WP Staging Pro wins vs Duplicator

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DuplicatorFREEvsWP Staging ProPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9|WP Staging Pro v6.7.0|Jul 25, 2026, 01:13 PM

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Speed (different scopes)

WP Staging Pro

10.1svs22.2s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)

Duplicator

82 MBvs125 MB

Compared by compression ratio — different raw data sizes

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

⚠️ Not backing up wp-config.php

WP Staging Pro

DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-config

Overall Median Times

Duplicator

Backup

16.6s

Restore

5.5s

WP Staging Pro

Backup

7.1s

Restore

3.0s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting

DuplicatorTotal: 25.8s

Backup

20.0s

Restore

5.8s

WP Staging ProTotal: 10.8s

Backup

7.8s

Restore

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator

Data backed up222.0 MB

Archive size82.0 MBZIP

Compression2.9:1

Throughput12.3 MB/s

Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

WP Staging Pro

Data backed up161.0 MB

Archive size125.0 MBWPSTG

Compression1.3:1

Throughput20.6 MB/s

Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

Category	Duplicator		WP Staging Pro		Diff
	Files	Size	Files	Size	Files
Database	1	1.4 MB	0	0 B	-1
Plugins	6,610	88.5 MB	0	0 B	-6,610
Themes	1,136	34.9 MB	0	0 B	-1,136
Uploads	57	1.9 MB	5

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator

SCAN

0.4s

VERIFY

0.0s

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

#	Plugin	Backup	Restore	Total	Archive / Raw	Compression	Verify
1	Duplicator	17.4s	5.6s	23.0s	82.0 MBZIPdefX/ 222.0 MB	2.7:1	Verified

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — Duplicator (TXT)File Inventory — WP Staging Pro (TXT)

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Full head-to-head: Duplicator vs WP Staging Pro Duplicator stats WP Staging Pro stats Full leaderboard

2Median	Duplicator	20.0s	5.8s	25.8s	87.0 MBZIPdefX/ 247.0 MB	2.9:1	Verified
2Median	WP Staging Pro	7.8s	3.0s	10.8s	125.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 161.0 MB	1.3:1	Verified

3	Duplicator	20.3s	5.8s	26.1s	87.0 MBZIPdefX/ 247.0 MB	2.9:1	Verified
3	WP Staging Pro	7.9s	3.0s	11.0s	125.0 MBWPSTGnone/ 161.0 MB	1.3:1	Verified

Duplicator vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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