Duplicator Pro vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

Duplicator ProPROvsWPvividFREE

Duplicator Pro v4.6.7WPvivid v0.9.130
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Speed Winner
Duplicator Pro
2m 43.5svs3m 55.6s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
3.4 GBvs3.6 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

Duplicator Pro is faster (2m 43.5s vs 3m 55.6s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (3.4 GB vs 3.6 GB)

⚠️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

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator Pro
Backup
2m 10.3s
Restore
33.2s
WPvivid
Backup
3m 12.0s
Restore
43.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 51.8s
Backup
2m 12.8s
Restore
39.0s
WPvividTotal: 3m 56.0s
Backup
3m 12.3s
Restore
43.7s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 53.4s
Backup
2m 15.7s
Restore
37.7s
WPvividTotal: 3m 57.9s
Backup
3m 12.4s
Restore
45.5s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 53.9s
Backup
2m 15.3s
Restore
38.5s
WPvividTotal: 4m 1.3s
Backup
3m 14.2s
Restore
47.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1
Throughput30.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
WPvivid
Data backed up3.9 GB
Archive size3.4 GBZIP
Compression1.2:1
Throughput20.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.7 MB19.6 MB=
Plugins9,834140.8 MB7,238117.8 MB-2,596
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5823.70 GB28,8013.46 GB-1,781
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68219.0 MB736.5 MB-609
Total44,2713.93 GB39,2863.66 GB-4,985

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 1 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
2m 8.6s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
3m 11.5s

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
2m 10.3s33.2s2m 43.5s
WPvivid
3m 12.0s43.6s3m 55.6s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
2m 12.8s39.0s2m 51.8s
WPvivid
3m 12.3s43.7s3m 56.0s
3
Duplicator Pro
2m 14.7s39.8s2m 54.5s
WPvivid
3m 13.2s46.4s3m 59.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
2m 9.3s32.6s2m 41.9s
WPvivid
3m 8.0s43.9s3m 51.9s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
2m 15.7s37.7s2m 53.4s
WPvivid
3m 12.4s45.5s3m 57.9s
6
Duplicator Pro
2m 17.1s39.0s2m 56.0s
WPvivid
3m 14.7s48.1s4m 2.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
2m 14.2s34.0s2m 48.2s
WPvivid
3m 13.8s45.4s3m 59.2s
8
Duplicator Pro
2m 15.4s38.5s2m 53.9s
WPvivid
3m 14.4s48.1s4m 2.5s
9Median
Duplicator Pro
2m 15.3s39.0s2m 54.4s
WPvivid
3m 14.2s47.1s4m 1.3s

Downloads

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