BackupBuddy vs Duplicator Backup Speed Battle

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BackupBuddyPROvsDuplicatorFREE

BackupBuddy v9.1.5Duplicator v1.5.9
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🔒 SequentialBlog Starter (XS) — XSNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator
13.2svs41.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Result
DRAW
BackupBuddy48 MB
Duplicator48 MB
Best Overall
Duplicator

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.

Backup Scope

BackupBuddy
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

BackupBuddy
Backup
5.1s
Restore
36.8s
Duplicator
Backup
8.7s
Restore
4.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackupBuddyTotal: 42.7s
Backup
5.3s
Restore
37.6s
DuplicatorTotal: 15.8s
Backup
11.2s
Restore
4.6s
Managed WordPress
BackupBuddyTotal: 41.8s
Backup
5.1s
Restore
36.8s
DuplicatorTotal: 15.5s
Backup
11.3s
Restore
4.2s
VPS Standard
BackupBuddyTotal: 42.6s
Backup
5.2s
Restore
37.3s
DuplicatorTotal: 15.8s
Backup
11.3s
Restore
4.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackupBuddy
Data backed up167.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression3.4:1
Throughput31.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)
Duplicator
Data backed up118.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput12.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackupBuddyDuplicatorDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database00 B1821.8 KB+1
Plugins9,27659.4 MB3,07626.2 MB-6,200
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads524.2 MB24968.9 KB-28
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config15.8 KB00 B-1
Other19184.6 KB64231.6 MB+623
Total12,520134.8 MB6,915130.5 MB-5,605

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

BackupBuddy
SCAN
4.8s
VERIFY
0.2s
ARCHIVE
0.0s
Duplicator
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.5s

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
BackupBuddy
5.1s37.6s42.7s
Duplicator
8.7s4.5s13.2s
2
BackupBuddy
5.3s38.1s43.5s
Duplicator
11.3s4.6s16.0s
3Median
BackupBuddy
5.4s37.3s42.7s
Duplicator
11.2s4.6s15.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackupBuddy
5.1s36.8s41.8s
Duplicator
8.6s4.2s12.8s
5Median
BackupBuddy
5.2s36.2s41.4s
Duplicator
11.3s4.2s15.5s
6
BackupBuddy
5.0s38.0s43.0s
Duplicator
11.3s4.4s15.8s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackupBuddy
5.4s37.2s42.6s
Duplicator
8.8s4.5s13.3s
8
BackupBuddy
5.2s37.6s42.8s
Duplicator
11.5s4.6s16.0s
9Median
BackupBuddy
5.1s37.3s42.4s
Duplicator
11.3s4.6s15.8s

Downloads

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

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