BackWPup vs Duplicator Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPup v4.1.2Duplicator v1.5.9
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Speed Winner
BackWPup
21.0svs28.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator
100 MBvs202 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (21.0s vs 28.4s) · Duplicator produces smaller backups (100 MB vs 202 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

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
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

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
3.0s
Restore
18.0s
Duplicator
Backup
20.4s
Restore
8.0s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 30.2s
Backup
9.2s
Restore
22.3s
DuplicatorTotal: 36.5s
Backup
27.2s
Restore
9.4s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 21.0s
Backup
3.1s
Restore
18.0s
DuplicatorTotal: 31.2s
Backup
22.6s
Restore
8.1s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 22.4s
Backup
3.0s
Restore
19.3s
DuplicatorTotal: 30.9s
Backup
22.6s
Restore
8.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up271.0 MB
Archive size202.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput29.6 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupDuplicatorDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database34672.3 KB1442.5 MB+110
Plugins7,821104.0 MB8,710112.7 MB+889
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads26818.2 MB26118.2 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB416.1 KB=
Other22187.9 KB59339.2 MB+571
Total11,276193.4 MB12,839243.0 MB+1,563

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.7s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s

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
BackWPup
7.8s22.3s30.2s
Duplicator
21.8s8.2s29.9s
2Median
BackWPup
9.2s22.8s32.0s
Duplicator
27.2s9.4s36.5s
3
BackWPup
9.5s20.6s30.1s
Duplicator
29.2s9.5s38.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.1s18.0s21.0s
Duplicator
20.4s8.0s28.4s
5Median
BackWPup
3.0s16.5s19.5s
Duplicator
22.6s9.5s32.2s
6
BackWPup
3.1s19.0s22.1s
Duplicator
23.1s8.1s31.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
3.0s18.5s21.5s
Duplicator
20.0s8.0s28.0s
8
BackWPup
3.1s19.3s22.4s
Duplicator
22.6s8.9s31.6s
9Median
BackWPup
3.0s19.8s22.9s
Duplicator
22.7s8.2s30.9s

Downloads

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

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