Backup Labs vs Lifeboat ‑ Backup & Restore
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Backup Labs, Oct 14, 2026 for Lifeboat.
The short answer
- Only Lifeboat lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Backup Labs and $9/month for Lifeboat.
- Lifeboat lists 2 features Backup Labs’s listing doesn’t mention, including Inventory levels, Time-based.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · Automated backups every 24 hours
- · Backup and restore
- · Import and export
- · Unlimited manual backups
- · Up to 100 orders per month
Basic
- · Automated backups every 24 hours
- · Backup and restore
- · Import and export
- · Unlimited manual backups
- · Up to 500 orders per month
Premium
- · Automated backups every 24 hours
- · Backup and restore
- · Import and export
- · Includes all features
- · Unlimited manual backups
- · Up to 1000 orders per month
Free
- · Backups kept for 90 days
- · Checks every backup for products at 0
- · Daily backup of products and inventory
- · In-app alert banner, updated daily
- · Restore products one at a time
- · Restore stock levels, with a preview
Pro
- · Backups kept for 365 days
- · Bulk restore many products at once
- · Checks every backup for products at 0
- · Daily backup of products and inventory
- · In-app alert banner, updated daily
- · Restore stock levels, with a preview
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureProtect your Shopify store with daily automatic backups of all your important data, including products, orders, themes, and more. Stay focused on growth while your store’s data is safely backed up and easy to restore. Whether you need to recover lost data or create staging stores for testing and expansion, Backup Labs has you covered. All data is securely stored in Switzerland, ensuring top-level protection.
Once a day, Lifeboat copies your products and stock levels. You can also back up by hand. Open a backup and pick what to put back. A product rolls back to that day: title, price, variants, tags, custom fields. A deleted one is recreated with its inventory tracking setting. Stock is restored per location. Check the quantity now and the one to write, then write it back. Stock sold after the preview is left alone.
- Daily Automatic Backups: Products, orders, themes, images and more...
- Restore individual items or your complete store in just one click.
- Data securely stored in Switzerland.
- Backs up your products and inventory quantities once a day, and on demand.
- Restores a product's title, price, variants, tags and custom fields.
- Restores stock per location, showing current and backed-up quantities first.
- Recreates a deleted product, keeping cost, HS code and inventory tracking.
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 Labs |  Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Labs | Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 16 | 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 Labs | Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $9/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Backup Labs | Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #34 | #598 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 30, 2024 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 12 |
| Developer | Ecom Labs | simple-extensions |
FAQ
Backup Labs and Lifeboat: common questions
- Is Backup Labs or Lifeboat cheaper?
- Only Lifeboat lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Backup Labs and $9/month for Lifeboat. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Lifeboat lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory levels, Time-based. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- 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 13, 2026 for Backup Labs, Oct 14, 2026 for Lifeboat; 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 13, 2026 for Backup Labs, Oct 14, 2026 for Lifeboat. 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.