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 Winner
UpdraftPlus
12.7svs23.2s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
72 MBvs77 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
UpdraftPlus

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

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
16.4s
Restore
6.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
9.0s
Restore
3.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 25.5s
Backup
17.7s
Restore
7.3s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 13.8s
Backup
10.0s
Restore
3.7s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 23.3s
Backup
16.4s
Restore
6.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.7s
Backup
9.1s
Restore
3.6s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 23.3s
Backup
16.4s
Restore
6.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 12.7s
Backup
9.1s
Restore
3.6s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up241.0 MB
Archive size77.0 MBZIP
Compression3.1:1
Throughput13.6 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput23.0 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1233.3 KB141.7 KB=
Plugins8,267102.5 MB7,21795.8 MB-1,050
Themes1,13634.9 MB1,13634.9 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68016.5 MB296.4 MB-651
Total12,923213.4 MB11,223196.4 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
15.3s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.9s
DB_EXPORT
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
Duplicator Pro
17.0s7.0s24.0s
UpdraftPlus
10.0s3.7s13.8s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
17.7s7.9s25.6s
UpdraftPlus
9.9s3.7s13.5s
3
Duplicator Pro
18.2s7.3s25.5s
UpdraftPlus
10.1s3.7s13.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
16.4s6.9s23.3s
UpdraftPlus
9.0s3.7s12.7s
5
Duplicator Pro
16.4s6.8s23.2s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.6s12.7s
6Median
Duplicator Pro
16.4s6.8s23.3s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.6s12.7s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
16.4s6.9s23.3s
UpdraftPlus
9.0s3.6s12.6s
8
Duplicator Pro
16.5s6.9s23.4s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.6s12.7s
9Median
Duplicator Pro
16.4s6.8s23.2s
UpdraftPlus
9.1s3.6s12.7s

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