Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.16.1UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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Speed Winner
Duplicator
2m 47.0svs1m 20.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
3.5 GBvs3.6 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

⚠️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
2m 15.0s
Restore
32.0s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
1m 6.0s
Restore
14.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 2m 52.8s
Backup
2m 18.2s
Restore
34.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 28.9s
Backup
1m 13.6s
Restore
15.3s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 2m 48.5s
Backup
2m 15.5s
Restore
32.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 21.8s
Backup
1m 7.2s
Restore
14.6s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 2m 47.9s
Backup
2m 15.6s
Restore
32.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 21.9s
Backup
1m 7.4s
Restore
14.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput29.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.5 GBGZ
Compression1.1:1
Throughput55.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database113.5 MB1559.3 KB=
Plugins8,177126.7 MB8,784134.0 MB+607
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5823.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,781
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65444.9 MB316.4 MB-623
Total42,5863.95 GB40,7903.66 GB-1,796

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.8s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2m 0.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
13.0s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1m 4.8s
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
2m 17.0s32.7s2m 49.8s
UpdraftPlus
1m 13.1s15.1s1m 28.2s
2Median
Duplicator
2m 18.2s34.6s2m 52.8s
UpdraftPlus
1m 13.6s15.3s1m 28.9s
3
Duplicator
2m 19.4s34.3s2m 53.7s
UpdraftPlus
1m 15.0s15.9s1m 30.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
2m 14.6s32.0s2m 46.6s
UpdraftPlus
1m 5.8s14.5s1m 20.2s
5Median
Duplicator
2m 15.5s33.0s2m 48.5s
UpdraftPlus
1m 7.2s14.6s1m 21.8s
6
Duplicator
2m 15.9s32.9s2m 48.8s
UpdraftPlus
1m 9.8s14.6s1m 24.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
2m 15.0s32.0s2m 47.0s
UpdraftPlus
1m 6.0s14.5s1m 20.5s
8Median
Duplicator
2m 15.6s32.9s2m 48.5s
UpdraftPlus
1m 7.4s14.6s1m 21.9s
9
Duplicator
2m 15.8s32.1s2m 47.9s
UpdraftPlus
1m 9.8s14.6s1m 24.3s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — Duplicator (TXT)File Inventory — UpdraftPlus (TXT)

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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