WP Staging Pro wins vs Duplicator

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DuplicatorFREEvsWP Staging ProPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9|WP Staging Pro v6.7.0|Jul 25, 2026, 02:06 PM

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Speed (different scopes)

WP Staging Pro

9.0svs13.4s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)

Duplicator

48 MBvs33 MB

Compared by compression ratio — different raw data sizes

Best Overall

Not Directly Comparable

These plugins back up different amounts of data — see the Backup Scope badges below. Speed and storage comparisons are not apples-to-apples.

⚠️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

⚠️ Not backing up wp-config.php

WP Staging Pro

DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-config

Overall Median Times

Duplicator

Backup

8.9s

Restore

4.5s

WP Staging Pro

Backup

6.6s

Restore

2.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting

DuplicatorTotal: 16.0s

Backup

11.4s

Restore

4.6s

WP Staging ProTotal: 9.2s

Backup

6.7s

Restore

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator

Data backed up118.0 MB

Archive size48.0 MBZIP

Compression2.7:1

Throughput12.6 MB/s

Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

WP Staging Pro

Data backed up57.0 MB

Archive size33.0 MBWPSTG

Compression1.7:1

Throughput8.5 MB/s

Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

Category	Duplicator		WP Staging Pro		Diff
	Files	Size	Files	Size	Files
Database	1	821.8 KB	0	0 B	-1
Plugins	3,076	26.2 MB	0	0 B	-3,076
Themes	390	13.6 MB	0	0 B	-390
Uploads	24	968.9 KB	5

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator

SCAN

0.4s

VERIFY

0.0s

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

#	Plugin	Backup	Restore	Total	Archive / Raw	Compression	Verify
1	Duplicator	8.6s	4.4s	13.0s	48.0 MBZIPdefX/ 118.0 MB	2.4:1	Verified

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — Duplicator (TXT)File Inventory — WP Staging Pro (TXT)

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Full head-to-head: Duplicator vs WP Staging Pro Duplicator stats WP Staging Pro stats Full leaderboard

2	Duplicator	11.5s	4.6s	16.1s	53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB	2.7:1	Verified
2	WP Staging Pro	6.6s	2.6s	9.2s	33.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 57.0 MB	1.7:1	Verified

3Median	Duplicator	11.4s	4.6s	16.0s	53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB	2.7:1	Verified
3Median	WP Staging Pro	6.7s	2.5s	9.2s	33.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 57.0 MB	1.7:1	Verified

#	Plugin	Backup	Restore	Total	Archive / Raw	Compression	Verify
7	Duplicator	9.0s	4.5s	13.5s	48.0 MBZIPdefX/ 118.0 MB	2.4:1	Verified
7	WP Staging Pro	6.6s	2.4s	9.0s	33.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 57.0 MB	1.7:1	Verified
8	Duplicator	11.5s	4.7s	16.2s	53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB	2.7:1	Verified
8	WP Staging Pro	6.8s	2.6s	9.4s	33.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 57.0 MB	1.7:1	Verified
9Median	Duplicator	11.4s	4.8s	16.1s	53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB	2.7:1	Verified
9Median	WP Staging Pro	6.5s	2.4s	8.9s	33.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 57.0 MB	1.7:1	Verified

Duplicator vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

DuplicatorFREEvsWP Staging ProPRO

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Overall Median Times

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