Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
17.2svs29.0s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
90 MBvs100 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
20.6s
Restore
8.6s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
11.4s
Restore
5.8s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 37.2s
Backup
27.7s
Restore
9.4s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 21.9s
Backup
15.7s
Restore
6.1s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 32.3s
Backup
23.0s
Restore
9.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 17.3s
Backup
11.5s
Restore
5.8s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 32.2s
Backup
22.8s
Restore
8.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 17.2s
Backup
11.5s
Restore
5.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput16.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database11.9 MB165.4 KB=
Plugins8,751112.5 MB9,358119.8 MB+607
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65439.5 MB316.4 MB-623
Total12,839243.0 MB12,824215.4 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.6s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
18.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
9.0s
DB_EXPORT
1.7s

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
22.4s8.9s31.4s
UpdraftPlus
12.8s6.0s18.9s
2
Duplicator
27.7s10.5s38.2s
UpdraftPlus
15.7s6.3s22.0s
3Median
Duplicator
27.8s9.4s37.2s
UpdraftPlus
15.8s6.1s21.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
20.6s8.3s28.9s
UpdraftPlus
11.5s5.8s17.4s
5
Duplicator
23.0s9.5s32.5s
UpdraftPlus
11.5s5.8s17.3s
6Median
Duplicator
23.0s9.2s32.3s
UpdraftPlus
11.4s5.9s17.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
20.4s8.6s29.0s
UpdraftPlus
11.5s5.8s17.3s
8
Duplicator
22.8s10.0s32.8s
UpdraftPlus
11.5s5.7s17.2s
9Median
Duplicator
23.3s8.9s32.2s
UpdraftPlus
11.4s5.8s17.2s

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