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
8.2svs13.1s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator Pro45 MB
UpdraftPlus40 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
7.8s
Restore
5.2s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 13.2s
Backup
7.9s
Restore
5.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.2s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.7s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 13.1s
Backup
7.8s
Restore
5.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.4s
Backup
5.6s
Restore
2.7s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 13.2s
Backup
7.8s
Restore
5.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.2s
Backup
5.5s
Restore
2.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up138.0 MB
Archive size45.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput17.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput22.5 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database140945.2 KB11115.5 KB-129
Plugins4,70740.4 MB3,71833.9 MB-989
Themes39414.4 MB39414.4 MB=
Uploads24968.9 KB24968.9 KB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config517.0 KB314.7 KB-2
Other5989.4 MB17178.9 KB-581
Total8,601122.0 MB6,900105.5 MB-1,701

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 3 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
7.1s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s

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
7.9s5.2s13.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.8s8.7s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
8.0s5.3s13.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.7s8.2s
3
Duplicator Pro
7.9s5.3s13.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
7.8s5.3s13.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.7s8.4s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
7.8s5.3s13.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.6s2.8s8.4s
6
Duplicator Pro
7.9s5.2s13.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.7s8.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
Duplicator Pro
7.8s5.3s13.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.8s8.3s
8
Duplicator Pro
7.9s5.3s13.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.4s2.8s8.2s
9
Duplicator Pro
7.8s5.5s13.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.5s2.7s8.2s

Downloads

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