Failsafe Backup & Restore 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 Jun 23, 2026 for Failsafe Backup & Restore, Oct 14, 2026 for Lifeboat.
The short answer
- Only Lifeboat lists a free plan.
- Failsafe Backup & Restore lists 1 features Lifeboat’s listing doesn’t mention, including Scheduled tasks.
Head to head
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 featureOne bad import, a misbehaving app, or a bulk edit can undo months of work in seconds. Failsafe backs up your products, variants, inventory, collections, and metafields daily and on demand. When something breaks, you see exactly what changed, choose what to restore, and preview it all before applying. Deleted products come back with their URL and SEO intact.
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.
- Automatic daily backups, plus on-demand backups whenever you need one.
- Preview exactly what changed and choose what to restore, item by item.
- Recover deleted products with their URL handles and SEO intact.
- Deleted collections come back complete, with rules and manual order intact.
- 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 |  Failsafe Backup & Restore |  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 | Failsafe Backup & Restore | Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Failsafe Backup & Restore | Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $9/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Failsafe Backup & Restore | Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #323(ahead) | #598 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 17, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Languages | 2 | 12 |
| Developer | Keepstone Labs | simple-extensions |
FAQ
Failsafe Backup & Restore and Lifeboat: common questions
- Is Failsafe Backup & Restore or Lifeboat cheaper?
- Only Lifeboat lists a free plan. 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?
- Failsafe Backup & Restore lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Scheduled tasks. Lifeboat lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory levels. 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 Jun 23, 2026 for Failsafe Backup & Restore, 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 Jun 23, 2026 for Failsafe Backup & Restore, 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.