BackWPup vs Duplicator Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsDuplicatorFREE

BackWPup v5.7.4Duplicator v1.5.16.1
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
28.7svs36.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator
108 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (28.7s vs 36.5s) · Duplicator produces smaller backups (108 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
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
4.1s
Restore
24.1s
Duplicator
Backup
23.1s
Restore
13.4s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 37.9s
Backup
10.5s
Restore
27.3s
DuplicatorTotal: 49.6s
Backup
33.3s
Restore
16.1s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 29.1s
Backup
4.2s
Restore
24.9s
DuplicatorTotal: 40.6s
Backup
26.1s
Restore
14.5s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 28.7s
Backup
4.1s
Restore
24.5s
DuplicatorTotal: 40.0s
Backup
26.2s
Restore
13.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput28.0 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput8.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupDuplicatorDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.9 MB14.5 MB=
Plugins10,548119.6 MB11,493128.6 MB+945
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2669.5 MB2599.5 MB-7
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB00 B-2
Other23208.4 KB65240.4 MB+629
Total14,180208.1 MB15,745258.9 MB+1,565

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.1s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
2.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.4s
Duplicator
SCAN
0.7s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
19.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.9s

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
10.2s26.8s37.0s
Duplicator
28.2s14.2s42.4s
2Median
BackWPup
10.5s27.4s37.9s
Duplicator
33.5s16.1s49.6s
3
BackWPup
10.8s27.3s38.1s
Duplicator
33.3s16.5s49.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
4.1s25.3s29.4s
Duplicator
23.1s13.2s36.3s
5Median
BackWPup
4.2s24.9s29.1s
Duplicator
26.1s14.5s40.6s
6
BackWPup
5.1s23.8s28.9s
Duplicator
27.0s14.7s41.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
4.0s24.1s28.0s
Duplicator
23.1s13.4s36.5s
8Median
BackWPup
4.1s24.5s28.7s
Duplicator
26.2s13.8s40.0s
9
BackWPup
5.3s24.7s30.0s
Duplicator
27.0s15.1s42.1s

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