Lifeboat ‑ Backup & Restore vs Syncora: 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 29, 2026 for Syncora.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $9.99/month for Syncora.
- Syncora lists 12 features Lifeboat’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-update, Bulk export, Bulk import.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
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
- · 1 month backup history
- · Backups & exports to S3, R2, B2, SSH
- · One-click ZIP of files, pages, blogs
- · Unlimited Blog Backup
- · Unlimited Page Backup
- · Up to 50 Products Backup
Starter
- · 2 month backup history
- · Automatic backup to Google Drive
- · Customers, files, collections, themes
- · Metafields, metaobjects, segments
- · One-click restore with version compare
- · Real-time and scheduled backups
Growth
- · Everything in Starter
- · Extended 6-month backup history
- · Priority Live Chat Support
- · Priority technical support
- · Up to 3000 Products & 600 orders / month
Pro
- · 1 year backup history
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority Live Chat Support
- · Priority technical support
- · Up to 6000 Products & 1000 orders /month
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.
Syncora backs up everything in your store — products, orders, customers, collections, segments, pages, blogs, files, themes, metafields, and metaobjects — automatically, in real time or on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule. If something is deleted or edited by mistake, restore any item to an earlier version in one click, with a side-by-side view before you confirm.
- 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.
- Secure your store with real-time backups for products, themes, videos, and files
- Restore entire stores or specific data quickly and effortlessly with one click.
- Automatically sync your backups to Google Drive for added security and access.
- Schedule daily or weekly automatic backups to protect your vital store data.
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 |  Syncora |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Syncora |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.6 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 23 |
| 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 Syncora: common questions
- Is Lifeboat or Syncora cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lifeboat and $9.99/month for Syncora. 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 2 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory levels, Time-based. Syncora lists 12 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-update, Bulk export, Bulk import, Collections. 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 29, 2026 for Syncora; 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 29, 2026 for Syncora. 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.