Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
16.5svs26.9s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
90 MBvs94 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 Pro
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 Pro
Backup
18.3s
Restore
8.6s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
11.0s
Restore
5.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 34.0s
Backup
23.4s
Restore
10.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 20.5s
Backup
15.0s
Restore
5.7s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.8s
Backup
18.3s
Restore
9.5s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.5s
Backup
11.0s
Restore
5.5s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.7s
Backup
18.4s
Restore
9.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.7s
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up264.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput11.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput16.9 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1578.4 KB165.4 KB=
Plugins10,408126.5 MB9,358119.8 MB-1,050
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68216.7 MB316.4 MB-651
Total14,524233.0 MB12,824215.4 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
17.0s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.8s
DB_EXPORT
1.5s

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 Pro
21.0s8.6s29.6s
UpdraftPlus
12.3s5.7s18.1s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
23.4s10.5s34.0s
UpdraftPlus
15.0s5.5s20.5s
3
Duplicator Pro
24.8s10.2s35.0s
UpdraftPlus
15.3s5.7s21.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
18.4s8.4s26.8s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.5s16.5s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
18.3s9.5s27.8s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.5s16.3s
6
Duplicator Pro
18.3s9.5s27.8s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.6s16.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
18.3s8.7s26.9s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.6s16.6s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
18.4s9.3s27.7s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.5s16.7s
9
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.7s28.1s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.7s16.7s

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