Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
7.1svs12.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
48 MBvs59 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
9.2s
Restore
3.5s
SafeGuard
Backup
3.8s
Restore
3.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 15.3s
Backup
11.6s
Restore
3.7s
SafeGuardTotal: 7.2s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.3s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 15.2s
Backup
11.5s
Restore
3.6s
SafeGuardTotal: 7.1s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.2s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 15.4s
Backup
11.5s
Restore
3.9s
SafeGuardTotal: 7.1s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
3.3s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up151.0 MB
Archive size59.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput15.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up144.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput37.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1944.0 KB1183.2 KB=
Plugins3,93855.4 MB3,26650.7 MB-672
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other64231.8 MB19187.8 KB-623
Total7,802161.1 MB6,508124.1 MB-1,294

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.5s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
3.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.1s

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
9.2s3.5s12.7s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.2s7.1s
2Median
Duplicator
11.6s3.7s15.3s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.2s
3
Duplicator
12.0s3.8s15.8s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
9.2s3.5s12.8s
SafeGuard
3.8s3.2s7.1s
5Median
Duplicator
11.6s3.6s15.2s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.2s7.1s
6
Duplicator
11.5s3.6s15.2s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
9.2s3.6s12.8s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.2s7.1s
8
Duplicator
11.5s3.9s15.4s
SafeGuard
3.9s3.3s7.1s
9Median
Duplicator
11.5s3.9s15.5s
SafeGuard
3.8s3.3s7.1s

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