Title: Difference in Database Size
Last modified: January 23, 2017

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# Difference in Database Size

 *  [amsgator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsgator/)
 * (@amsgator)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-in-database-size/)
 * The WP Migrate DB exported database is showing as 315kb but the database backup
   I downloaded straight from cPanel is showing 424kb. What’s with the significant
   difference in file size. I’m worried something important got left behind. I imported
   to the new server and it _appears_ to be working fine, but 25% difference in 
   size is alarming. Both files are gzip files so compression isn’t the answer. 
   I also already used WP Optimize to delete all transients, spam, and drafts so
   that isn’t the answer either.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [amsgator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsgator/).
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [amsgator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amsgator/).

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 *  [JRGould](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrgould/)
 * (@jrgould)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-in-database-size/#post-8692505)
 * I’d recommend checking out the SQL output – it’s possible that the export that
   cPanel is creating has more verbose commenting enabled or extended insert syntax
   which definitely could account for different export sizes.
 * You could also import both export files into different databases and then check
   the actual size of the database using a query like the one described here: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1733507/how-to-get-size-of-mysql-database](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1733507/how-to-get-size-of-mysql-database)

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