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
24.4svs33.4s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
94 MBvs98 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
20.5s
Restore
12.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
14.3s
Restore
10.2s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 43.7s
Backup
27.9s
Restore
15.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 30.5s
Backup
19.7s
Restore
10.9s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 34.1s
Backup
20.5s
Restore
12.8s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 24.9s
Backup
14.5s
Restore
10.5s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 34.3s
Backup
20.6s
Restore
13.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 24.6s
Backup
14.5s
Restore
10.3s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.2 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up275.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBGZ
Compression2.9:1
Throughput14.0 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.8 MB1384.5 KB=
Plugins13,150142.6 MB12,099135.8 MB-1,051
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68017.1 MB306.5 MB-650
Total17,430247.9 MB15,730228.1 MB-1,700

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.8s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
10.5s
DB_EXPORT
3.1s

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
24.6s14.3s38.9s
UpdraftPlus
18.9s10.4s29.3s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
27.9s15.8s43.7s
UpdraftPlus
19.7s10.9s30.5s
3
Duplicator Pro
30.7s16.6s47.3s
UpdraftPlus
21.0s11.2s32.1s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
20.5s12.2s32.6s
UpdraftPlus
14.5s9.9s24.4s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
20.5s13.7s34.1s
UpdraftPlus
14.5s10.5s25.0s
6
Duplicator Pro
21.6s12.8s34.4s
UpdraftPlus
14.3s10.6s24.9s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
20.6s12.9s33.4s
UpdraftPlus
14.6s10.3s24.9s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
20.5s13.8s34.3s
UpdraftPlus
14.5s10.2s24.6s
9
Duplicator Pro
21.2s13.7s34.9s
UpdraftPlus
14.1s10.3s24.4s

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