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The Shopify Subscriptions alternative for subscriptions and bundles
Features covered: Supr 142 of 186. Shopify Subscriptions, as its own public pages document it: 23.
Choose Supr if you need more than the basics: bundles, build-a-box, cancellation and pause flows, journeys, loyalty and a customizable widget.
Every claim about Shopify Subscriptions on this page links to Shopify Subscriptions' own public pages.
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Install on ShopifyAt a glance
| Supr | Shopify Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| Features covered | 142 of 186 + 19 partly | 23 of 186 + 5 partly as documented |
| Subscriptions and bundles in one app | Yes | No |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | No |
| Switching to Supr | Ready-made importer | |
Feature breadth
How many features each app covers, by area.
| Area | Supr and Shopify Subscriptions |
|---|---|
| Subscriptions: offers and pricing | Supr40 of 51 + 4 partly Shopify Subscriptions6 of 51 + 1 partly |
| Storefront widget | Supr18 of 21 + 3 partly Shopify Subscriptions2 of 21 + 1 partly |
| Customer portal | Supr30 of 32 + 1 partly Shopify Subscriptions7 of 32 + 1 partly |
| Retention | Supr19 of 26 + 1 partly Shopify Subscriptions3 of 26 |
| Operations, analytics, integrations | Supr34 of 55 + 10 partly Shopify Subscriptions5 of 55 + 2 partly |
| Bundles | Supr1 of 1 Shopify Subscriptions0 of 1 |
| All features | Supr142 of 186 + 19 partly Shopify Subscriptions23 of 186 + 5 partly |
186 features that apply to Shopify Subscriptions. A feature counts for Shopify Subscriptions only when its own public pages document it, so a feature it has but does not publish is not counted. Each bar is solid for documented features and pale for partly documented ones.
Feature depth
Having a feature is not the same as having all of it. Here is how far the key ones go on each side.
Yes DocumentedPartly PartlyNo Their docs say noNot documented Not publicly documented2 apps Needs a second app
| Feature | Supr | Shopify Subscriptions, as its docs describe it |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial or discounted first order | Yes A free-trial option type: the first order free or a percentage off. | Not documented not documented |
| Prepaid | Yes Prepaid options where you choose how many orders each payment covers, plus one-off prepaid packs. | Not documented not documented |
| Subscription boxes the customer builds | Yes A build-your-own box sold on a monthly subscription, with the box discount kept on the subscription. | Not documented not documented |
| Built-in A/B testing of offers or widget | Yes Split one offer between 2 to 4 variants, evenly or by custom traffic, each with its own options, discounts and texts. | Not documented not documented |
| Swap product / variant | Yes Subscribers swap a product for another one in the same offer from the portal. | Not documented not documented |
| Change frequency | Yes Subscribers move to another subscription option from the portal. | Not documented not documented |
| Cancellation flow with reason survey | Yes Reason survey with optional free text, an alternatives step and a confirmation with a value summary, from four templates. | Not documented not documented |
| Per-reason offers | Yes Each reason carries its own offer: a discount or reward, a change of frequency, a pause or a product swap, with a cooldown and a discount cap. | Not documented not documented |
| Pause flow with limits / auto-resume | Yes A separate pause flow offered instead of cancelling, with customers brought back automatically. | Not documented not documented |
| Failed payment retries | Yes 1 to 10 retries at a fixed interval from 1 hour to 2 weeks, then fail, pause or retry next cycle. Card and store-side failures are emailed differently. | Yes source |
| Built-in subscriber loyalty rewards | Yes Reward steps by number of orders or by spend: a changed discount, a free or discounted product, free shipping or a gift card, cumulative or resetting. | Not documented not documented |
| MRR, churn, LTV dashboard | Yes MRR, subscription revenue, growth, activations, pauses, cancellations, churn, customer lifetime value, AOV, renewals, reactivations and skips. | Not documented not documented |
| Klaviyo integration | Yes Send every subscription event, or only the ones you tick, to Klaviyo and build flows on them. | Not documented not documented |
| Shipping rate control for renewals | Yes Subscription shipping profiles give an offer its own renewal rates: flat, by order amount, by weight or carrier calculated, with a handling fee. | Partly partly source Uses Shopify shipping profiles. |
| Event-triggered automation builder | Yes Journeys: a visual editor laid out like Shopify Flow, started by an order, or a subscription starting, renewing or pausing. | Not documented not documented |
| Bundle can be bought on subscription | Yes A bundle plus subscription offer: a build-your-own box on a monthly subscription keeps its bundle discount. | No per their docs source Shopify docs: bundles aren't compatible with purchase options or the Shopify Subscriptions app, so Shopify Bundles products can't be sold on subscription. |
16 flagship features, compared in detail. Supr's column describes what the app does today. The other column quotes what the app's own public pages say, linked, and shows Not documented where they do not say.
