Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
9.7svs15.7s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
51 MBvs59 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
10.8s
Restore
4.9s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.7s
Restore
3.0s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 18.5s
Backup
13.3s
Restore
4.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 10.2s
Backup
7.1s
Restore
3.1s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 18.6s
Backup
13.4s
Restore
5.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.1s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 18.6s
Backup
13.4s
Restore
5.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 9.8s
Backup
6.8s
Restore
3.0s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up151.0 MB
Archive size59.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput13.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput22.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1944.0 KB133.0 KB=
Plugins3,93855.4 MB4,54562.6 MB+607
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 MB7,787135.8 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
9.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.6s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
10.8s4.9s15.7s
UpdraftPlus
7.1s3.1s10.2s
2Median
Duplicator
13.3s5.2s18.5s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.0s10.1s
3
Duplicator
14.6s4.7s19.3s
UpdraftPlus
8.0s3.1s11.0s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
11.0s5.0s16.0s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.0s9.8s
5Median
Duplicator
13.4s5.2s18.6s
UpdraftPlus
6.7s3.1s9.7s
6
Duplicator
13.6s5.2s18.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.1s9.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
10.8s4.9s15.7s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.1s9.9s
8Median
Duplicator
13.5s5.1s18.6s
UpdraftPlus
6.5s3.0s9.5s
9
Duplicator
13.4s5.2s18.6s
UpdraftPlus
6.8s3.0s9.8s

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