BackWPup vs Duplicator Pro Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsDuplicator ProPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2Duplicator Pro v4.5.24
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
31.1svs32.9s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator Pro
98 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (31.1s vs 32.9s) · Duplicator Pro produces smaller backups (98 MB vs 219 MB)

⚠️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

BackWPup
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
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

BackWPup
Backup
3.9s
Restore
27.1s
Duplicator Pro
Backup
20.3s
Restore
12.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 44.2s
Backup
11.0s
Restore
33.1s
Duplicator ProTotal: 43.5s
Backup
28.0s
Restore
15.5s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 31.6s
Backup
4.0s
Restore
27.3s
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.5s
Backup
20.3s
Restore
13.1s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 31.9s
Backup
3.9s
Restore
28.0s
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.6s
Backup
20.3s
Restore
13.1s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput26.6 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupDuplicator ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database213.1 MB1593.7 MB+138
Plugins10,573119.9 MB13,103142.6 MB+2,530
Themes56219.4 MB56219.4 MB=
Uploads2669.5 MB2599.5 MB-7
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config420.5 KB517.0 KB+1
Other21199.5 KB60916.8 MB+588
Total14,180208.1 MB17,430247.9 MB+3,250

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 8 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.4s
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.6s

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
BackWPup
9.8s32.5s42.3s
Duplicator Pro
24.7s13.9s38.5s
2Median
BackWPup
11.1s33.1s44.2s
Duplicator Pro
28.0s15.5s43.5s
3
BackWPup
11.0s34.3s45.3s
Duplicator Pro
29.4s16.6s46.0s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
4.0s27.1s31.1s
Duplicator Pro
20.3s12.6s32.9s
5Median
BackWPup
4.0s27.6s31.6s
Duplicator Pro
20.3s13.1s33.5s
6
BackWPup
5.1s27.3s32.5s
Duplicator Pro
21.3s13.8s35.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
BackWPup
3.9s28.0s31.9s
Duplicator Pro
20.3s12.6s32.8s
8
BackWPup
3.9s26.6s30.5s
Duplicator Pro
20.3s13.3s33.6s
9
BackWPup
5.2s29.5s34.7s
Duplicator Pro
21.4s13.1s34.5s

Downloads

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