--- title: Talon alternative: Actorly vs Talon | Actorly description: Talon and Actorly side by side: what each keeps, who made a change, and when to pick each. Every Talon fact links its own page, read 2026-10-14. canonical: https://actorly.app/compare/talon-backups --- # Actorly vs Talon Talon Backups describes itself as automatic daily backup of your most important store data, with restore by date or of a single record. Actorly keeps a record of what changed in your store: the old and new value of each change, who made a product change when Shopify reports it, and select fields put back. Read from Talon's own listing on 2026-10-14. [Install free on Shopify](https://apps.shopify.com/actorly) [What Actorly tracks](https://actorly.app/coverage) ## The short version. A backup answers "give me the store as it was." A change history answers "what changed, when, from what to what, and who made it when Shopify reports it." They overlap when something goes wrong, which is why people searching for one find the other. Actorly keeps changes, not a copy of the store. This page describes Talon from its own listing, read on 2026-10-14, and links each fact to the page it came from. Its developer is Talon Commerce, and the listing gives 2017-06-21 as its launch date. Talon may have changed since, so check it. Talon is another company's product and Actorly is not affiliated with it. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly. ## Side by side. TopicTalonActorly The jobAutomatic daily and on-demand backup of store data, with a comparison view of what changed and when. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1) A searchable record of what changed in your store, with the old and new value. What it keepsThemes, products, collections, blog posts and pages; orders, customers and metafields as optional or higher-plan additions, as its description says. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1) The changes it sees across 25 parts of a store, from the day it is installed. Not a copy of the store. RestoreFull restore by date, and recovery of a specific single record. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1) 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 changeNot stated. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1) Product changes only, when Shopify reports it, beside Likely or Possible, and Unknown where Shopify records no one. History keptOne year of history, listed on every plan. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1) Three months on Watch. Unlimited while on Restore. Price and trial$9, $19, $35 or $69 a month by plan, each listed with a 7-day free trial. [listing](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1) 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 Talon's page does not say, not that the thing is missing. We make Actorly, so weigh our entry accordingly. ## Which to pick. **Pick Talon if** - You want a copy of store data, themes included, to restore from, with orders and customers as an optional add-on. - You want to restore to an earlier date. - You want a year of history on every plan. **Pick Actorly if** - 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. ## Talon source. - [Talon Backups](https://apps.shopify.com/backup-1), read on 2026-10-14 ## Questions. ### Is Actorly an alternative to Talon? They do different jobs. Talon Backups describes itself as automatic daily backup of your most important store data, with restore by date or of a single record. Actorly keeps a record of what changed and can put select fields back. If you need a copy of the store to restore from, Talon's own listing describes that job; Actorly does not do it. ### Can I use Actorly and Talon together? They are separate, and Actorly keeps its own record from the day it is installed, whatever else is on the store. What Talon 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 Talon? No. Talon 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. ## Keep reading. **Start the record today.** Your history starts the day you install. Actorly Watch is free, with no clock. [Install free on Shopify](https://apps.shopify.com/actorly)