Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
9.7svs15.7s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator59 MB
UpdraftPlus51 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
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
10.8s
Restore
5.0s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.0s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 18.4s
Backup
13.4s
Restore
5.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 10.1s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.0s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 18.4s
Backup
13.2s
Restore
5.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.1s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 18.3s
Backup
13.3s
Restore
5.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up151.0 MB
Archive size59.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput13.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput23.0 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1261.5 MB25156.4 KB-101
Plugins3,91555.6 MB4,56663.1 MB+651
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB314.7 KB-1
Other58131.5 MB17178.9 KB-564
Total7,802161.1 MB7,787135.8 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
9.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.6s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
10.8s5.0s15.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.2s10.1s
2Median
Duplicator
13.4s5.0s18.4s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.0s10.0s
3
Duplicator
14.6s5.1s19.7s
UpdraftPlus
8.0s3.0s11.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
10.8s4.9s15.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.2s9.9s
5
Duplicator
13.4s5.3s18.8s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s2.9s9.6s
6Median
Duplicator
13.2s5.2s18.4s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.1s9.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
10.6s5.1s15.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.7s
8Median
Duplicator
13.4s5.0s18.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.0s9.8s
9
Duplicator
13.3s5.1s18.3s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.0s10.0s

Downloads

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