Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle
completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL
DuplicatorFREEvsSafeGuardPRO
Duplicator v1.5.16.1|SafeGuard v1.8.0|
🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
1m 22.9svs2m 59.5s
Fastest total time (backup + restore)
Storage Winner
Duplicator
3.6 GBvs3.8 GB
Smallest archive size
Best Overall
Different Strengths
SafeGuard is faster (1m 22.9s vs 2m 59.5s) · Duplicator produces smaller backups (3.6 GB vs 3.8 GB)
⚠️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
2m 24.6s
Restore
34.9s
SafeGuard
Backup
51.6s
Restore
31.5s
Per-Profile Median Times
Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.
Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 8.6s
Backup
2m 30.9s
Restore
37.8s
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 37.5s
Backup
53.3s
Restore
44.2s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 2.0s
Backup
2m 25.7s
Restore
36.3s
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 23.5s
Backup
51.8s
Restore
31.6s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 3.9s
Backup
2m 27.5s
Restore
36.5s
SafeGuardTotal: 1m 24.1s
Backup
52.4s
Restore
31.8s
Backup Size & Efficiency
Duplicator
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput27.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.8 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput76.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
Backup Inventory
| Category | Duplicator | SafeGuard | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 1 | 13.5 MB | 1 | 9.8 MB | = |
| Plugins | 8,177 | 126.7 MB | 7,505 | 122.1 MB | -672 |
| Themes | 390 | 13.6 MB | 390 | 13.6 MB | = |
| Uploads | 30,582 | 3.70 GB | 30,582 | 3.70 GB | = |
| WP Core | 2,782 | 57.4 MB | 2,782 | 57.4 MB | = |
| wp-config | 0 | 0 B | 1 | 5.8 KB | +1 |
| Other | 654 | 44.9 MB | 35 | 6.4 MB | -619 |
| Total | 42,586 | 3.95 GB | 41,296 | 3.90 GB | -1,290 |
Phase Breakdown
Iteration 7 (median)
Duplicator
SCAN
0.9s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2m 8.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
13.7s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
50.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
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
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duplicator | 2m 28.5s | 35.2s | 3m 3.7s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 53.0s | 31.5s | 1m 24.5s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified | |
| 2Median | Duplicator | 2m 30.9s | 37.8s | 3m 8.6s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 53.3s | 44.2s | 1m 37.5s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified | |
| 3 | Duplicator | 2m 31.7s | 38.6s | 3m 10.3s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 53.9s | 45.7s | 1m 39.6s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
Managed WordPress3 iterations
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Duplicator | 2m 24.2s | 34.8s | 2m 59.1s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 51.6s | 31.4s | 1m 22.9s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified | |
| 5Median | Duplicator | 2m 25.7s | 36.3s | 3m 2.0s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 51.8s | 31.6s | 1m 23.5s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified | |
| 6 | Duplicator | 2m 26.9s | 36.3s | 3m 3.2s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 52.5s | 38.7s | 1m 31.2s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
VPS Standard3 iterations
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Duplicator | 2m 24.6s | 34.9s | 2m 59.5s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 51.3s | 31.5s | 1m 22.8s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified | |
| 8Median | Duplicator | 2m 27.5s | 36.5s | 3m 3.9s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 52.4s | 31.8s | 1m 24.1s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified | |
| 9 | Duplicator | 2m 28.5s | 36.9s | 3m 5.4s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
SafeGuard | 53.4s | 43.3s | 1m 36.7s | 3.8 GBZIPdefN/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1* | Verified |
Downloads
Raw log archive is temporarily unavailable while the benchmark cluster is offline. Metrics, results, and inventories remain downloadable.
Environment
SequentialServer
- CPU
- 8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
- RAM
- 31 GB
- Disk
- 225 GB
- OS
- Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
- PHP
- 8.2.29
- MySQL
- 8.0.46
- WordPress
- unknown
Site Profile
- Profile
- Media Heavy (XL)
- Tier
- XL -- Enterprise
- Database
- 22 MB
- Files
- 38,218
- Plugins
- 15 installed
Snapshot SHA256
126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json
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