Accordingly, is spigot or paper better?
If you set up your configs correctly, spigot should work fine. However, if you do get lag, using paper to obtain the better timings format is preferable.
One may also ask, do bukkit plugins work with paper? Paper extends and improves the Bukkit and Spigot APIs so that you and your developers have more features and functionality at your fingertips. All the meanwhile, Paper retains compatibility with plugins written for Spigot and Bukkit.
Accordingly, what is spigot paper?
Paper uses a more user friendly patching system that reduces the amount of work server admins have to do to get updates. It's still DMCA compliant in that it doesn't distribute the Minecraft Jar, but does a binary patch upon start.
Do spigot plugins work with paper?
If you're looking to run a Minecraft server that makes use of plugins whilst also optimizing performance, Paper or PaperSpigot is the solution you are looking for. Most plugins that are developed for Spigot and/or Craftbukkit will work seamlessly with Paper.