Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9SafeGuard v1.2.0
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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
13.0svs26.9s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
70 MBvs82 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

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

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

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

Duplicator
Backup
19.3s
Restore
7.5s
SafeGuard
Backup
6.8s
Restore
6.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 33.4s
Backup
25.0s
Restore
7.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 18.5s
Backup
8.8s
Restore
9.7s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 29.6s
Backup
21.5s
Restore
7.7s
SafeGuardTotal: 13.3s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
6.5s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 29.7s
Backup
21.7s
Restore
7.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 13.3s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
6.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up222.0 MB
Archive size82.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput9.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up215.0 MB
Archive size70.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput24.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1302.0 MB23340.2 KB-107
Plugins6,58388.8 MB5,95984.3 MB-624
Themes1,14035.8 MB1,14035.8 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB28.9 KB-2
Other59138.8 MB276.4 MB-564
Total11,238223.1 MB9,941184.6 MB-1,297

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.7s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
5.8s
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
21.5s7.5s29.1s
SafeGuard
7.9s6.7s14.6s
2Median
Duplicator
25.0s8.4s33.4s
SafeGuard
8.8s9.7s18.5s
3
Duplicator
26.3s7.9s34.2s
SafeGuard
10.8s10.5s21.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
19.3s7.1s26.4s
SafeGuard
6.8s6.2s13.0s
5Median
Duplicator
22.0s7.7s29.6s
SafeGuard
6.8s6.5s13.3s
6
Duplicator
21.5s8.4s29.9s
SafeGuard
6.8s6.7s13.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
19.0s7.9s26.9s
SafeGuard
6.9s6.2s13.0s
8
Duplicator
22.0s7.9s29.9s
SafeGuard
6.8s6.5s13.3s
9Median
Duplicator
21.7s8.0s29.7s
SafeGuard
6.9s6.5s13.4s

Downloads

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