Fastest total time (backup + restore)
Smallest archive size
BackWPup is faster (10.1s vs 54.0s) · Duplicator produces smaller backups (159 MB vs 180 MB)
| Category | BackWPup | Duplicator | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 20 | 249.1 KB | 130 | 2.0 MB | +110 |
| Plugins | 5,489 | 75.6 MB | 6,375 | 84.3 MB | +886 |
| Themes | 1,169 | 38.0 MB | 1,169 | 38.0 MB | = |
| Uploads | 64 | 1.9 MB | 57 | ||
Iteration 2 (median)
3 iterations -- median highlighted. Winner = lowest median total time. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BackWPup | 4.5s | 5.6s | 10.1s | 180.0 MBTARnone/ 243.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Verified |
| 1.9 MB |
| -7 |
| WP Core | 2,733 | 55.9 MB | 2,733 | 55.9 MB | = |
| wp-config | 4 | 20.5 KB | 4 | 16.1 KB | = |
| Other | 20 | 182.6 KB | 587 | 38.3 MB | +567 |
| Total | 9,499 | 171.8 MB | 11,055 | 220.4 MB | +1,556 |
| 22.4s |
| 4.7s |
| 27.1s |
| 80.0 MBZIPdefX/ 219.0 MB |
| 2.7:1 |
| Verified |
| 2Median | BackWPup | 4.4s | 5.8s | 10.2s | 180.0 MBTARnone/ 243.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 45.1s | 8.8s | 54.0s | 159.0 MBZIPdefX/ 462.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |
| 3 | BackWPup | 4.1s | 5.7s | 9.8s | 180.0 MBTARnone/ 243.0 MB | 1.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 1m 11.5s | 29.4s | 1m 40.9s | 238.0 MBZIPdefX/ 706.0 MB | 2.9:1 | Verified |