCommerce). There is no monthly-billing toggle on their pricing page. BackupYourSite, by contrast, bills monthly with no annual commitment required.
How many sites can I get on BlogVault's cheapest plan?
BlogVault's Personal plan is available in a 1-site tier ($99/year) or a 5-site tier ($299/year). There's no tier between those two, so if you have 2, 3, or 4 sites, you either pay for unused capacity on the 5-site tier or pay the higher per-site rate on the 1-site tier.
What happens if I have more than 5 sites with BlogVault?
BlogVault's published pricing tops out at 5 sites per plan line. Beyond that, they direct you to contact their sales team for custom Agency pricing, which is not published. You won't know your exact per-site cost until you go through that process.
Is BackupYourSite cheaper than BlogVault at every site count?
Based on published pricing, yes, at every site count we could directly compare using BlogVault's Personal tier (its cheapest line) — BackupYourSite's per-site cost is equal or lower. The gap grows in BackupYourSite's favor as site count increases, since BlogVault's per-site savings taper off after the 5-site tier while BackupYourSite's keep improving up to 30 sites. If you need BlogVault's higher Business or WooCommerce tiers for their extra features, the price gap in BackupYourSite's favor is larger still.
Does a lower per-site backup cost mean lower quality backups?
Not inherently — the two products simply take different architectural approaches. BlogVault runs a WordPress plugin that pushes backups to its own cloud infrastructure. BackupYourSite connects to your server via SSH from outside WordPress entirely, with no plugin to install or maintain. Neither approach is automatically "better" backups; they differ in what they depend on to succeed. A plugin-based backup depends on the plugin running correctly inside a healthy WordPress install; an SSH-based backup doesn't share that dependency, which is a separate consideration from price.
Should I switch backup providers just to save money per site?
Price should be one factor among several — retention length, storage limits, staging capability, and restore speed all matter depending on your workflow. If you're currently paying for features you don't use (for example, WooCommerce-tier real-time backup on a site with only occasional edits), you may be overpaying regardless of which provider you choose. Compare your actual usage against each plan's inclusions before switching.
The Bottom Line
BlogVault's Personal plan is priced competitively at small scale — $4.98/site/month at 5 sites is a reasonable rate. But its pricing structure caps out at 5 published sites, and anything beyond that requires a custom quote you can't see in advance. BackupYourSite's flat, published per-site pricing — $5.00 at 3 sites, $3.00 at 10, $2.50 at 30 — stays lower and stays visible no matter how large your site portfolio grows, with monthly billing and no annual lock-in.
If you're comparing purely on cost per site, especially as you scale past a handful of sites, the math favors BackupYourSite. If you specifically need BlogVault's staging depth or real-time WooCommerce backup and you're managing 5 sites or fewer, its pricing is still fair for what it includes — just plan on a phone call once you outgrow it.