Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
14.3svs28.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
88 MBvs100 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

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

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
20.2s
Restore
8.1s
SafeGuard
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 37.8s
Backup
27.8s
Restore
9.1s
SafeGuardTotal: 24.4s
Backup
12.1s
Restore
12.0s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 31.3s
Backup
22.6s
Restore
8.3s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.3s
Backup
7.1s
Restore
7.2s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 31.5s
Backup
22.8s
Restore
8.4s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.3s
Backup
7.2s
Restore
7.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up245.0 MB
Archive size100.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up238.0 MB
Archive size88.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput19.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database11.9 MB1546.4 KB=
Plugins8,751112.5 MB8,079107.9 MB-672
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65439.5 MB356.4 MB-619
Total12,839243.0 MB11,549204.0 MB-1,290

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.3s

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
21.5s8.3s29.8s
SafeGuard
9.8s8.4s18.2s
2Median
Duplicator
27.8s9.9s37.8s
SafeGuard
12.1s12.3s24.5s
3
Duplicator
29.1s9.1s38.2s
SafeGuard
12.5s12.0s24.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
20.1s8.0s28.1s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.2s14.3s
5
Duplicator
22.6s9.3s31.9s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.2s14.5s
6Median
Duplicator
23.0s8.3s31.3s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.2s14.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
20.2s8.1s28.3s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.2s14.3s
8
Duplicator
22.8s9.3s32.1s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.5s14.7s
9Median
Duplicator
23.1s8.4s31.5s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.1s14.2s

Downloads

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