Duplicator vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle

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DuplicatorFREEvsUpdraftPlusPRO

Duplicator v1.5.9UpdraftPlus v1.24.2
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Speed Winner
UpdraftPlus
8.4svs13.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
40 MBvs48 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
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
8.8s
Restore
4.5s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
5.7s
Restore
2.6s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 16.1s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.4s
Backup
5.7s
Restore
2.8s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 16.1s
Backup
11.4s
Restore
4.6s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.5s
Backup
5.8s
Restore
2.7s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 15.8s
Backup
11.2s
Restore
4.7s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 8.6s
Backup
5.8s
Restore
2.8s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up118.0 MB
Archive size48.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput12.5 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up127.0 MB
Archive size40.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput21.7 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1821.8 KB130.4 KB=
Plugins3,07626.2 MB3,68333.4 MB+607
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads24968.9 KB24968.9 KB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other64231.6 MB19187.8 KB-623
Total6,915130.5 MB6,900105.5 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.4s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
7.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.5s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
4.5s
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
1
Duplicator
8.8s4.5s13.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.8s8.6s
2Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.7s16.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.6s8.3s
3
Duplicator
11.7s4.8s16.4s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.8s8.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
8.9s4.5s13.3s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.8s8.6s
5Median
Duplicator
11.4s4.8s16.2s
UpdraftPlus
5.7s2.7s8.4s
6
Duplicator
11.5s4.6s16.1s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.7s8.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
8.8s4.6s13.4s
UpdraftPlus
5.9s2.9s8.8s
8Median
Duplicator
11.3s4.7s16.0s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.6s8.4s
9
Duplicator
11.2s4.7s15.8s
UpdraftPlus
5.8s2.8s8.6s

Downloads

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