Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
14.3svs28.7s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
88 MBvs100 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
20.6s
Restore
8.1s
SafeGuard
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 37.2s
Backup
27.3s
Restore
9.5s
SafeGuardTotal: 24.1s
Backup
12.1s
Restore
12.0s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 30.8s
Backup
22.6s
Restore
8.2s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.3s
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.2s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 30.7s
Backup
22.4s
Restore
8.3s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.3s
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up238.0 MB
Archive size88.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput19.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1442.5 MB37746.4 KB-107
Plugins8,710112.7 MB8,086108.2 MB-624
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB28.9 KB-2
Other59339.2 MB336.4 MB-560
Total12,839243.0 MB11,546204.0 MB-1,293

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
18.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.3s

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
21.8s8.1s29.9s
SafeGuard
9.3s7.7s17.1s
2
Duplicator
27.3s10.0s37.2s
SafeGuard
12.5s12.2s24.7s
3Median
Duplicator
28.1s9.5s37.6s
SafeGuard
12.1s12.0s24.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
20.0s8.1s28.1s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.1s14.3s
5
Duplicator
23.0s8.9s31.8s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.3s14.4s
6Median
Duplicator
22.6s8.2s30.8s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.2s14.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
20.6s8.1s28.7s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.2s14.3s
8
Duplicator
23.0s9.1s32.1s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.4s14.5s
9Median
Duplicator
22.4s8.3s30.7s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.1s14.3s

Downloads

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