What Is TinyBackup?
TinyBackup is a backup and restore app for Shopify that quietly keeps versioned copies of your store data so you can undo a disaster in seconds. It’s listed on the Shopify App Store as TinyBackup ‑ Backups & restore, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and comes from TK Digital, the team behind the popular TinyIMG/TinySEO app suite.
It holds a perfect 5 rating across 53 reviews - a small but spotless track record - and the developer reports more than 3,000 stores protected and over 100 million backups created.
The pitch is simple, and it’s the right one for this category. The site sums it up as “Your Shopify store. Always recoverable.” Install it, activate it, forget about it, and only think about it again on the day something goes wrong. That “insurance you hope you never use” philosophy is exactly what you want from a backup tool.
Why You Need a Backup App at All
It’s worth stating plainly, because a lot of merchants assume they’re covered: Shopify does not keep a restorable backup of your individual store data. Shopify protects its own platform, but if a product gets deleted, a theme edit goes wrong, a bulk import overwrites your catalog, or a third-party app corrupts your data, Shopify support generally can’t put it back. Shopify’s own documentation recommends using a backup app. TinyBackup exists to close that gap.
First Impressions and Setup
Setup is about as fast as it gets. TinyBackup installs cleanly, and within a minute of activating it the app is already capturing your store in the background - no configuration marathon, no code. After that initial setup it runs on its own, which is the whole point. You’re not meant to babysit a backup app; you’re meant to install it and let it work.
Key Features We Tested
Automatic and On-Demand Backups
TinyBackup runs automatic daily backups and lets you trigger on-demand backups whenever you’re about to do something risky - a big import, a theme change, a migration. It also captures point-in-time snapshots so you can roll your store back to a specific moment rather than just the last nightly copy. For everyday protection, the set-and-forget daily cadence covers most merchants without any thought.
One-Click Restore
This is where a backup app earns its keep, and TinyBackup keeps it genuinely simple. You pick a backup or an individual item version and restore it in one click. Crucially, you can restore a single record - one accidentally deleted or edited product - without rolling back your entire store. Restores take seconds to minutes depending on the volume of data.
The real-world track record backs this up. The developer’s Bed World case study describes restoring 18,359 products after a security incident, with the store “trading again in just over a day” instead of the weeks a manual rebuild would have taken. App Store reviews echo it - one merchant recovered 12,000 accidentally deleted products, another restored collections after Shopify said recovery was impossible. That’s the difference between a backup app that looks good in a demo and one that actually saves your store.
Change-History Viewer
TinyBackup’s side-by-side change-history viewer shows exactly what changed and when, so you can compare versions before you restore. That means you’re never restoring blind: you see the difference, confirm it’s the version you want, and put it back. It’s the feature that turns “I think this is the right backup” into “I know it is.”
What It Backs Up
TinyBackup covers the data most at risk from human error and app mishaps:
- Products and collections
- Pages and blog articles
- Customers
- Themes
- Metafields
- Store settings (including shipping profiles)
As with any backup app, understand the scope: TinyBackup focuses on your structured store data and content - the things you edit, import, and can accidentally break - rather than acting as a full off-platform data warehouse.
Pricing Breakdown
TinyBackup uses order-based pricing with a genuinely usable free tier to start:
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 50 product backups, 1 month of history |
| Tiny | $11/mo | 150 orders, 1,500 product backups; unlimited customers, pages, blogs, themes, metafields, settings; change-history comparison |
| Medium | $17/mo | 300 orders, 3,000 product backups; unlimited for everything else; change-history comparison |
| Large | $33/mo | 600 orders, 6,000 product backups; unlimited for everything else; change-history comparison |
All paid plans come with a 7-day free trial. Pricing scales with your order volume and catalog size, so a larger store lands on a higher tier - but even the top listed plan is inexpensive relative to the cost of recovering from a single serious data loss.
