Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
12.5svs23.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
90 MBvs100 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

⚠️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

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
17.8s
Restore
5.9s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
8.9s
Restore
3.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 28.2s
Backup
21.9s
Restore
6.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 13.7s
Backup
10.1s
Restore
3.8s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 25.9s
Backup
19.9s
Restore
6.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.5s
Backup
8.9s
Restore
3.6s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 25.9s
Backup
19.9s
Restore
6.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.5s
Backup
8.9s
Restore
3.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput12.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput25.2 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database11.9 MB165.4 KB=
Plugins8,751112.5 MB9,358119.8 MB+607
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65439.5 MB316.4 MB-623
Total12,839243.0 MB12,824215.4 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
16.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.6s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.5s

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
18.1s6.1s24.2s
UpdraftPlus
9.3s3.8s13.2s
2Median
Duplicator
21.9s6.3s28.2s
UpdraftPlus
10.1s3.6s13.7s
3
Duplicator
22.3s6.3s28.6s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s3.8s14.5s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
17.7s5.9s23.7s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.6s12.7s
5Median
Duplicator
19.9s6.0s25.9s
UpdraftPlus
8.9s3.5s12.5s
6
Duplicator
20.2s6.2s26.4s
UpdraftPlus
8.9s3.6s12.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
17.8s6.0s23.8s
UpdraftPlus
8.9s3.6s12.5s
8
Duplicator
20.5s6.2s26.7s
UpdraftPlus
9.0s3.6s12.5s
9Median
Duplicator
19.9s5.9s25.9s
UpdraftPlus
8.9s3.6s12.6s

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