Lifeboat ‑ Backup & Restore vs Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Lifeboat, Oct 22, 2026 for Savepoint.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $9/month for Savepoint.
- Lifeboat lists 1 features Savepoint’s listing doesn’t mention, including Inventory levels.
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
Free
- · 30-day backup history
- · Nightly backup, weekly over 500 products
- · One-click export (CSV/JSON)
- · Order backup from 60 days before turn-on
- · Product, collection & theme images
- · Restore one item or the whole store
Protect
- · 1-year backup history
- · Backup failure email alerts
- · Everything in Free
- · Files library copies, size caps apply
- · Full order history backup
- · Hourly checkpoints on store changes
Vault
- · Everything in Protect
- · Support replies the same business day
- · Up to 25,000 products
Scale
- · Everything in Vault
- · Up to 250,000 products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureOnce 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.
A bad CSV import or deleted product shouldn't ruin your day. Open Savepoint once after installing to start backups. Each backup is encrypted, stored with two independent providers and checked before it counts. Restore one product or everything: pick a moment, preview, confirm. Products, collections, inventory, pages and theme restore in-app.
- 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.
- Automatic daily backups plus hourly checkpoints when your store changes
- Every backup verified: re-downloaded, decrypted, and checked before it counts
- Self-serve restore with a preview of exactly what will change - no tickets
- A safety snapshot before every restore, so restores themselves can be undone
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 |  Lifeboat |  Savepoint |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Lifeboat | Savepoint |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Lifeboat and Savepoint: common questions
- Is Lifeboat or Savepoint cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $9/month for Savepoint. 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 1 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory levels. Savepoint lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Scheduled tasks. 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 14, 2026 for Lifeboat, Oct 22, 2026 for Savepoint; 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 14, 2026 for Lifeboat, Oct 22, 2026 for Savepoint. 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.