BackWPup vs Duplicator Pro Backup Speed Battle

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BackWPupFREEvsDuplicator ProPRO

BackWPup v4.1.2Duplicator Pro v4.5.24
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
BackWPup
15.9svs26.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
Duplicator Pro
98 MBvs219 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

BackWPup is faster (15.9s vs 26.5s) · Duplicator Pro produces smaller backups (98 MB vs 219 MB)

Per-tier crashes

A crash is scoped to the hosting tier it happened on: the plugin loses that tier but is still measured on the tiers it survives.

  • Duplicator Proran out of memory during backuponsharedexit 137

⚠️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
3.1s
Restore
12.7s
Duplicator Pro
Backup
18.0s
Restore
8.5s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Managed WordPress
BackWPupTotal: 16.1s
Backup
3.1s
Restore
12.8s
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.3s
Backup
18.0s
Restore
9.2s
VPS Standard
BackWPupTotal: 16.2s
Backup
3.1s
Restore
13.0s
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.2s
Backup
18.0s
Restore
9.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

BackWPup
Data backed up293.0 MB
Archive size219.0 MBTAR
Compression1.3:1
Throughput84.7 MB/s
Compression methodN/A (uncompressed format)
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput15.7 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryBackWPupDuplicator ProDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.9 MB12.8 MB=
Plugins10,548119.6 MB13,150142.6 MB+2,602
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 KB68017.1 MB+657
Total14,180208.1 MB17,430247.9 MB+3,250

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

BackWPup
INIT
0.0s
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1.9s
DB_EXPORT
0.2s
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
16.5s

Iteration Results

6 iterations across 2 hosting profiles -- median highlighted per profile. Compression shows archive-to-raw ratio (higher = better). * = no compression detected.

Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
BackWPup
3.1s13.0s16.1s
Duplicator Pro
17.9s8.4s26.3s
5Median
BackWPup
3.1s12.7s15.9s
Duplicator Pro
18.0s9.2s27.3s
6
BackWPup
3.5s12.8s16.3s
Duplicator Pro
18.3s9.3s27.6s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
BackWPup
3.1s12.6s15.8s
Duplicator Pro
18.0s8.5s26.5s
8Median
BackWPup
3.1s13.0s16.2s
Duplicator Pro
18.0s9.2s27.2s
9
BackWPup
3.5s13.2s16.7s
Duplicator Pro
18.2s9.2s27.4s

Downloads

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

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