Backup Buddy vs Brightshelf Catalog Backup
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Backup Buddy, Nov 6, 2026 for Brightshelf Catalog Backup.
The short answer
- Only Brightshelf Catalog Backup lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Backup Buddy and $8.99/month for Brightshelf Catalog Backup.
Head to head
Starter
- · 10 theme snapshots
- · 5 catalog snapshots
- · Manual theme & catalog backups
- · Private file storage per shop
- · Restore to unpublished or live theme
Advanced
- · 10 catalog snapshots
- · 30 theme snapshots
- · Manual theme & catalog backups
- · Private file storage per shop
- · Restore to unpublished or live theme
Plus
- · 20 catalog snapshots
- · 50 theme snapshots
- · Daily automated backups
- · Overwrite oldest at cap
- · Private file storage per shop
- · Restore to unpublished or live theme
Free
- · 1 on-demand backup a day
- · 7 days of history
- · Change log, compare and restore
- · Saved image copies
- · Up to 100 products
Starter
- · 1 year of history
- · Everything in Free
- · Restore a group of changes
- · Stock counts kept 14 days
- · Unlimited on-demand backups
- · Up to 2,500 products
Pro
- · 1 year of history
- · Everything in Starter
- · Up to 15,000 products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureTake snapshots of theme code, products, and collections. Shopify stays the live store. Backup a theme without adding an unpublished copy in Admin. Restore onto a theme already on the shop, including live after you confirm. Duplicate in Online Store first for a compare copy. Restore one catalog handle or the whole snapshot. Product images and valued metafields come back. Theme images and fonts stay on the shop.
Catalog Backup saves your products, variants, metafields, collections and product images every night, and saves each product change as it happens. Home shows what changed since yesterday. Open a product to compare versions side by side, tick the fields to bring back, and preview the restore before anything is written. After a bad import or bulk edit, restore a group of changes at once.
- Backup a theme without adding another unpublished copy in Admin.
- Restore theme code onto a theme already on the shop, including live.
- Snapshot products and collections, then restore one handle or all.
- Keep product images and valued metafields after a product is deleted.
- See what changed since yesterday, product by product, side by side
- Restore one product, just the fields you pick, or a whole group of changes
- Preview every restore; the current version is kept so you can undo it
- Backs up products, variants, metafields, collections, sort order and images
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Backup Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Backup Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Backup Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month | $8.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Backup Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #98 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 8, 2026 | Nov 4, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Jackie Chan Tech | Brightshelf |
FAQ
Backup Buddy and Brightshelf Catalog Backup: common questions
- Is Backup Buddy or Brightshelf Catalog Backup cheaper?
- Only Brightshelf Catalog Backup lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Backup Buddy and $8.99/month for Brightshelf Catalog Backup. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 14, 2026 for Backup Buddy, Nov 6, 2026 for Brightshelf Catalog Backup; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 14, 2026 for Backup Buddy, Nov 6, 2026 for Brightshelf Catalog Backup. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.