BackupSamurai: Backups Restore vs StoreBack: Backup and Restore
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 23, 2026 for BackupSamurai, Nov 11, 2026 for StoreBack.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $5/month for BackupSamurai and $9.95/month for StoreBack.
Head to head
Silver
- · 30-day retention
- · Automatic daily backups
- · Email Support
- · Includes Metafields backups
- · Up to 150 orders/month
Gold
- · 90-day retention
- · Everything on Silver
- · Google Drive & Dropbox
- · Priority email
- · Up to 300 orders/month
Platinum
- · 1-year retention
- · Everything on Gold
- · Google Drive & Dropbox
- · Up to 600 orders/month
Introduction Price
- · Bring your own storage (Google Drive)
- · Unlimited backup and restore
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShopify doesn't back up your store data. One bad app install, bulk edit, or accidental delete and your products, orders, or theme could be gone for good. Backup Samurai automatically backs up products, collections, orders, pages, blogs, discounts, metafields and themes every day. Recover from mistakes fast: restore your full store or undo changes to a single item in one click.
On-demand backups of your store catalog — products, collections, pages, blogs, theme, files, navigation, plus orders without customer details — written straight to storage you own: your Google Drive or an S3-compatible bucket. Restore at any granularity: one product, one collection, or a whole snapshot.
- Automatic daily backups with zero manual setup required
- One-click restore for your full store or individual items
- Up to 1 year of backup history with version rollback
- On-demand backup of products, collections, pages, blogs, theme, files and more
- Dated snapshots in your Google Drive or S3 bucket — yours even after uninstall
- Restore one product, one collection or a whole snapshot — preview changes first
- Additive restores: adds what's missing, replaces what you confirm, never deletes
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 |  BackupSamurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| 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 | BackupSamurai | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | BackupSamurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $5/month(ahead) | $9.95/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 30 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | BackupSamurai | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #145 | 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 2, 2026 | Nov 11, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | BuzzDigital | PayStream BV |
FAQ
BackupSamurai and StoreBack: common questions
- Is BackupSamurai or StoreBack cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $5/month for BackupSamurai and $9.95/month for StoreBack. 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 23, 2026 for BackupSamurai, Nov 11, 2026 for StoreBack; 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 23, 2026 for BackupSamurai, Nov 11, 2026 for StoreBack. 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.