Duplicator vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsWPvividFREE

Duplicator v1.5.9WPvivid v0.9.96
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator
36.3svs1m 22.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs108 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

Duplicator is faster (36.3s vs 1m 22.8s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 108 MB)

⚠️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

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
23.5s
Restore
12.7s
WPvivid
Backup
21.0s
Restore
1m 1.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 48.6s
Backup
33.0s
Restore
15.6s
WPvividTotal: 1m 29.1s
Backup
26.6s
Restore
1m 2.5s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 39.6s
Backup
26.0s
Restore
13.6s
WPvividTotal: 1m 23.6s
Backup
21.1s
Restore
1m 2.5s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 39.2s
Backup
25.7s
Restore
13.3s
WPvividTotal: 1m 23.0s
Backup
21.2s
Restore
1m 1.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput8.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database14.5 MB14.1 MB=
Plugins11,493128.6 MB10,554119.6 MB-939
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65240.4 MB366.4 MB-616
Total15,745258.9 MB14,191215.6 MB-1,554

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.7s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
20.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.9s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.2s

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
27.9s13.3s41.2s
WPvivid
24.5s1m 2.1s1m 26.6s
2Median
Duplicator
33.0s15.6s48.6s
WPvivid
26.6s1m 2.5s1m 29.1s
3
Duplicator
34.8s15.7s50.5s
WPvivid
26.9s1m 2.8s1m 29.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
23.3s12.5s35.8s
WPvivid
20.9s1m 1.5s1m 22.4s
5Median
Duplicator
26.0s13.6s39.6s
WPvivid
21.1s1m 2.5s1m 23.6s
6
Duplicator
27.1s13.6s40.8s
WPvivid
21.4s1m 2.7s1m 24.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
23.5s12.7s36.3s
WPvivid
21.0s1m 1.7s1m 22.8s
8Median
Duplicator
25.7s13.6s39.2s
WPvivid
21.2s1m 2.4s1m 23.6s
9
Duplicator
26.9s13.3s40.3s
WPvivid
21.4s1m 1.5s1m 23.0s

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