6 Rewind Backups alternatives for Shopify in 2026

This guide is for merchants who run Rewind Backups on their Shopify store, or are weighing it, and want to know which other backup apps are worth considering. Rewind Backups has the longest track record and the most reviews in the category, but a price rise and gaps in what gets restored push some stores to shop around. Quick answer: BackupMaster Backups is the strongest Rewind Backups alternative for most stores. It starts at the same $19/month, lists a wider set of backed-up data (including inventory and menus), has the Built for Shopify badge, and holds a 4.8 rating across 124 reviews.

Why merchants look for Rewind Backups alternatives

Merchants look for Rewind Backups alternatives mainly because of a price rise and billing problems, and because some data did not come back the way they expected when they restored. We read 14 low-star reviews of Rewind Backups (10 of the 34 one-star reviews and all 4 two-star reviews), and these were the recurring themes:

• Price and billing (9 of 14): the entry price roughly doubled from $9 to $19 a month in late 2025, and some reviewers describe charges higher than expected, billing after cancelling, or charges while the account was deactivated.
• Restore gaps (5 of 14): reviewers say inventory quantities and tracking were not restored, manual collection sort orders were lost, and parts of the site needed manual fixes after a full recovery. One reviewer says a restore did not work at all. Rewind's replies point to Shopify API limits, and some merchants only found the gaps at restore time.
• Export and offline copies (3 of 14): reviewers say you cannot simply download a backup yourself, or that the export file is hard to use. Two of these reviews date from 2017 and 2022.
• Support speed (3 of 14): slow replies on a theme restore, no reply at all, or no human on the chat.
• Cancelling (2 of 14): two reviewers found it hard to cancel.
• Single-field restores (1 of 14, from 2022): one reviewer wanted to restore just one field, such as price, and found comparing versions tedious.
• Inactivity (1 of 14): one account was deactivated after 90 days without a login.

To be fair to Rewind Backups, the low-star reviews are a small share of 631 ratings, and 574 of those are five-star. The positive reviews describe an app that is easy to install and leave running, does not slow the store, and restores quickly, from single products up to near-full rollbacks. Support gets a lot of praise for being fast and patient, and several merchants credit the app with saving them after major data loss. Rewind Backups launched in January 2016, keeps 365 days of history, backs up metafields plus Klaviyo and Mailchimp data, and its Protection Suite ($99/month) adds QA testing, downtime monitoring, bulk-change alerts, GA4 monitoring and a staging environment. If those extras matter to you, or you value its long record, staying put is reasonable.

Rewind Backups alternatives compared

The Rewind Backups alternatives below range from full-store backup apps at the same price to cheaper tools priced by catalog size, plus one product-history app for undoing edits.

How we compared: we read each app's Shopify App Store listing in November 2026, along with Rewind Backups' low-star reviews and the rating breakdown and review summary on BackupMaster Backups' listing. We did not read reviews for the other alternatives, and we did not check every backup app in the category, so other options exist. Prices and ratings can change, so check each listing before you decide.

One thing to notice before the details: pricing models differ. Rewind Backups and BackupMaster Backups charge by monthly orders, Talon Backups, Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore and StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore charge by product count, and Syncora: Backup & Restore uses both. A store with a small catalog and lots of orders will pay very differently under each model.

The alternatives in detail

The six Rewind Backups alternatives below are ordered by how well they serve most stores on the evidence, starting with the best-reviewed full-store backup app and ending with a lighter product-history tool.

BackupMaster Backups

BackupMaster Backups is the closest like-for-like replacement for Rewind Backups, with stronger reviews and a broader listed scope. It runs daily and on-demand backups of products, collections, themes, files, metafields, metaobjects, blogs, menus, translations, customers, orders and inventory, with restores one at a time or in bulk, 365-day history and unlimited storage. It is Built for Shopify, SOC 2 audited every year, GDPR compliant and hosted on Microsoft Azure. On Pro and above you can download backups, schedule Google Drive exports and copy data to another store, which speaks directly to the export complaints in Rewind's reviews.

Pricing: Agency is free for Shopify Partner development stores only. Essentials is $19/month or $205.20/year (up to 300 orders a month), Pro is $39/month or $421.20/year (up to 600 orders), and Plus is $79/month or $853.20/year (up to 1,500 orders, with audit logs, custom backup time, multi-store pricing and priority support). Higher volumes are on the developer's pricing page. Paid plans have a 7-day free trial.

