Duplicator and Duplicator Pro both require a decent amount of CPU and memory to run smoothly. The larger your site the more resources it will take to backup that site. If your using a budget host to manage a large complex site, we recommend upgrading to a provider or plan that will more smoothly handle your site.

Shared & Dedicated Hosting

Please see our WordPress Hosting Page for a full overview and recommendation table for choosing a solid, reliable host that will work properly for your site.

Personal Computer

ServerPress
WordPress on your local computer made easy.
Video Demo Using ServerPress: ServerPress to install Duplicator packages.

MAMP
MAMP is a free, local server environment for macOS and Windows. MAMP provides all the tools to run WordPress on a desktop PC for testing or development purposes. Use either Apache or Nginx in addition to MySQL with PHP, Python, Perl or Ruby.

XAMPP
XAMPP is a completely free, easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. The XAMPP open source package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and to use.

WAMPSERVER
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database. Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.

Local
Local: By flywheel is the #1 local WordPress development tool. A fuss-free way to develop WordPress locally.

Also see: Duplicator recommended WordPress Hosting