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
16.1svs27.5s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
72 MBvs82 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
19.6s
Restore
7.9s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
10.8s
Restore
5.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
DuplicatorTotal: 33.4s
Backup
24.7s
Restore
8.4s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 19.2s
Backup
13.7s
Restore
5.4s
Managed WordPress
DuplicatorTotal: 30.2s
Backup
22.3s
Restore
7.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.2s
Backup
10.8s
Restore
5.4s
VPS Standard
DuplicatorTotal: 29.9s
Backup
21.9s
Restore
7.9s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 16.2s
Backup
10.8s
Restore
5.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator
Data backed up222.0 MB
Archive size82.0 MBZIP
Compression2.9:1
Throughput10.0 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up231.0 MB
Archive size72.0 MBGZ
Compression3.2:1
Throughput16.9 MB/s
Compression methodgzip

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicatorUpdraftPlusDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database11.4 MB141.7 KB=
Plugins6,61088.5 MB7,21795.8 MB+607
Themes1,13634.9 MB1,13634.9 MB=
Uploads571.9 MB571.9 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B15.8 KB+1
Other65239.1 MB296.4 MB-623
Total11,238223.1 MB11,223196.4 MB-15

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator
SCAN
0.6s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
17.2s
DB_EXPORT
0.0s
INSTALLER
0.8s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
8.5s
DB_EXPORT
1.6s

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
21.1s8.1s29.2s
UpdraftPlus
13.7s5.5s19.2s
2Median
Duplicator
24.7s8.7s33.4s
UpdraftPlus
13.6s5.2s18.8s
3
Duplicator
26.0s8.4s34.5s
UpdraftPlus
14.0s5.4s19.4s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator
19.6s7.9s27.5s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.4s16.2s
5Median
Duplicator
22.3s8.1s30.4s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.3s16.1s
6
Duplicator
22.3s7.9s30.2s
UpdraftPlus
10.9s5.6s16.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator
19.4s7.9s27.3s
UpdraftPlus
11.0s5.3s16.3s
8Median
Duplicator
22.1s7.8s29.9s
UpdraftPlus
10.7s5.4s16.1s
9
Duplicator
21.9s7.9s29.9s
UpdraftPlus
10.8s5.5s16.2s

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