Failsafe Backup & Restore vs Talon Backups
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 19, 2026 for Talon Backups.
The short answer
- Failsafe Backup & Restore lists 2 features Talon Backups’s listing doesn’t mention, including Scheduled tasks, Time-based.
Head to head
Diff Historic Changes, Undo Mistakes, Recover, and Restore.
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Basic
- · 1 Year of History
- · 1,000 Product Backups
- · Advanced Record Difference View
- · Blog, Page, Collection, & Theme Backups
- · Daily Automatic Backup
- · On-Demand Backups
Business
- · 1 Year of History
- · 5,000 Product Backups
- · Advanced Record Difference View
- · Blog, Page, Collection, & Theme Backups
- · Daily Automatic Backup
- · On-Demand Backups
Business Plus
- · 1 Year of History
- · 20,000 Product Backups
- · Advanced Record Difference View
- · Blog, Page, Collection, & Theme Backups
- · Daily Automatic Backup
- · Metafield Backups
Enterprise
- · 1 Year of History
- · 40,000 Product Backups
- · Advanced Record Difference View
- · Blog, Page, Collection, & Theme Backups
- · Daily Automatic Backup
- · Metafield Backups
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.
You need to update themes, add apps, modify product descriptions, or edit other store content. Each change to your store carries the risk of irreversible data loss. Talon Backups automatically saves daily snapshots and keeps a timeline of changes to your store's data: themes, products, collections, orders, customers, and more. Review how your store's content and data change over time.
- 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.
- A complete backup is made automatically every 24 hours and on-demand.
- A detailed comparison view helps you keep track of what changed and when.
- Provides full restore by date as well as specific single-record recovery.
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 |  Talon Backups |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Talon Backups |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.1 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 43 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 1 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Failsafe Backup & Restore | Talon Backups |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $9/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Failsafe Backup & Restore | Talon Backups |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #21 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Jun 17, 2026 | Jun 21, 2017 |
| Languages | 2 | 1 |
| Developer | Keepstone Labs | Talon Commerce |
FAQ
Failsafe Backup & Restore and Talon Backups: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Failsafe Backup & Restore lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Scheduled tasks, 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 Jun 23, 2026 for Failsafe Backup & Restore, Oct 19, 2026 for Talon Backups; 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 19, 2026 for Talon Backups. 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.