Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.16.1UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
12.2svs23.0s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
72 MBvs82 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
17.4s
Restore
5.7s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
8.7s
Restore
3.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 26.9s
Backup
20.6s
Restore
6.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 13.2s
Backup
9.7s
Restore
3.6s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 25.1s
Backup
19.3s
Restore
5.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.3s
Backup
8.8s
Restore
3.5s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 25.1s
Backup
19.2s
Restore
5.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.2s
Backup
8.7s
Restore
3.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up222.0 MB
Archive size82.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput12.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput23.8 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database11.4 MB141.7 KB=
Plugins6,61088.5 MB7,21795.8 MB+607
Themes1,13634.9 MB1,13634.9 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65239.1 MB296.4 MB-623
Total11,238223.1 MB11,223196.4 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
15.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.6s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.6s
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
18.2s5.8s24.0s
UpdraftPlus
9.7s3.6s13.3s
2Median
Duplicator
20.6s6.3s26.9s
UpdraftPlus
9.5s3.6s13.2s
3
Duplicator
21.1s6.0s27.1s
UpdraftPlus
9.7s3.5s13.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
17.1s5.6s22.7s
UpdraftPlus
8.7s3.5s12.2s
5Median
Duplicator
19.3s5.8s25.1s
UpdraftPlus
8.8s3.5s12.4s
6
Duplicator
19.5s5.9s25.5s
UpdraftPlus
8.9s3.4s12.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
17.4s5.7s23.0s
UpdraftPlus
8.7s3.5s12.2s
8
Duplicator
19.2s6.1s25.3s
UpdraftPlus
8.7s3.6s12.2s
9Median
Duplicator
19.4s5.8s25.1s
UpdraftPlus
8.7s3.5s12.2s

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