Duplicator vs Duplicator Pro Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsDuplicator ProPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9Duplicator Pro v4.5.24
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator Pro
32.6svs35.9s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator Pro
98 MBvs108 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Duplicator Pro

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

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

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
23.3s
Restore
12.5s
Duplicator Pro
Backup
20.2s
Restore
12.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 49.1s
Backup
32.8s
Restore
16.3s
Duplicator ProTotal: 44.1s
Backup
27.6s
Restore
16.5s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 39.3s
Backup
25.7s
Restore
13.6s
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.0s
Backup
20.4s
Restore
12.6s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 39.1s
Backup
25.3s
Restore
13.8s
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.1s
Backup
20.3s
Restore
12.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput8.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorDuplicator ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1315.2 MB1593.7 MB+28
Plugins11,464128.7 MB13,103142.6 MB+1,639
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB517.0 KB+1
Other59240.1 MB60916.8 MB+17
Total15,745258.9 MB17,430247.9 MB+1,685

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.7s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
20.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.6s

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
26.6s11.4s37.9s
Duplicator Pro
24.4s11.8s36.3s
2Median
Duplicator
32.8s16.3s49.1s
Duplicator Pro
27.6s16.5s44.1s
3
Duplicator
35.5s16.9s52.4s
Duplicator Pro
34.2s18.6s52.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
22.8s12.8s35.6s
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.4s32.6s
5Median
Duplicator
25.7s13.6s39.3s
Duplicator Pro
20.4s12.6s33.0s
6
Duplicator
26.8s13.7s40.6s
Duplicator Pro
20.9s13.2s34.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
23.3s12.5s35.9s
Duplicator Pro
20.3s12.3s32.6s
8Median
Duplicator
25.3s13.8s39.1s
Duplicator Pro
20.2s13.0s33.1s
9
Duplicator
26.6s14.0s40.6s
Duplicator Pro
21.2s12.8s34.0s

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