Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
23.3svs32.8s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator Pro98 MB
UpdraftPlus94 MB
Best Overall
Not Directly Comparable

These plugins back up different amounts of data — see the Backup Scope badges below. Speed and storage comparisons are not apples-to-apples.

⚠️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
20.2s
Restore
12.5s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 46.0s
Backup
28.9s
Restore
16.5s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 32.3s
Backup
21.7s
Restore
10.6s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.0s
Backup
20.3s
Restore
12.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.5s
Backup
13.9s
Restore
9.6s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.4s
Backup
20.4s
Restore
12.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 23.3s
Backup
13.7s
Restore
9.7s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput9.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput12.7 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1593.7 MB30663.5 KB-129
Plugins13,103142.6 MB12,115136.1 MB-988
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB314.7 KB-2
Other60916.8 MB286.4 MB-581
Total17,430247.9 MB15,730228.1 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 5 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.5s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.2s
DB_EXPORT
2.7s

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 Pro
25.7s14.3s40.0s
UpdraftPlus
19.7s10.6s30.2s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
28.9s17.0s46.0s
UpdraftPlus
21.8s10.5s32.3s
3
Duplicator Pro
31.7s16.5s48.2s
UpdraftPlus
21.7s10.7s32.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
Duplicator Pro
20.3s12.5s32.8s
UpdraftPlus
14.2s9.6s23.7s
5
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.8s33.0s
UpdraftPlus
13.9s9.6s23.4s
6
Duplicator Pro
21.7s13.0s34.7s
UpdraftPlus
13.9s9.6s23.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
20.2s12.4s32.7s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.5s23.2s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
20.4s13.0s33.4s
UpdraftPlus
13.6s9.7s23.3s
9
Duplicator Pro
21.0s12.8s33.8s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s9.7s23.4s

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