Duplicator Pro vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

completedBusiness Site (S) -- S

Duplicator ProPROvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24SafeGuard v1.2.0
Share on X
🔒 SequentialBusiness Site (S) — SNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
13.2svs25.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
70 MBvs77 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

Backup Scope

Duplicator Pro
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 Pro
Backup
17.5s
Restore
8.1s
SafeGuard
Backup
6.8s
Restore
6.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 30.7s
Backup
20.9s
Restore
9.8s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.3s
Backup
8.9s
Restore
10.4s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 26.2s
Backup
17.5s
Restore
8.7s
SafeGuardTotal: 13.2s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
6.4s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 26.6s
Backup
17.6s
Restore
9.0s
SafeGuardTotal: 13.2s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
6.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up241.0 MB
Archive size77.0 MBZIP
Compression3.1:1
Throughput11.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up215.0 MB
Archive size70.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput24.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1581.0 MB23340.2 KB-135
Plugins8,222102.7 MB5,95984.3 MB-2,263
Themes1,14035.8 MB1,14035.8 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB28.9 KB-3
Other60816.2 MB276.4 MB-581
Total12,923213.4 MB9,941184.6 MB-2,982

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
16.3s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
5.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s

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 Pro
18.9s8.3s27.2s
SafeGuard
7.9s6.9s14.8s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
20.9s9.8s30.7s
SafeGuard
8.9s10.4s19.3s
3
Duplicator Pro
22.9s9.8s32.7s
SafeGuard
10.1s10.7s20.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
17.5s7.9s25.5s
SafeGuard
6.9s6.4s13.2s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
17.5s8.7s26.2s
SafeGuard
6.9s6.3s13.2s
6
Duplicator Pro
17.5s8.9s26.5s
SafeGuard
6.9s6.4s13.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.1s25.6s
SafeGuard
6.7s6.5s13.2s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
17.6s9.0s26.6s
SafeGuard
6.9s6.2s13.2s
9
Duplicator Pro
17.6s9.0s26.6s
SafeGuard
6.8s6.5s13.3s

Downloads

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

Raw log archive is temporarily unavailable while the benchmark cluster is offline. Metrics, results, and inventories remain downloadable.

Community Governance

Report an Issue

Explore this matchup

Full head-to-head: Duplicator Pro vs SafeGuardDuplicator Pro statsSafeGuard statsFull leaderboard

Related battles