Duplicator Pro vs SafeGuard Backup Speed Battle

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Duplicator ProPROvsSafeGuardPRO

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Speed Winner
SafeGuard
14.5svs27.3s

Fastest total time (backup + restore)

Storage Winner
SafeGuard
88 MBvs94 MB

Smallest archive size

Best Overall
SafeGuard

No other plugin is both faster AND produces a smaller backup.

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

SafeGuard
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

Overall Median Times

Duplicator Pro
Backup
18.4s
Restore
8.8s
SafeGuard
Backup
7.2s
Restore
7.3s

Per-Profile Median Times

Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.

Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 33.9s
Backup
23.4s
Restore
10.5s
SafeGuardTotal: 25.0s
Backup
12.0s
Restore
13.0s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.9s
Backup
18.5s
Restore
9.5s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.5s
Backup
7.2s
Restore
7.3s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 27.7s
Backup
18.4s
Restore
9.3s
SafeGuardTotal: 14.6s
Backup
7.2s
Restore
7.4s

Backup Size & Efficiency

Duplicator Pro
Data backed up264.0 MB
Archive size94.0 MBZIP
Compression2.8:1
Throughput11.3 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
SafeGuard
Data backed up238.0 MB
Archive size88.0 MBZIP
Compression2.7:1
Throughput19.8 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Normal (Level 6)

Backup Inventory

CategoryDuplicator ProSafeGuardDiff
FilesSizeFilesSizeFiles
Database1578.4 KB1546.4 KB=
Plugins10,408126.5 MB8,077107.8 MB-2,331
Themes39013.6 MB39013.6 MB=
Uploads26118.2 MB26118.2 MB=
WP Core2,78257.4 MB2,78257.4 MB=
wp-config00 B00 B=
Other68216.7 MB356.4 MB-647
Total14,524233.0 MB11,546204.0 MB-2,978

Phase Breakdown

Iteration 4 (median)

Duplicator Pro
SCAN
17.1s
SafeGuard
SCAN
0.2s
VERIFY
0.1s
ARCHIVE
6.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.3s

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
20.9s9.2s30.1s
SafeGuard
9.2s8.7s17.8s
2Median
Duplicator Pro
23.4s10.5s33.9s
SafeGuard
12.0s13.0s25.0s
3
Duplicator Pro
25.5s10.6s36.0s
SafeGuard
12.8s13.1s25.9s
Managed WordPress3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
4
Duplicator Pro
18.5s8.8s27.3s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.4s14.6s
5
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.6s28.1s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.3s14.5s
6Median
Duplicator Pro
18.4s9.5s27.9s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.3s14.5s
VPS Standard3 iterations
#PluginBackupRestoreTotal
7
Duplicator Pro
18.4s8.7s27.1s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.4s14.6s
8
Duplicator Pro
18.5s9.6s28.1s
SafeGuard
7.1s7.4s14.5s
9Median
Duplicator Pro
18.4s9.3s27.7s
SafeGuard
7.2s7.4s14.6s

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