Fastest total time (backup + restore)
No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.
⚠️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.
Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.
| Category | BackupBuddy | Duplicator | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 0 | 0 B | 1 | 821.8 KB | +1 |
| Plugins | 9,276 | 59.4 MB | 3,076 | 26.2 MB | -6,200 |
| Themes | 390 | 13.6 MB | 390 | 13.6 MB | = |
| Uploads | 52 | 4.2 MB | 24 | ||
Iteration 7 (median)
9 iterations across 3 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BackupBuddy | 5.1s | 37.6s | 42.7s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Raw log archive is temporarily unavailable while the benchmark cluster is offline. Metrics, results, and inventories remain downloadable.
⚠️ Not backing up wp-config.php
| 968.9 KB |
| -28 |
| WP Core | 2,782 | 57.4 MB | 2,782 | 57.4 MB | = |
| wp-config | 1 | 5.8 KB | 0 | 0 B | -1 |
| Other | 19 | 184.6 KB | 642 | 31.6 MB | +623 |
| Total | 12,520 | 134.8 MB | 6,915 | 130.5 MB | -5,605 |
Duplicator | 8.7s | 4.5s | 13.2s | 48.0 MBZIPdefX/ 118.0 MB | 2.4:1 | Verified |
| 2 | BackupBuddy | 5.3s | 38.1s | 43.5s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 11.3s | 4.6s | 16.0s | 53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
| 3Median | BackupBuddy | 5.4s | 37.3s | 42.7s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 11.2s | 4.6s | 15.8s | 53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | BackupBuddy | 5.1s | 36.8s | 41.8s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 8.6s | 4.2s | 12.8s | 48.0 MBZIPdefX/ 118.0 MB | 2.4:1 | Verified | |
| 5Median | BackupBuddy | 5.2s | 36.2s | 41.4s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 11.3s | 4.2s | 15.5s | 53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified | |
| 6 | BackupBuddy | 5.0s | 38.0s | 43.0s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 11.3s | 4.4s | 15.8s | 53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | BackupBuddy | 5.4s | 37.2s | 42.6s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 8.8s | 4.5s | 13.3s | 48.0 MBZIPdefX/ 118.0 MB | 2.4:1 | Verified | |
| 8 | BackupBuddy | 5.2s | 37.6s | 42.8s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 11.5s | 4.6s | 16.0s | 53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified | |
| 9Median | BackupBuddy | 5.1s | 37.3s | 42.4s | 48.0 MBZIPdefN/ 167.0 MB | 3.4:1 | Verified |
Duplicator | 11.3s | 4.6s | 15.8s | 53.0 MBZIPdefX/ 144.0 MB | 2.7:1 | Verified |