Duplicator vs Duplicator Pro Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
Duplicator Pro
26.8svs28.1s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator Pro
94 MBvs100 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
20.0s
Restore
8.0s
Duplicator Pro
Backup
18.2s
Restore
8.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 36.4s
Backup
26.7s
Restore
8.8s
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.3s
Backup
23.2s
Restore
10.0s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 30.6s
Backup
22.5s
Restore
8.0s
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.7s
Backup
18.2s
Restore
9.3s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 30.8s
Backup
22.5s
Restore
8.3s
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.7s
Backup
18.4s
Restore
9.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput10.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up264.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput11.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorDuplicator ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1442.5 MB1721.4 MB+28
Plugins8,710112.7 MB10,349126.6 MB+1,639
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB517.0 KB+1
Other59339.2 MB61016.3 MB+17
Total12,839243.0 MB14,524232.9 MB+1,685

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.6s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
17.0s

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
21.1s8.2s29.3s
Duplicator Pro
19.5s8.4s27.9s
2Median
Duplicator
26.7s9.8s36.4s
Duplicator Pro
23.2s10.0s33.3s
3
Duplicator
29.0s8.8s37.8s
Duplicator Pro
24.3s10.4s34.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
19.9s8.0s27.9s
Duplicator Pro
18.2s8.6s26.8s
5
Duplicator
22.7s9.1s31.8s
Duplicator Pro
18.2s9.5s27.7s
6Median
Duplicator
22.5s8.0s30.6s
Duplicator Pro
18.4s9.3s27.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
20.0s8.1s28.1s
Duplicator Pro
18.3s8.3s26.6s
8
Duplicator
22.5s9.3s31.7s
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.2s27.7s
9Median
Duplicator
22.5s8.3s30.8s
Duplicator Pro
18.4s9.4s27.8s

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