Duplicator Pro vs WPvivid Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsWPvividFREE

Duplicator Pro v4.5.24WPvivid v0.9.96
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator Pro
32.7svs1m 24.1s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
WPvivid
83 MBvs98 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
Different Strengths

Duplicator Pro is faster (32.7s vs 1m 24.1s) · WPvivid produces smaller backups (83 MB vs 98 MB)

⚠️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

WPvivid
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator Pro
Backup
20.5s
Restore
11.9s
WPvivid
Backup
21.3s
Restore
1m 2.7s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 44.9s
Backup
28.4s
Restore
16.5s
WPvividTotal: 1m 29.6s
Backup
26.0s
Restore
1m 3.6s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.7s
Backup
20.5s
Restore
12.9s
WPvividTotal: 1m 24.2s
Backup
21.3s
Restore
1m 2.9s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.6s
Backup
20.8s
Restore
12.7s
WPvividTotal: 1m 24.3s
Backup
21.4s
Restore
1m 2.9s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up286.0 MB
Archive size98.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
WPvivid
Data backed up203.0 MB
Archive size83.0 MBZIP
Compression2.4:1
Throughput7.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProWPvividDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database12.8 MB14.1 MB=
Plugins13,150142.6 MB10,554119.6 MB-2,596
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other68017.1 MB366.4 MB-644
Total17,430247.9 MB14,191215.6 MB-3,239

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
18.8s
WPvivid
INIT
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
DB_EXPORT
20.3s

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
Duplicator Pro
25.1s13.1s38.2s
WPvivid
25.3s1m 2.7s1m 27.9s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
28.4s16.5s44.9s
WPvivid
26.0s1m 3.6s1m 29.6s
3
Duplicator Pro
33.8s18.0s51.8s
WPvivid
29.1s1m 5.1s1m 34.2s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
20.4s11.6s32.0s
WPvivid
21.3s1m 2.9s1m 24.2s
5Median
Duplicator Pro
20.5s13.2s33.7s
WPvivid
21.3s1m 2.8s1m 24.1s
6
Duplicator Pro
21.6s12.9s34.6s
WPvivid
21.9s1m 3.3s1m 25.2s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
20.8s11.9s32.7s
WPvivid
21.0s1m 2.5s1m 23.5s
8Median
Duplicator Pro
20.6s13.0s33.6s
WPvivid
21.4s1m 2.9s1m 24.3s
9
Duplicator Pro
21.7s12.7s34.4s
WPvivid
21.4s1m 3.6s1m 25.0s

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