Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
16.1svs28.1s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
94 MBvs108 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

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

UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
20.0s
Restore
8.1s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 33.8s
Backup
24.2s
Restore
9.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 17.7s
Backup
12.1s
Restore
5.6s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 31.1s
Backup
22.2s
Restore
8.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.1s
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.5s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 31.3s
Backup
22.3s
Restore
8.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.3s
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput12.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput22.7 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database14.5 MB1384.5 KB=
Plugins11,493128.6 MB12,099135.8 MB+606
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65240.4 MB306.5 MB-622
Total15,745258.9 MB15,730228.1 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.7s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
9.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.9s

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
21.3s8.3s29.6s
UpdraftPlus
12.0s5.6s17.6s
2Median
Duplicator
24.2s9.6s33.8s
UpdraftPlus
12.1s5.6s17.7s
3
Duplicator
24.7s9.8s34.5s
UpdraftPlus
12.6s5.7s18.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
19.9s8.0s27.8s
UpdraftPlus
10.6s5.5s16.1s
5Median
Duplicator
22.2s8.9s31.1s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.5s16.1s
6
Duplicator
22.6s8.8s31.4s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.7s16.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
20.0s8.1s28.1s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.6s16.3s
8Median
Duplicator
22.3s9.0s31.3s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.5s16.2s
9
Duplicator
22.6s8.8s31.4s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.6s16.3s

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