Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

DuplicatorFREEvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9SafeGuard v1.2.0
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
19.6svs36.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
93 MBvs108 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

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

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

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
23.5s
Restore
12.8s
SafeGuard
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 47.0s
Backup
32.0s
Restore
15.0s
SafeGuardTotal: 31.9s
Backup
14.1s
Restore
17.9s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 38.9s
Backup
25.5s
Restore
13.4s
SafeGuardTotal: 20.2s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.6s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 39.4s
Backup
25.7s
Restore
13.6s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.8s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.3s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput18.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1315.2 MB243.2 MB-107
Plugins11,464128.7 MB10,840124.2 MB-624
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB28.9 KB-2
Other59240.1 MB286.4 MB-564
Total15,745258.9 MB14,448218.6 MB-1,297

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.7s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
20.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.4s

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
28.0s13.6s41.5s
SafeGuard
14.9s16.9s31.8s
2Median
Duplicator
32.0s15.0s47.0s
SafeGuard
13.9s17.9s31.9s
3
Duplicator
34.3s16.3s50.5s
SafeGuard
14.1s18.4s32.5s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
23.5s12.8s36.3s
SafeGuard
8.3s11.4s19.6s
5Median
Duplicator
25.5s13.4s38.9s
SafeGuard
8.6s11.6s20.2s
6
Duplicator
26.8s14.1s40.8s
SafeGuard
8.5s12.0s20.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
23.2s12.4s35.7s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.3s19.8s
8Median
Duplicator
25.7s13.7s39.4s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.1s19.6s
9
Duplicator
26.8s13.6s40.3s
SafeGuard
8.6s12.0s20.6s

Downloads

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