BackWPup vs Duplicator Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsDuplicatorFREE

BackWPup v4.1.2Duplicator v1.5.9
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
31.0svs38.1s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator
108 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (31.0s vs 38.1s) · 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
3.9s
Restore
27.0s
Duplicator
Backup
25.1s
Restore
13.0s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 43.9s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
32.2s
DuplicatorTotal: 49.2s
Backup
33.4s
Restore
15.8s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 31.0s
Backup
4.0s
Restore
27.0s
DuplicatorTotal: 40.0s
Backup
26.0s
Restore
14.0s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 31.2s
Backup
4.0s
Restore
27.3s
DuplicatorTotal: 39.7s
Backup
25.7s
Restore
13.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput25.7 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput8.7 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 7 (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
21.8s
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
11.1s31.8s42.9s
Duplicator
28.1s13.9s42.0s
2Median
BackWPup
11.6s32.2s43.9s
Duplicator
33.4s15.8s49.2s
3
BackWPup
11.4s33.7s45.1s
Duplicator
33.5s16.6s50.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.8s26.9s30.8s
Duplicator
23.1s13.0s36.1s
5Median
BackWPup
4.0s27.0s31.0s
Duplicator
26.0s14.0s40.0s
6
BackWPup
5.3s27.9s33.1s
Duplicator
27.2s14.2s41.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
3.9s27.3s31.2s
Duplicator
25.1s13.0s38.1s
8Median
BackWPup
4.0s27.0s31.0s
Duplicator
25.7s13.9s39.7s
9
BackWPup
5.2s27.5s32.7s
Duplicator
27.1s14.1s41.3s

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