Duplicator Pro vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

Duplicator ProPROvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24SafeGuard v1.2.0
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
19.8svs32.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
93 MBvs98 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
20.2s
Restore
12.3s
SafeGuard
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 44.3s
Backup
28.7s
Restore
15.6s
SafeGuardTotal: 33.1s
Backup
14.4s
Restore
18.1s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.4s
Backup
20.5s
Restore
13.0s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.9s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.5s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.1s
Backup
20.2s
Restore
12.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.8s
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput18.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1593.7 MB243.2 MB-135
Plugins13,103142.6 MB10,840124.2 MB-2,263
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB28.9 KB-3
Other60916.8 MB286.4 MB-581
Total17,430247.9 MB14,448218.6 MB-2,982

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.8s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.5s

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
24.6s13.4s37.9s
SafeGuard
13.9s17.6s31.5s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
28.7s15.6s44.3s
SafeGuard
14.4s18.7s33.1s
3
Duplicator Pro
31.9s16.7s48.7s
SafeGuard
15.2s18.1s33.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
20.5s12.3s32.8s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.5s19.9s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
20.4s13.0s33.4s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.4s19.9s
6
Duplicator Pro
21.0s13.4s34.5s
SafeGuard
8.5s12.4s20.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.2s32.5s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.3s19.7s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.9s33.1s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.4s19.8s
9
Duplicator Pro
21.6s13.0s34.6s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.6s20.1s

Downloads

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