Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
12.9svs23.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
90 MBvs94 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 Pro
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 Pro
Backup
16.4s
Restore
7.0s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
9.1s
Restore
3.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 25.3s
Backup
17.9s
Restore
7.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 14.2s
Backup
10.3s
Restore
3.9s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 23.6s
Backup
16.4s
Restore
7.1s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 13.0s
Backup
9.2s
Restore
3.8s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 23.4s
Backup
16.4s
Restore
7.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.9s
Backup
9.1s
Restore
3.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up264.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput14.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up254.0 MB
Archive size90.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput24.7 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1578.3 KB165.4 KB=
Plugins10,408126.5 MB9,358119.8 MB-1,050
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68216.7 MB316.4 MB-651
Total14,524233.0 MB12,824215.4 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
15.3s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.6s

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 Pro
17.1s7.1s24.1s
UpdraftPlus
9.6s3.9s13.5s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
17.9s7.4s25.3s
UpdraftPlus
10.3s4.0s14.3s
3
Duplicator Pro
18.2s7.3s25.5s
UpdraftPlus
10.4s3.8s14.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
Duplicator Pro
16.6s7.1s23.6s
UpdraftPlus
9.2s3.9s13.1s
5
Duplicator Pro
16.4s7.7s24.1s
UpdraftPlus
9.2s3.8s13.0s
6
Duplicator Pro
16.4s7.1s23.5s
UpdraftPlus
9.2s3.7s12.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
16.5s7.1s23.5s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.9s13.0s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
16.4s7.0s23.4s
UpdraftPlus
9.2s3.7s12.9s
9
Duplicator Pro
16.4s7.0s23.4s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.8s12.8s

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