Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed (different scopes)
UpdraftPlus
15.5svs27.2s

Not comparable — plugins back up different data

Storage Result
DRAW
Duplicator82 MB
UpdraftPlus72 MB
Best Overall
Not Directly Comparable

These plugins back up different amounts of data — see the Backup Scope badges below. Speed and storage comparisons are not apples-to-apples.

⚠️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
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
Backup
19.2s
Restore
7.7s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.3s
Restore
5.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 33.0s
Backup
25.0s
Restore
8.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 18.4s
Backup
13.5s
Restore
5.2s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 29.7s
Backup
21.8s
Restore
7.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.5s
Backup
10.3s
Restore
5.2s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 29.5s
Backup
21.8s
Restore
7.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 15.9s
Backup
10.7s
Restore
5.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up222.0 MB
Archive size82.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput9.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput17.1 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1302.0 MB29177.2 KB-101
Plugins6,58388.8 MB7,23496.2 MB+651
Themes1,14035.8 MB1,14035.8 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,73355.9 MB2,73355.9 MB=
wp-config416.1 KB314.7 KB-1
Other59138.8 MB276.4 MB-564
Total11,238223.1 MB11,223196.4 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.5s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.1s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.7s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.3s
DB_EXPORT
1.5s

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
19.4s7.7s27.2s
UpdraftPlus
13.6s5.5s19.2s
2Median
Duplicator
25.0s8.0s33.0s
UpdraftPlus
13.3s5.2s18.4s
3
Duplicator
26.6s8.1s34.6s
UpdraftPlus
13.5s4.8s18.3s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
19.2s8.0s27.3s
UpdraftPlus
10.6s5.2s15.8s
5
Duplicator
22.3s7.7s30.0s
UpdraftPlus
10.3s5.2s15.5s
6Median
Duplicator
21.8s7.9s29.7s
UpdraftPlus
10.3s5.2s15.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
19.2s7.7s26.9s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.2s15.9s
8
Duplicator
21.8s8.0s29.8s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.1s15.7s
9Median
Duplicator
21.8s7.7s29.5s
UpdraftPlus
10.5s5.3s15.9s

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