Duplicator vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

completedWooCommerce Standard (M) -- M

DuplicatorFREEvsSafeGuardPRO

Duplicator v1.5.16.1SafeGuard v1.7.0
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🔒 SequentialWooCommerce Standard (M) — MNone Load
Speed Winner
SafeGuard
19.6svs35.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
93 MBvs108 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

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

SafeGuard
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core

Overall Median Times

Duplicator
Backup
22.7s
Restore
12.4s
SafeGuard
Backup
8.4s
Restore
11.1s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 45.4s
Backup
31.9s
Restore
13.5s
SafeGuardTotal: 32.1s
Backup
13.8s
Restore
18.3s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 39.0s
Backup
25.5s
Restore
13.4s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.6s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.1s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 39.1s
Backup
25.2s
Restore
13.1s
SafeGuardTotal: 19.8s
Backup
8.5s
Restore
11.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up266.0 MB
Archive size108.0 MBZIP
Compression2.6:1
Throughput9.1 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up259.0 MB
Archive size93.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput18.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database14.5 MB12.8 MB=
Plugins11,493128.6 MB10,821123.9 MB-672
Themes55818.6 MB55818.6 MB=
Uploads2599.5 MB2599.5 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65240.4 MB296.4 MB-623
Total15,745258.9 MB14,451218.6 MB-1,294

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 7 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.7s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
19.4s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.9s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.8s
DB_EXPORT
0.5s

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
27.5s12.4s39.9s
SafeGuard
13.4s18.1s31.5s
2Median
Duplicator
31.9s13.5s45.4s
SafeGuard
13.8s18.3s32.1s
3
Duplicator
32.9s15.5s48.4s
SafeGuard
14.4s18.3s32.7s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
22.6s11.9s34.5s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.0s19.3s
5Median
Duplicator
25.5s13.4s39.0s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.1s19.6s
6
Duplicator
26.6s13.6s40.1s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.8s20.3s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
22.7s12.6s35.3s
SafeGuard
8.4s11.4s19.8s
8Median
Duplicator
25.2s13.9s39.1s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.4s20.0s
9
Duplicator
26.8s13.1s39.9s
SafeGuard
8.5s11.2s19.7s

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