Duplicator Pro vs WP Staging Pro Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsWP Staging ProPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24WP Staging Pro v6.7.0
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Speed (different scopes)
WP Staging Pro
12.5svs25.5s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
Duplicator Pro
77 MBvs125 MB

Compared by compression ratio — different raw data sizes

Best Overall
Not Directly Comparable

These plugins back up different amounts of data — see the Backup Scope badges below. Speed and storage comparisons are not apples-to-apples.

⚠️Different backup scope -- results may not be directly comparable

One plugin backs up more data categories than the other, which affects both speed and archive size.

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

WP Staging Pro
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

⚠️ No WordPress core files (wp-admin, wp-includes). Restoring onto a bare server needs a separate WordPress install.

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
17.4s
Restore
7.7s
WP Staging Pro
Backup
7.6s
Restore
4.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 30.2s
Backup
21.0s
Restore
9.3s
WP Staging ProTotal: 14.5s
Backup
10.1s
Restore
4.5s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 26.1s
Backup
17.5s
Restore
8.5s
WP Staging ProTotal: 12.5s
Backup
7.8s
Restore
4.7s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 26.3s
Backup
17.5s
Restore
8.8s
WP Staging ProTotal: 12.6s
Backup
7.6s
Restore
5.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up241.0 MB
Archive size77.0 MBZIP
Compression3.1:1
Throughput11.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
WP Staging Pro
Data backed up161.0 MB
Archive size125.0 MBWPSTG
Compression1.3:1
Throughput15.9 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProWP Staging ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1233.3 KB00 B-1
Plugins8,267102.5 MB00 B-8,267
Themes1,13634.9 MB00 B-1,136
Uploads571.9 MB5124.7 MB-52
WP Core2,78257.4 MB00 B-2,782
wp-config00 B00 B=
Other68016.5 MB00 B-680
Total12,923213.4 MB5124.7 MB-12,918

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
16.3s
WP Staging Pro
SCAN
4.3s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
18.7s7.7s26.4s
WP Staging Pro
8.7s4.5s13.3s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
21.0s9.3s30.2s
WP Staging Pro
10.1s4.3s14.5s
3
Duplicator Pro
22.3s9.4s31.7s
WP Staging Pro
14.9s4.9s19.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
17.5s8.0s25.5s
WP Staging Pro
7.9s4.9s12.8s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
17.6s8.5s26.1s
WP Staging Pro
7.8s4.7s12.5s
6
Duplicator Pro
17.4s9.1s26.6s
WP Staging Pro
7.7s4.6s12.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
17.4s7.5s24.9s
WP Staging Pro
7.6s5.0s12.6s
8
Duplicator Pro
17.5s8.8s26.3s
WP Staging Pro
7.8s5.1s12.9s
9Median
Duplicator Pro
17.5s8.9s26.4s
WP Staging Pro
7.6s5.0s12.6s

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