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
8.3svs13.4s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
40 MBvs48 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
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
8.9s
Restore
4.4s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 16.1s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.7s
Backup
5.8s
Restore
2.8s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 15.9s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.5s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.3s
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.8s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 16.0s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.3s
Backup
5.7s
Restore
2.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up118.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput12.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput21.8 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1121.4 MB11115.5 KB-101
Plugins3,06726.5 MB3,71833.9 MB+651
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads24968.9 KB24968.9 KB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB314.7 KB-1
Other58131.3 MB17178.9 KB-564
Total6,915130.5 MB6,900105.5 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.5s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.3s
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
8.8s4.3s13.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.8s8.7s
2Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.7s16.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.7s8.4s
3
Duplicator
11.4s4.7s16.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.8s8.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
8.9s4.5s13.5s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.8s8.3s
5Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.5s15.9s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.9s8.4s
6
Duplicator
11.5s4.8s16.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
9.0s4.4s13.4s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.8s8.3s
8Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.6s16.0s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.6s8.3s
9
Duplicator
11.5s4.7s16.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s3.0s8.6s

Downloads

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