Duplicator vs Duplicator Pro Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

DuplicatorFREEvsDuplicator ProPRO

Duplicator v1.5.16.1Duplicator Pro v4.6.7
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🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator Pro
2m 53.4svs2m 59.7s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator Pro
3.6 GBvs3.6 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Duplicator Pro

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

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

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
2m 25.3s
Restore
34.8s
Duplicator Pro
Backup
2m 17.8s
Restore
34.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 5.9s
Backup
2m 28.1s
Restore
37.8s
Duplicator ProTotal: 3m 0.3s
Backup
2m 22.1s
Restore
38.2s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 2.4s
Backup
2m 26.3s
Restore
36.1s
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 53.8s
Backup
2m 17.8s
Restore
35.9s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 3m 5.2s
Backup
2m 28.4s
Restore
36.8s
Duplicator ProTotal: 3m 1.4s
Backup
2m 20.6s
Restore
40.5s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1no compression
Throughput27.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1
Throughput28.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorDuplicator ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database113.5 MB19.7 MB=
Plugins8,177126.7 MB9,834140.8 MB+1,657
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5823.70 GB30,5823.70 GB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B00 B=
Other65444.9 MB68219.0 MB+28
Total42,5863.95 GB44,2713.93 GB+1,685

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.9s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2m 9.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
13.8s
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
2m 16.8s

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
2m 27.7s35.8s3m 3.5s
Duplicator Pro
2m 18.2s35.6s2m 53.7s
2Median
Duplicator
2m 28.1s37.8s3m 5.9s
Duplicator Pro
2m 22.1s38.2s3m 0.3s
3
Duplicator
2m 30.1s38.7s3m 8.7s
Duplicator Pro
2m 22.9s38.5s3m 1.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
2m 25.3s34.0s2m 59.3s
Duplicator Pro
2m 15.8s34.5s2m 50.3s
5Median
Duplicator
2m 26.3s36.1s3m 2.4s
Duplicator Pro
2m 17.8s35.9s2m 53.8s
6
Duplicator
2m 27.0s36.2s3m 3.2s
Duplicator Pro
2m 20.0s39.8s2m 59.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
2m 24.9s34.8s2m 59.7s
Duplicator Pro
2m 18.7s34.7s2m 53.4s
8
Duplicator
2m 30.7s36.8s3m 7.5s
Duplicator Pro
2m 21.8s40.5s3m 2.4s
9Median
Duplicator
2m 28.4s36.8s3m 5.2s
Duplicator Pro
2m 20.6s40.7s3m 1.4s

Downloads

Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — Duplicator (TXT)File Inventory — Duplicator Pro (TXT)

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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