Best for: established stores that want a full-store backup like Rewind, plus compliance credentials and store copying.

Watch out for: pricing by monthly orders, as with Rewind, and downloads, Google Drive exports and store copying start at Pro ($39/month).

BackupMaster Backups on the Shopify App Store

Syncora: Backup & Restore

Syncora: Backup & Restore is the low-cost pick for stores that want real-time backups and a copy they control. It backs up products, orders, customers, collections, segments, pages, blogs, files, themes, metafields and metaobjects in real time or on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule. Restores are one click, with a side-by-side comparison before you confirm. Starter and above add an extra copy in your own Google Drive, and the Free plan lists backups and exports to S3, R2, B2 or SSH. It also syncs products and content between stores, sends an email alert on every backup, is Built for Shopify and is available in six languages.

Pricing: Free (up to 50 products, unlimited pages and blogs, 1 month of history). Starter $6.99/month (700 products, 300 orders a month, 2 months of history). Growth $19.99/month (3,000 products, 600 orders, 6 months, priority live chat). Pro $49.99/month (6,000 products, 1,000 orders, 1 year). A free trial is not listed.

Best for: budget-conscious small stores that want real-time backups, a preview before restoring and an off-Shopify copy.

Watch out for: short history on lower plans (2 months on Starter, 6 on Growth) and only 18 reviews since its January 2025 launch.

Syncora: Backup & Restore on the Shopify App Store

Talon Backups

Talon Backups is a cheaper daily snapshot tool priced by catalog size instead of orders. It takes a full automatic backup every 24 hours plus on-demand backups, shows a timeline of changes to themes, products, collections, orders, customers and more, and lets you compare record versions before restoring a single record or the whole store by date. Every plan keeps 1 year of history and includes blog, page, collection and theme backups. It is Built for Shopify.

Pricing: Basic $9/month (1,000 products), Business $19/month (5,000 products, optional order and customer backups up to 50k), Business Plus $35/month (20,000 products, up to 200k orders and customers, metafield backups), Enterprise $69/month (40,000 products, up to 400k, metafields). All plans have a 7-day free trial.

Best for: stores with high order volume and a modest catalog that want a full year of history at a low price.

Watch out for: metafield backups only from Business Plus, order and customer backups not on Basic, daily rather than real-time backups, and the lowest rating here (4.1 from 43 reviews, with 9% one-star).

Talon Backups on the Shopify App Store

Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore

Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore lists three things Rewind's critics ask for: inventory restore, self-serve restores and anytime export. Every backup is verified (downloaded again, decrypted and checksummed) and stored with two independent providers. You can restore one product or the whole store yourself with a preview, and a safety copy is taken first so a restore can be undone. Products, collections, inventory, pages and theme restore in the app, and the full backup exports as CSV or JSON at any time. Order backups skip customer names, addresses, IP and device data.

Pricing: Free (up to 500 products, 30-day history, nightly backups, weekly above 500 products). Protect $9/month (5,000 products, hourly checkpoints, 1-year history, full order history, failed-backup alerts). Vault $19/month (25,000 products, same-day support). Scale $79/month (250,000 products). Trials are 7 days on Protect and Vault, 14 on Scale.

Best for: small and mid-size catalogs that want a generous free plan or a $9 tier with restores they can undo.

Watch out for: a July 2026 launch with one review, no Built for Shopify badge, and blogs, menus, discounts and orders that export but do not restore in the app.

Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore on the Shopify App Store

StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore

StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore stands out for stating its restore limits upfront, which suits merchants burned by surprise gaps. It backs up products, collections, pages, blogs, navigation and themes as they change, keeping every version, with inventory snapshots and restore on paid plans. You approve a list of exact changes before a restore, can undo what a restore overwrote, and get regular emailed proof that the backup can be restored. The listing says plainly that orders and customers are archived and exportable but cannot be restored.

Pricing: Free (50 products, 7 days of history), Starter $9/month (1,000 products, 30 days), Growth $19/month (10,000 products, 90 days), Pro $39/month (unlimited products, 365 days). Founding prices for the first 100 stores are $4.50, $9.50 and $19.50 a month. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial. It is priced by catalog size, never by order volume.

