Duplicator vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsWPvividFREE

Duplicator v1.5.16.1WPvivid v0.9.130
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator
36.6svs1m 25.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs108 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

Duplicator is faster (36.6s vs 1m 25.3s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 108 MB)

⚠️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

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
23.6s
Restore
13.0s
WPvivid
Backup
21.6s
Restore
1m 0.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 48.6s
Backup
32.8s
Restore
15.8s
WPvividTotal: 1m 27.6s
Backup
26.1s
Restore
1m 2.3s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 40.4s
Backup
26.0s
Restore
14.2s
WPvividTotal: 1m 25.4s
Backup
21.6s
Restore
1m 3.8s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 40.2s
Backup
26.0s
Restore
14.2s
WPvividTotal: 1m 26.6s
Backup
21.6s
Restore
1m 5.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput8.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database14.5 MB14.1 MB=
Plugins11,493128.6 MB10,554119.6 MB-939
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65240.4 MB366.4 MB-616
Total15,745258.9 MB14,191215.6 MB-1,554

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.8s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
20.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.9s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.6s

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
27.5s13.9s41.4s
WPvivid
24.5s1m 3.2s1m 27.6s
2Median
Duplicator
32.8s15.8s48.6s
WPvivid
26.1s1m 0.1s1m 26.2s
3
Duplicator
34.3s17.0s51.3s
WPvivid
27.4s1m 2.3s1m 29.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
23.5s12.8s36.3s
WPvivid
21.6s1m 3.8s1m 25.4s
5
Duplicator
26.0s14.5s40.4s
WPvivid
21.5s1m 4.6s1m 26.2s
6Median
Duplicator
27.5s14.2s41.7s
WPvivid
21.9s1m 0.7s1m 22.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
23.6s13.0s36.6s
WPvivid
21.6s1m 3.7s1m 25.3s
8Median
Duplicator
26.0s14.2s40.2s
WPvivid
21.8s1m 5.6s1m 27.3s
9
Duplicator
27.1s14.2s41.3s
WPvivid
21.6s1m 5.0s1m 26.6s

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