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Effortless setup - install, activate, and it protects you in the background
- Automatic daily backups plus on-demand snapshots
- One-click restore, down to a single product version
- Change-history viewer so you can see exactly what you’re restoring
- Built for Shopify certified, with a perfect 5 rating across 53 reviews
- Free plan to try it, paid plans starting at just $11/month
Cons:
- Order-based pricing means costs rise as your store grows
- The free plan (50 product backups, 1 month history) is a starter, not a long-term solution
- Focused on store data and content, not a full off-platform data export tool
- Small (though flawless) review count compared to older, larger apps
Who Should Use TinyBackup?
TinyBackup is an easy recommendation for almost any Shopify store that wants automatic protection without the setup overhead - especially small to mid-sized merchants who want to install one app, forget about it, and know they can undo a mistake instantly. It’s ideal if you frequently edit products, run bulk imports, or have staff and apps making changes to your store.
Very large or compliance-heavy operations that need SOC 2 paperwork, data-residency guarantees, or an enterprise protection suite may want to compare it against heavier options - but for the vast majority of stores, TinyBackup does the core job better and more simply than most.
Verdict
TinyBackup nails the one thing a backup app has to get right: making protection effortless and restores instant. Setup takes under a minute, backups happen automatically, and when something goes wrong you can see exactly what changed and put it back with a click. The change-history viewer is a genuinely useful touch, and the free-to-start, $11/month entry pricing removes any excuse not to be protected. Its perfect 5 rating across 53 reviews reflects an app that quietly does its job.
The only real consideration is scope and pricing: it’s order-based, and it’s a store-data backup tool rather than a full data warehouse. For what the vast majority of Shopify merchants actually need - a reliable safety net against accidental deletes, bad imports, and app mishaps - TinyBackup is one of the easiest apps on this list to recommend.
See how it stacks up against Rewind, BackupMaster, Talon, and the rest in our best Shopify backup apps guide, or browse more no-cost tools in our best free Shopify apps roundup.
Frequently Asked Questions
Doesn't Shopify already back up my store?
No, and this catches a lot of merchants off guard. Shopify backs up its own platform infrastructure, but it does not keep a restorable copy of your individual store data. If you, a staff member, or a third-party app deletes or overwrites products, collections, or theme code, Shopify support generally cannot restore it for you. Shopify itself recommends using a backup app. That gap is exactly what TinyBackup fills - it keeps versioned copies of your store data so you can roll back a mistake in seconds.
Does TinyBackup have a free plan?
Yes. The free plan covers up to 50 product backups with one month of history, which is enough for a very small catalog or to test the app before committing. Paid plans start at $11/month (Tiny) and scale by order volume and product count from there. For most real stores the free plan is a starting point rather than a permanent solution, since 50 products and one month of history is quickly outgrown, but it's a genuine way to try the app risk-free.
What does TinyBackup actually back up?
TinyBackup captures products, collections, pages, blog articles, customers, themes, metafields, and store settings such as shipping profiles. It runs automatic daily backups plus on-demand backups whenever you need one, and it can trigger point-in-time snapshots so you can restore your store to a specific moment. The one thing to understand about any backup app is scope - TinyBackup focuses on your store's structured data and content, which is the data most at risk from accidental edits, bad imports, or misbehaving apps.
How does restoring work with TinyBackup?
Restoring is a one-click operation. You pick a daily backup or an individual version of an item, use the side-by-side change-history viewer to see exactly what changed and when, and restore either a single record or a larger rollback. Because you can see the difference before restoring, you're not rolling back blind - you can recover one accidentally edited product without touching the rest of your store. Restores typically take seconds to minutes depending on how much data is involved.
How much does TinyBackup cost?
TinyBackup has a free plan (50 product backups, one month of history) and three paid tiers that scale with order volume and catalog size: Tiny at $11/month (150 orders, 1,500 product backups), Medium at $17/month (300 orders, 3,000 product backups), and Large at $33/month (600 orders, 6,000 product backups). All paid plans include unlimited backups for customers, pages, blogs, themes, metafields, and settings, plus the change-history comparison, and come with a 7-day free trial. For most stores, a backup app costs far less than recovering from a single serious data loss.
