Duplicator Pro vs UpdraftPlus Backup Speed Battle
completedMedia Heavy (XL) -- XL
Duplicator ProPROvsUpdraftPlusPRO
Duplicator Pro v4.6.7|UpdraftPlus v2.26.5.26|
🔒 SequentialMedia Heavy (XL) — XLNone Load
Speed Winner
Duplicator Pro
2m 40.6svs1m 23.0s
Fastest total time (backup + restore)
Storage Winner
UpdraftPlus
3.5 GBvs3.6 GB
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 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
UpdraftPlus
DBPluginsThemesUploadswp-configWP Core
Overall Median Times
Duplicator Pro
Backup
2m 7.7s
Restore
32.8s
UpdraftPlus
Backup
1m 8.4s
Restore
14.6s
Per-Profile Median Times
Median backup + restore time broken down by hosting profile.
Shared Hosting
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 49.9s
Backup
2m 12.2s
Restore
36.4s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 28.0s
Backup
1m 12.8s
Restore
15.1s
Managed WordPress
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 42.8s
Backup
2m 8.3s
Restore
33.0s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 24.8s
Backup
1m 10.1s
Restore
14.7s
VPS Standard
Duplicator ProTotal: 2m 43.6s
Backup
2m 8.4s
Restore
33.2s
UpdraftPlusTotal: 1m 24.6s
Backup
1m 10.0s
Restore
14.7s
Backup Size & Efficiency
Duplicator Pro
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.6 GBZIP
Compression1.1:1
Throughput30.9 MB/s
Compression methodDEFLATE Extra
UpdraftPlus
Data backed up4.0 GB
Archive size3.5 GBGZ
Compression1.1:1
Throughput56.2 MB/s
Compression methodgzip
Backup Inventory
| Category | Duplicator Pro | UpdraftPlus | Diff | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files | Size | Files | Size | Files | |
| Database | 1 | 9.7 MB | 1 | 559.3 KB | = |
| Plugins | 9,834 | 140.8 MB | 8,784 | 134.0 MB | -1,050 |
| Themes | 390 | 13.6 MB | 390 | 13.6 MB | = |
| Uploads | 30,582 | 3.70 GB | 28,801 | 3.46 GB | -1,781 |
| WP Core | 2,782 | 57.4 MB | 2,782 | 57.4 MB | = |
| wp-config | 0 | 0 B | 1 | 5.8 KB | +1 |
| Other | 682 | 19.0 MB | 31 | 6.4 MB | -651 |
| Total | 44,271 | 3.93 GB | 40,790 | 3.66 GB | -3,481 |
Phase Breakdown
Iteration 5 (median)
Duplicator Pro
SCAN
2m 6.6s
UpdraftPlus
SCAN
0.0s
VERIFY
0.0s
ARCHIVE
1m 7.0s
DB_EXPORT
0.7s
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
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duplicator Pro | 2m 7.9s | 32.7s | 2m 40.6s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 12.2s | 14.8s | 1m 27.0s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed | |
| 2Median | Duplicator Pro | 2m 12.2s | 37.8s | 2m 49.9s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 12.8s | 15.1s | 1m 28.0s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed | |
| 3 | Duplicator Pro | 2m 13.7s | 36.4s | 2m 50.1s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 17.3s | 15.8s | 1m 33.0s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed |
Managed WordPress3 iterations
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Duplicator Pro | 2m 13.0s | 33.0s | 2m 46.0s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 10.1s | 15.2s | 1m 25.3s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed | |
| 5 | Duplicator Pro | 2m 8.3s | 32.8s | 2m 41.2s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 8.4s | 14.7s | 1m 23.0s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed | |
| 6Median | Duplicator Pro | 2m 7.7s | 35.1s | 2m 42.8s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 10.2s | 14.6s | 1m 24.8s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed |
VPS Standard3 iterations
| # | Plugin | Backup | Restore | Total | Archive / Raw | Compression | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Duplicator Pro | 2m 6.9s | 33.2s | 2m 40.1s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 5.9s | 15.1s | 1m 21.1s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed | |
| 8Median | Duplicator Pro | 2m 10.7s | 32.9s | 2m 43.6s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 10.0s | 14.7s | 1m 24.7s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed | |
| 9 | Duplicator Pro | 2m 8.4s | 35.7s | 2m 44.1s | 3.6 GBZIPdefX/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Verified |
UpdraftPlus | 1m 10.1s | 14.6s | 1m 24.6s | 3.5 GBGZgzip/ 4.0 GB | 1.1:1 | Failed |
Downloads
Metrics (CSV)Full Results (JSON)File Inventory — Duplicator Pro (TXT)File Inventory — UpdraftPlus (TXT)
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Environment
SequentialServer
- CPU
- 8 vCPU (dedicated, ccx33)
- RAM
- 31 GB
- Disk
- 225 GB
- OS
- Linux 5.15.0-179-generic
- PHP
- 8.2.29
- MySQL
- 8.0.46
- WordPress
- unknown
Site Profile
- Profile
- Media Heavy (XL)
- Tier
- XL -- Enterprise
- Database
- 22 MB
- Files
- 38,218
- Plugins
- 15 installed
Snapshot SHA256
126234fa2636d0cb1a4f8a7c8e02bb1aa44bebb29d0916f42b0edb4d81709322Format: wp-content tar.gz + SQL dump gzip + metadata.json + checksums.json
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