The short version.
Both keep a record of changes to a Shopify store. They differ in what they see, how long they keep it, how a person or app is named, and what you can do afterwards. The table puts each side by side, from the listing.
This page describes ESTS from its own listing, read on 2026-10-14, and links each fact to the page it came from. Its developer is Expound Coderz Pvt Ltd, and the listing gives 2026-05-01 as its launch date. ESTS may have changed since, so check it. ESTS is another company's product and Actorly is not affiliated with it. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly.
Side by side.
| Topic | ESTS | Actorly |
|---|---|---|
| The job | Real-time logs of store activity for products, orders, inventory and customers. listing | A searchable record of what changed in your store, with the old and new value. |
| What it keeps | Product, order, inventory and customer events, with the action, the time and the old and new values. listing | The changes it sees across 25 parts of a store, from the day it is installed. Not a copy of the store. |
| Restore | Not stated. listing | One field at a time, for 15 named fields, after you confirm the exact value, checked afterwards. No bulk restore, no whole-store restore, no restore to a date. |
| Who made a change | Not stated. listing | Product changes only, when Shopify reports it, beside Likely or Possible, and Unknown where Shopify records no one. |
| History kept | Not stated. listing | Three months on Watch. Unlimited while on Restore. |
| Price and trial | $4.99 a month, with a 7-day free trial. listing | Watch is $0, with no clock. Restore is $29 a month or $240 a year. Billed by Shopify, never per change. No trial. |
A cell that says Not stated means ESTS's page does not say, not that the thing is missing. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly.
Which to pick.
- You want product, order, inventory and customer events in one log.
- You want to see what changed, when, and from what to what, without a copy of the store behind it.
- You want who made a product change shown only when Shopify reports it, beside how sure Actorly is, with Unknown shown rather than a guess.
- You want to put one field back and have Actorly check that it took.
- You want your history free to see.
They can sit side by side: each keeps its own record.
What Actorly will not do.
- It does not copy or restore a whole store.
- It does not restore themes or customers, and it never changes an order.
- It does not bring back a deleted product: deleted items are kept and shown, not recreated.
- The record starts the day Actorly is installed. It cannot show what your store looked like before that.
ESTS source.
- ESTS Admin Activity Log, read on 2026-10-14
Questions.
Is Actorly an alternative to ESTS?
They overlap: both keep a record of changes to a store. ESTS Admin Activity Log describes itself as real-time tracking of store activity, with detailed logs for products, orders and more. Actorly's own list of what it records, and what it cannot, is on the Coverage page. Which fits depends on the changes you need to see.
Can I use Actorly and ESTS together?
They are separate, and Actorly keeps its own record from the day it is installed, whatever else is on the store. What ESTS does on its own side is for its listing to say.
Does Actorly show who made a change?
Only for product changes, only when Shopify reports it, and always with how sure Actorly is. Where Shopify records no one, the answer is Unknown, and Unknown is permanent.
What does Actorly cost?
Actorly Watch costs $0 and keeps three months of change history and one restore a month. Actorly Restore is $29 a month or $240 a year. Shopify bills it, never per change. There is no trial.
Is Actorly affiliated with ESTS?
No. ESTS is another company's product, described here from its own listing as read on 2026-10-14. It may have changed since, so check it.