Duplicator Pro vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.6.7SafeGuard v1.7.0
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
19.8svs32.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
93 MBvs98 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 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

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator Pro
Backup
20.2s
Restore
12.2s
SafeGuard
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 42.8s
Backup
27.6s
Restore
15.2s
SafeGuardTotal: 33.4s
Backup
14.5s
Restore
18.8s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.0s
Backup
20.2s
Restore
12.8s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.8s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.4s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.1s
Backup
20.2s
Restore
12.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.9s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput17.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.8 MB12.8 MB=
Plugins13,150142.6 MB10,821123.9 MB-2,329
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68017.1 MB296.4 MB-651
Total17,430247.9 MB14,451218.6 MB-2,979

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.5s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.6s

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
24.6s13.3s37.9s
SafeGuard
14.3s17.7s32.0s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
27.6s15.2s42.8s
SafeGuard
14.5s18.9s33.4s
3
Duplicator Pro
30.5s17.0s47.4s
SafeGuard
15.5s18.8s34.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
20.1s12.0s32.1s
SafeGuard
8.3s11.4s19.7s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.8s33.0s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.3s19.8s
6
Duplicator Pro
21.1s13.0s34.1s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.5s19.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.2s32.4s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.5s19.9s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.9s33.1s
SafeGuard
8.6s11.3s19.8s
9
Duplicator Pro
21.2s12.9s34.1s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.8s20.3s

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