Brightshelf Catalog Backup vs MakeBackup
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 6, 2026 for Brightshelf Catalog Backup, Nov 3, 2026 for MakeBackup.
The short answer
- Only Brightshelf Catalog Backup lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.99/month for Brightshelf Catalog Backup and $6.99/month for MakeBackup.
Head to head
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
Backup now
- · Kept for 30 days
- · One snapshot: download and restore
- · One-time; doesn't start a subscription
Starter
- · Up to 1,000 products
Growth
- · Up to 10,000 products
Plus
- · Up to 50,000 products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCatalog 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.
MakeBackup keeps a nightly backup of your products, collections, menus, pages, blogs and redirects, and lets you restore only what broke. Restore a whole product or just one field, preview every change first, and bring back deleted products in one click. Manual collection sort order and inventory tracking are included. Download any backup as JSON or CSV yourself. Orders and customers are not stored.
- 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
- Nightly automatic backups, plus Back up now
- Restore one item or one field with a preview first
- Keeps manual collection sort order and smart rules
- Deleted items list with one-click restore
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $8.99/month | $6.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 4, 2026 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Brightshelf | DSM-AI-DEVELOPMENT |
FAQ
Brightshelf Catalog Backup and MakeBackup: common questions
- Is Brightshelf Catalog Backup or MakeBackup cheaper?
- Only Brightshelf Catalog Backup lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.99/month for Brightshelf Catalog Backup and $6.99/month for MakeBackup. 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 Nov 6, 2026 for Brightshelf Catalog Backup, Nov 3, 2026 for MakeBackup; 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 Nov 6, 2026 for Brightshelf Catalog Backup, Nov 3, 2026 for MakeBackup. 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.