Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.16.1UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
23.5svs36.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
94 MBvs108 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
23.4s
Restore
13.0s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.9s
Restore
9.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 48.3s
Backup
32.7s
Restore
15.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 29.8s
Backup
19.6s
Restore
10.2s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 39.8s
Backup
25.6s
Restore
13.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.8s
Backup
14.0s
Restore
9.9s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 39.1s
Backup
25.5s
Restore
13.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.6s
Backup
14.1s
Restore
9.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput8.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput14.0 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database14.5 MB1384.5 KB=
Plugins11,493128.6 MB12,099135.8 MB+606
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 MB306.5 MB-622
Total15,745258.9 MB15,730228.1 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.7s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
20.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.9s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.2s
DB_EXPORT
2.8s

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
27.3s13.3s40.7s
UpdraftPlus
18.5s9.9s28.4s
2Median
Duplicator
32.7s15.6s48.3s
UpdraftPlus
19.6s10.2s29.8s
3
Duplicator
34.7s16.6s51.3s
UpdraftPlus
21.1s10.5s31.6s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
23.3s13.0s36.3s
UpdraftPlus
14.1s9.9s24.0s
5Median
Duplicator
25.6s14.1s39.8s
UpdraftPlus
14.0s9.5s23.5s
6
Duplicator
27.2s13.8s41.0s
UpdraftPlus
13.8s10.1s23.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
23.4s12.7s36.1s
UpdraftPlus
13.9s9.4s23.3s
8Median
Duplicator
25.5s13.6s39.1s
UpdraftPlus
14.3s9.7s24.0s
9
Duplicator
27.2s13.9s41.1s
UpdraftPlus
14.1s9.5s23.6s

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