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 SO History from its own listing, read on 2026-10-14, and links each fact to the page it came from. Its developer is Miso Apps, and the listing gives 2025-12-26 as its launch date. SO History may have changed since, so check it. SO History is another company's product and Actorly is not affiliated with it. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly.
Side by side.
| Topic | SO History | Actorly |
|---|---|---|
| The job | Product edit history across a team, with revert of one field, one edit or many changes. listing | A searchable record of what changed in your store, with the old and new value. |
| What it keeps | Products, variants, images, metafields, SEO data, tags and collections. listing | The changes it sees across 25 parts of a store, from the day it is installed. Not a copy of the store. |
| Restore | One field, one edit or many changes; a product to how it looked at a point in time; deleted products from its recorded history. 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 | Stated: which staff member made a change, on its free and paid plans. listing | Product changes only, when Shopify reports it, beside Likely or Possible, and Unknown where Shopify records no one. |
| History kept | 1 month on Free, 3 on Starter, 6 on Growth, 12 on Scale, 24 on Enterprise. listing | Three months on Watch. Unlimited while on Restore. |
| Price and trial | Free for 10 products; $7.99 up to $34.99 a month by number of products tracked, 30 up to 15,000, with 7-day trials on paid plans. 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 SO History's page does not say, not that the thing is missing. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly.
Which to pick.
- You want a whole product restored to an earlier point in time, or many changes undone at once.
- You want deleted products recovered from history.
- You want up to 24 months of history on its top plan.
- 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.
SO History source.
- SO: Product History & Revert, read on 2026-10-14
Questions.
Is Actorly an alternative to SO History?
They overlap: both keep a record of changes to a store. SO: Product History & Revert describes itself as a way to track every product edit across your team, then undo changes. 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 SO History together?
They are separate, and Actorly keeps its own record from the day it is installed, whatever else is on the store. What SO History 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 SO History?
No. SO History 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.