BackWPup vs Duplicator Pro Backup Speed Battle

completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL

BackWPupFREEvsDuplicator ProPRO

BackWPup v5.7.4Duplicator Pro v4.6.7
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Speed Winner
BackWPup
1m 11.4svs2m 38.9s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator Pro
3.6 GBvs3.9 GB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (1m 11.4s vs 2m 38.9s) · Duplicator Pro produces smaller backups (3.6 GB vs 3.9 GB)

⚠️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 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

Overall Median Times

BackWPup
Backup
24.4s
Restore
47.1s
Duplicator Pro
Backup
2m 7.0s
Restore
31.9s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
BackWPupTotal: 1m 20.9s
Backup
25.3s
Restore
53.5s
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 46.0s
Backup
2m 11.0s
Restore
35.1s
Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 1m 11.5s
Backup
24.8s
Restore
47.1s
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 40.9s
Backup
2m 7.8s
Restore
33.1s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 1m 17.7s
Backup
24.9s
Restore
52.8s
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 42.6s
Backup
2m 7.7s
Restore
34.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.9 GBTAR
Compression1:1no compression
Throughput162.7 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1
Throughput31.4 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupDuplicator ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database19.8 MB19.7 MB=
Plugins7,232117.8 MB9,834140.8 MB+2,602
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads30,5893.70 GB30,5823.70 GB-7
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config211.6 KB00 B-2
Other24197.6 KB68219.0 MB+658
Total41,0203.89 GB44,2713.93 GB+3,251

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.3s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
23.3s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
2m 5.3s

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
25.0s47.4s1m 12.4s
Duplicator Pro
2m 7.6s32.6s2m 40.2s
2Median
BackWPup
25.3s56.5s1m 21.8s
Duplicator Pro
2m 11.0s35.1s2m 46.0s
3
BackWPup
27.5s53.5s1m 20.9s
Duplicator Pro
2m 18.6s39.2s2m 57.8s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
24.4s47.1s1m 11.5s
Duplicator Pro
2m 7.0s31.9s2m 38.9s
5Median
BackWPup
24.8s46.4s1m 11.2s
Duplicator Pro
2m 7.8s33.1s2m 40.9s
6
BackWPup
24.9s51.2s1m 16.1s
Duplicator Pro
2m 7.9s36.5s2m 44.4s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
24.2s47.2s1m 11.4s
Duplicator Pro
2m 6.7s31.8s2m 38.6s
8
BackWPup
24.9s52.9s1m 17.8s
Duplicator Pro
2m 7.8s36.0s2m 43.8s
9Median
BackWPup
24.9s52.8s1m 17.7s
Duplicator Pro
2m 7.7s34.9s2m 42.6s

Downloads

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

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Environment

Sequential

Server

CPU
8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
RAM
31 GB
Disk
225 GB
OS
Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
PHP
8.2.29
MySQL
8.0.46
WordPress
unknown

Site Profile

Profile
Media Heavy (XL)
Tier
XL -- Enterprise
Database
22 MB
Files
38,218
Plugins
15 installed

Snapshot SHA256

126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322

Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json

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