Duplicator vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsWP Staging ProPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9WP Staging Pro v6.7.0
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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

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

WP Staging Pro
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

⚠️ No WordPress core files (wp-admin, wp-includes). Restoring onto a bare server needs a separate WordPress install.

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

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
2.6s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 16.1s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.7s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.1s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
2.4s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 16.1s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.7s
WP Staging ProTotal: 9.0s
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.4s

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

CategoryDuplicatorWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1821.8 KB00 B-1
Plugins3,07626.2 MB00 B-3,076
Themes39013.6 MB00 B-390
Uploads24968.9 KB532.6 MB-19
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config00 B00 B=
Other64231.6 MB00 B-642
Total6,915130.5 MB532.6 MB-6,910

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.5s
WP Staging Pro
SCAN
2.0s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.3s

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
8.6s4.4s13.0s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.6s9.2s
2
Duplicator
11.5s4.6s16.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.6s9.2s
3Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.6s16.0s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.5s9.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
8.9s4.5s13.4s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.4s9.1s
5Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.9s16.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.4s9.1s
6
Duplicator
11.4s4.7s16.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.7s2.5s9.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
9.0s4.5s13.5s
WP Staging Pro
6.6s2.4s9.0s
8
Duplicator
11.5s4.7s16.2s
WP Staging Pro
6.8s2.6s9.4s
9Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.8s16.1s
WP Staging Pro
6.5s2.4s8.9s

Downloads

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