Head-to-head plugin comparisons

Pick BD if you want uptime checks under your own control, no external dependency on Automattic, and one license dashboard with the rest of BD.

Pick BD if you already have caching handled (LiteSpeed Cache, server-level, host CDN) and want a scanner-driven optimizer that tells you what's slow.

Pick BD if you want a single-vendor, low-overhead security layer that doesn't add 30 admin screens and you're already running other BD plugins.

Pick BD if you want plugin-level protection without changing DNS, without trusting a third party with traffic, and without a $200+ floor.

Pick BD if you want a scanner that doesn't ship your full filesystem to a third party and you're comfortable handling cleanup decisions yourself.

Pick BD if you want a no-bloat backup plugin bundled with the rest of BD, and you can store backups locally or pull them via SFTP.

Pick BD if you want backups under your own control, on your own server, with no third party holding your data.

Pick BD if you want a clean Claude-API auto-blogger with a license that includes ongoing updates and you don't need 30 generators.