Duplicator vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

DuplicatorFREEvsWPvividFREE

Duplicator v1.5.16.1WPvivid v0.9.130
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Speed Winner
Duplicator
2m 58.1svs3m 58.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
3.4 GBvs3.6 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

Duplicator is faster (2m 58.1s vs 3m 58.8s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (3.4 GB vs 3.6 GB)

⚠️Different backup scope -- results may not be directly comparable

One plugin backs up more data categories than the other, which affects both speed and archive size.

Backup Scope

Duplicator
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

wp-config.php is not in the archive. Plugins that leave it out rebuild it during their own restore, so this is recorded rather than penalised. Why

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
2m 23.4s
Restore
34.7s
WPvivid
Backup
3m 13.3s
Restore
45.8s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 4.2s
Backup
2m 27.4s
Restore
36.8s
WPvividTotal: 4m 9.7s
Backup
3m 21.5s
Restore
47.0s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 2m 59.5s
Backup
2m 23.9s
Restore
35.2s
WPvividTotal: 4m 2.7s
Backup
3m 14.5s
Restore
48.2s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 3.3s
Backup
2m 27.5s
Restore
35.7s
WPvividTotal: 4m 9.7s
Backup
3m 20.6s
Restore
48.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput27.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
WPvivid
Data backed up3.9 GB
Archive size3.4 GBZIP
Compression1.2:1
Throughput20.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database113.5 MB19.6 MB=
Plugins8,177126.7 MB7,238117.8 MB-939
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5823.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,781
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65444.9 MB736.5 MB-581
Total42,5863.95 GB39,2863.66 GB-3,300

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 1 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.9s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2m 7.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
13.7s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
3m 12.4s

Iteration Results

9 iterations across 3 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.

Shared Hosting3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
1
Duplicator
2m 23.4s34.7s2m 58.1s
WPvivid
3m 12.9s45.8s3m 58.7s
2Median
Duplicator
2m 27.4s36.8s3m 4.2s
WPvivid
3m 21.5s49.0s4m 10.5s
3
Duplicator
2m 28.3s37.9s3m 6.2s
WPvivid
3m 22.7s47.0s4m 9.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
2m 22.0s33.9s2m 55.8s
WPvivid
3m 13.3s45.6s3m 58.8s
5Median
Duplicator
2m 23.9s35.6s2m 59.5s
WPvivid
3m 14.5s48.2s4m 2.7s
6
Duplicator
2m 24.4s35.2s2m 59.7s
WPvivid
3m 15.3s48.4s4m 3.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
2m 25.5s34.8s3m 0.4s
WPvivid
3m 18.7s46.3s4m 5.0s
8
Duplicator
2m 29.4s36.6s3m 6.0s
WPvivid
3m 20.6s50.0s4m 10.6s
9Median
Duplicator
2m 27.5s35.7s3m 3.3s
WPvivid
3m 21.1s48.7s4m 9.7s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — Duplicator (TXT)File Inventory — WPvivid (TXT)

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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