Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator v1.5.16.1SafeGuard v1.7.0
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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
6.8svs13.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
37 MBvs48 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

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

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
8.8s
Restore
4.6s
SafeGuard
Backup
3.3s
Restore
3.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 16.5s
Backup
11.5s
Restore
4.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 7.2s
Backup
3.4s
Restore
3.8s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 16.2s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.7s
SafeGuardTotal: 7.2s
Backup
3.3s
Restore
3.9s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 16.3s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 6.8s
Backup
3.3s
Restore
3.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up118.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput12.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up111.0 MB
Archive size37.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput32.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1821.8 KB1156.0 KB=
Plugins3,07626.2 MB2,40421.5 MB-672
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads24968.9 KB24968.9 KB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other64231.6 MB19187.8 KB-623
Total6,915130.5 MB5,62193.8 MB-1,294

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.6s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s

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
8.8s4.6s13.4s
SafeGuard
3.4s3.8s7.2s
2Median
Duplicator
11.5s5.0s16.5s
SafeGuard
3.3s3.7s7.0s
3
Duplicator
11.6s4.9s16.5s
SafeGuard
3.4s3.8s7.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
8.7s4.6s13.4s
SafeGuard
3.3s3.4s6.7s
5
Duplicator
11.4s4.9s16.3s
SafeGuard
3.4s3.9s7.2s
6Median
Duplicator
11.5s4.7s16.2s
SafeGuard
3.3s3.9s7.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
8.9s4.6s13.5s
SafeGuard
3.4s3.4s6.8s
8Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.9s16.3s
SafeGuard
3.3s3.5s6.8s
9
Duplicator
11.6s4.9s16.5s
SafeGuard
3.3s3.7s7.0s

Downloads

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