Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
16.3svs27.4s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator Pro94 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 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

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator Pro
Backup
18.3s
Restore
8.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.9s
Restore
5.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 32.7s
Backup
22.6s
Restore
10.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 21.2s
Backup
15.3s
Restore
5.9s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 28.0s
Backup
18.5s
Restore
9.5s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.5s
Backup
11.1s
Restore
5.4s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.7s
Backup
18.3s
Restore
9.4s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.5s
Backup
11.0s
Restore
5.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up264.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput11.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput16.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1721.4 MB43233.1 KB-129
Plugins10,349126.6 MB9,361120.2 MB-988
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB314.7 KB-2
Other61016.3 MB296.4 MB-581
Total14,524232.9 MB12,824215.4 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
17.1s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.7s
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 Pro
19.7s8.8s28.6s
UpdraftPlus
12.1s6.1s18.2s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
22.6s10.1s32.7s
UpdraftPlus
15.6s5.8s21.4s
3
Duplicator Pro
24.6s10.1s34.7s
UpdraftPlus
15.3s5.9s21.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.0s27.4s
UpdraftPlus
11.2s5.7s16.9s
5
Duplicator Pro
18.4s9.6s28.0s
UpdraftPlus
10.9s5.3s16.2s
6
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.5s28.0s
UpdraftPlus
11.1s5.4s16.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
18.3s8.8s27.1s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.5s16.5s
8
Duplicator Pro
18.3s9.4s27.7s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.6s16.6s
9Median
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.5s28.0s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.5s16.3s

Downloads

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