Best for: busy stores with a small catalog that want unlimited orders and a clear picture of what will come back.

Watch out for: no reviews yet (launched August 2026), no Built for Shopify badge, short history below Pro, and no restore for orders or customers.

StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore on the Shopify App Store

SO: Product History & Revert

Disclosure: Miso Apps, our sister studio, makes this app.

SO: Product History & Revert is not a full-store backup, so it only replaces Rewind Backups if your main worry is undoing product edits. It logs changes to products, variants, images, metafields, SEO, tags and collections, shows old and new values side by side, and lets you revert one field, one edit or many changes at once. You can roll a product back to an earlier point in time and restore deleted products as drafts with their variants, images and collections. Reverting a single field, such as price, matches the one 2022 Rewind review that asked for it.

Pricing: Free (10 products tracked, 1 month of history, 10 reverts a month). Starter $7.99/month, Growth $12.99/month, Scale $17.99/month, Enterprise $34.99/month (up to 15,000 products and 24 months of history). Yearly prices are available, and paid plans have a 7-day free trial.

Best for: stores where bulk edits, apps or team members change product data and you want to undo specific fields quickly.

Watch out for: products only, with no backup of orders, customers or themes, and tracked-product limits on each plan. Check the listing for current reviews.

SO: Product History & Revert on the Shopify App Store

Should you switch?

Whether you should switch from Rewind Backups depends on what you need restored, how you want to pay and how much track record you require.

• You use Protection Suite features (QA testing, downtime monitoring, staging): stay on Rewind Backups.
• You want the longest track record and Rewind restores have worked for you: stay on Rewind Backups.
• You want a full backup at the same price with better ratings and self-serve exports: BackupMaster Backups.
• You are a small store on a tight budget: Syncora: Backup & Restore, accepting shorter history on low plans.
• You have many orders but a modest catalog: Talon Backups, or StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore if you can accept an unproven app.
• Inventory restore and undoable restores are must-haves: Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore or StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore, both new.
• You mostly need to undo product edits, field by field: SO: Product History & Revert, alongside a full backup if you also need orders, customers or themes covered.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free alternative to Rewind Backups for Shopify?

Several Rewind Backups alternatives have free plans for small catalogs. Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore is free up to 500 products with 30 days of history, Syncora: Backup & Restore and StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore are free up to 50 products, and SO: Product History & Revert tracks 10 products free. BackupMaster Backups is free only for Shopify Partner development stores.

Which Shopify backup app restores inventory?

Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore lists inventory restore inside the app, and StoreVault ‑ Backup & Restore includes inventory snapshots and restore on paid plans. BackupMaster Backups names inventory among its backed-up data. Some Rewind Backups reviewers say inventory quantities were not restored, so check each listing for exactly what comes back.

Can I download or export my Shopify store backup?

Yes, several apps let you keep your own copy. Savepoint ‑ Backup & Restore exports the full backup as CSV or JSON at any time, Syncora: Backup & Restore copies backups to your Google Drive or other storage, and BackupMaster Backups offers downloads and Google Drive exports from its Pro plan ($39/month).

Is BackupMaster Backups better than Rewind Backups?

BackupMaster Backups has a higher rating than Rewind Backups (4.8 from 124 reviews versus 4.3 from 631), the Built for Shopify badge, and the same $19/month starting price. Rewind Backups has far more reviews, a longer history and the Protection Suite extras. For a plain full-store backup with exports, BackupMaster Backups has the edge on the listing evidence.

Can I restore just one product field, like a price, on Shopify?

SO: Product History & Revert lets you revert a single field, one edit or many changes at once, with old and new values side by side. It covers products only, so it does not replace a full backup of orders, customers or themes.

Before you switch

Before you switch from Rewind Backups, plan the move so you are never without a working backup.

1. Keep Rewind Backups running until the new app has completed its first full backup and you have checked it.
2. Try the new app on a development store or with a test product first, and run a real restore so you see what comes back.
3. Compare the list of what each app restores, not just what it backs up, especially inventory, collection sort order, orders and customers.
4. Export any data you want to keep from Rewind Backups before cancelling.
5. Work out total cost at your real order volume and catalog size, since some apps charge by orders and others by products.
6. When you cancel, confirm in your Shopify billing that charges have stopped.