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
9.7svs15.2s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator Pro56 MB
UpdraftPlus51 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
9.7s
Restore
5.6s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.6s
Restore
2.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 15.6s
Backup
9.8s
Restore
5.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.0s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 15.5s
Backup
9.9s
Restore
5.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.9s
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.1s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 15.2s
Backup
9.7s
Restore
5.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.7s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up171.0 MB
Archive size56.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput17.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput23.4 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1541009.1 KB25156.4 KB-129
Plugins5,55569.6 MB4,56663.1 MB-989
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB314.7 KB-2
Other5989.5 MB17178.9 KB-581
Total9,488152.4 MB7,787135.8 MB-1,701

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
9.0s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.3s
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
1Median
Duplicator Pro
9.8s5.8s15.6s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.1s10.1s
2
Duplicator Pro
9.8s5.6s15.4s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.8s
3
Duplicator Pro
10.8s6.4s17.1s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s2.9s9.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
9.9s5.6s15.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.6s3.0s9.6s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
9.8s5.7s15.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.2s9.9s
6
Duplicator Pro
9.9s5.6s15.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.1s10.0s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
9.6s5.6s15.2s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.2s10.1s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
9.8s5.7s15.5s
UpdraftPlus
6.6s3.1s9.7s
9
Duplicator Pro
9.7s5.5s15.2s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s2.9s9.7s

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