Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator Pro v4.6.7UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
10.1svs15.8s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
51 MBvs56 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
9.8s
Restore
5.9s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 15.9s
Backup
10.0s
Restore
6.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 10.2s
Backup
7.1s
Restore
3.1s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 16.0s
Backup
9.9s
Restore
6.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 10.1s
Backup
6.9s
Restore
3.2s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 15.8s
Backup
9.8s
Restore
6.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 10.2s
Backup
7.0s
Restore
3.2s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up171.0 MB
Archive size56.0 MBZIP
Compression3:1
Throughput17.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up160.0 MB
Archive size51.0 MBGZ
Compression3.1:1
Throughput22.6 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1218.4 KB133.0 KB=
Plugins5,59669.4 MB4,54562.6 MB-1,051
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads492.0 MB492.0 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other6709.8 MB19187.8 KB-651
Total9,488152.4 MB7,787135.8 MB-1,701

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
8.9s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
5.5s
DB_EXPORT
0.8s

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
1Median
Duplicator Pro
10.0s5.9s15.9s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.4s10.4s
2
Duplicator Pro
9.9s6.0s15.9s
UpdraftPlus
7.1s3.1s10.2s
3
Duplicator Pro
11.2s6.1s17.3s
UpdraftPlus
7.1s3.0s10.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4Median
Duplicator Pro
9.9s5.9s15.8s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.3s10.3s
5
Duplicator Pro
10.0s6.0s16.0s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.2s10.1s
6
Duplicator Pro
9.9s6.2s16.2s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.2s10.1s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7Median
Duplicator Pro
9.9s6.0s15.9s
UpdraftPlus
6.9s3.2s10.1s
8
Duplicator Pro
9.8s5.7s15.5s
UpdraftPlus
7.0s3.2s10.2s
9
Duplicator Pro
9.8s6.1s15.8s
UpdraftPlus
7.1s3.1s10.2s

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