Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
15.7svs25.9s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator Pro77 MB
UpdraftPlus72 MB
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 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
17.6s
Restore
8.0s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.5s
Restore
5.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 31.3s
Backup
21.2s
Restore
9.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.7s
Backup
13.3s
Restore
5.3s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 26.5s
Backup
17.6s
Restore
8.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.7s
Backup
10.5s
Restore
5.2s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 26.3s
Backup
17.6s
Restore
8.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.7s
Backup
10.5s
Restore
5.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up241.0 MB
Archive size77.0 MBZIP
Compression3.1:1
Throughput11.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput17.3 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1581.0 MB29177.2 KB-129
Plugins8,222102.7 MB7,23496.2 MB-988
Themes1,14035.8 MB1,14035.8 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB314.7 KB-2
Other60816.2 MB276.4 MB-581
Total12,923213.4 MB11,223196.4 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
16.4s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.4s
DB_EXPORT
1.4s

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 Pro
18.8s8.0s26.8s
UpdraftPlus
13.3s5.3s18.7s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
21.2s10.1s31.3s
UpdraftPlus
12.7s5.3s18.0s
3
Duplicator Pro
23.1s9.8s32.9s
UpdraftPlus
14.2s5.3s19.5s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.0s25.6s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.3s16.0s
5
Duplicator Pro
17.8s9.0s26.8s
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.2s15.7s
6Median
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.9s26.5s
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.0s15.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.3s25.9s
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.2s15.7s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.7s26.3s
UpdraftPlus
10.4s5.3s15.7s
9
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.8s26.4s
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.2s15.7s

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