Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
16.3svs28.9s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator100 MB
UpdraftPlus90 MB
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
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

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
20.5s
Restore
8.2s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.9s
Restore
5.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 37.0s
Backup
27.2s
Restore
9.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 20.5s
Backup
14.9s
Restore
5.7s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 31.7s
Backup
22.8s
Restore
8.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.4s
Backup
11.0s
Restore
5.4s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 31.0s
Backup
22.8s
Restore
8.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.5s
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput17.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1442.5 MB43233.1 KB-101
Plugins8,710112.7 MB9,361120.2 MB+651
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB314.7 KB-1
Other59339.2 MB296.4 MB-564
Total12,839243.0 MB12,824215.4 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
18.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.9s
DB_EXPORT
1.5s

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
21.5s8.3s29.8s
UpdraftPlus
12.7s5.9s18.5s
2Median
Duplicator
27.2s9.8s37.0s
UpdraftPlus
14.9s5.6s20.5s
3
Duplicator
28.7s9.2s37.9s
UpdraftPlus
15.7s5.7s21.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
20.2s8.1s28.3s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.4s16.4s
5
Duplicator
22.8s9.1s32.0s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.4s16.6s
6Median
Duplicator
23.1s8.6s31.7s
UpdraftPlus
10.9s5.4s16.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
20.5s8.3s28.9s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.6s16.7s
8
Duplicator
23.1s9.1s32.2s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.5s16.3s
9Median
Duplicator
22.8s8.2s31.0s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.4s16.5s

Downloads

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