Why stores choose Supr over Shopify Subscriptions
| Supr | Shopify Subscriptions | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions and every bundle type in one app | Yes | Not documented |
| Bundles sold on subscription, with the bundle discount kept on every renewal | Yes | Not documented |
| Journeys: automations after checkout, such as trials, refills, frequency changes and loyalty | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscribers swap products themselves | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscribers change frequency themselves | Yes | Not documented |
| Free trials, starter then refills, rotating products, curated boxes | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscription shipping profiles per offer | Yes | Not documented |
| Failed payment recovery, with a choice of what happens after the last retry | Yes | Not documented |
| Cancellation and pause flows with an offer per reason | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscribers see how much they have saved | Yes | Not documented |
| Loyalty rewards by number of orders or by spend | Yes | Not documented |
| Shareable subscribe and checkout links | Yes | Not documented |
| A/B tests of whole offers | Yes | Not documented |
| Klaviyo and Omnisend flows on every subscription event, SMS steps included | Yes | Not documented |
| Shopify Flow triggers and actions | Yes | Not documented |
| Admin in 8 languages; widget, portal and emails in 100+ | Yes | Not documented |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Not documented |
Yes DocumentedPartly PartlyNo Their docs say noNot documented Not publicly documented2 apps Needs a second app
A check for Shopify Subscriptions means its own public pages say so, linked; a question mark means they do not say.
Where Supr does more
Features Supr has that Shopify Subscriptions' own documentation says it does not, or only partly.
- Bill every X, deliver every Y their docs
- Shopify Markets / multi-currency subscriptions their docs Shopify Subscriptions: partly. Contract CSV carries a currency_code that must be an active store currency.
- Colors, fonts, logo, custom CSS their docs Shopify Subscriptions: partly. Inherits Shopify customer accounts branding from the checkout and accounts editor.
- Public API their docs Shopify Subscriptions: partly. No app API.
- Shipping rate control for renewals their docs Shopify Subscriptions: partly. Uses Shopify shipping profiles.
- Bundle can be bought on subscription their docs
Where Shopify Subscriptions does more
Features Shopify Subscriptions documents that Supr does not have.
None found in their public documentation.
Both, in different ways
Shopify Subscriptions documents these, and Supr covers them its own way.
- Digital or service subscriptions. Subscriptions to products that need no shipping renew with no delivery charge. their docs
Supr features Shopify Subscriptions' docs do not mention
114 subscription and bundle features Supr has where Shopify Subscriptions' public pages do not say either way. Shopify Subscriptions may still offer some of them; check with them before you decide.
- Any day/week/month/year interval
- Discount that changes after N orders
- Free trial or discounted first order
- Prepaid
- Gift subscriptions
- Minimum commitment before cancel
- Auto-end after N orders
- Restrict offers to customer tags / logged-in customers
- Subscription boxes the customer builds
- Curated / mystery box subscriptions
- Shopper picks first delivery date on storefront
- Shareable subscribe / quick checkout links
- Merchant creates a subscription for a customer from admin
- Subscribe upsell on thank-you page / post-purchase
- Convert one-time to subscription in cart / drawer
- Price updates for existing subscribers
- Batch billing
- Skip set months automatically
- Choose per option where it is offered
- Discount codes and other automatic discounts from checkout carry onto the subscription
- Subscribe option offered inside Shopify checkout
- Custom fields, order notes and cart attributes captured at signup, kept on every renewal and editable in the portal
- Free gift added to the first subscription order only, set per subscription option
- Interval changes automatically after N orders
And 90 more in the full table below.
Switching from Shopify Subscriptions
Supr has a ready-made Shopify Subscriptions importer: export your subscriptions from Shopify Subscriptions and upload the file. Subscribers keep their schedules and prices, and in most migrations their saved payment methods stay with your store, so they do not enter their cards again. We confirm that with you before anything moves. How to switch from Shopify Subscriptions.
Every feature, side by side
Yes DocumentedPartly PartlyNo Their docs say noNot documented Not publicly documented2 apps Needs a second app
| Feature | Supr | Shopify Subscriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions: offers and pricing 51 features | ||
| Any day/week/month/year interval | Yes | Not documented |
| Bill every X, deliver every Y | Yes | No, per their docs per their docs source |
| % off, fixed amount off, fixed price | Yes | Yes source |
| Discount that changes after N orders | Yes | Not documented |
| Free trial or discounted first order | Yes | Not documented |
| Prepaid | Yes | Not documented |
| Gift subscriptions | Yes | Not documented |
| Renew on a fixed day of week / month | Yes | Yes source |
| Minimum commitment before cancel | Yes | Not documented |
| Auto-end after N orders | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscription-only products | Yes | Yes source |
| Restrict offers to customer tags / logged-in customers | Yes | Not documented |
| Paid memberships / access subscriptions / perks | No | Not documented |
| Digital or service subscriptions | Partly partly | Yes source |
| Subscription boxes the customer builds | Yes | Not documented |
| Curated / mystery box subscriptions | Yes | Not documented |
| B2B / wholesale subscriptions | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Shopify Markets / multi-currency subscriptions | Yes | Partly partly source |
| Local delivery and store pickup subscriptions | Yes | Yes source |
| Shopper picks first delivery date on storefront | Yes | Not documented |
| Shareable subscribe / quick checkout links | Yes | Not documented |
| Merchant creates a subscription for a customer from admin | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscribe upsell on thank-you page / post-purchase | Yes | Not documented |
| Convert one-time to subscription in cart / drawer | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriptions sold or managed in Shopify POS | Yes | Yes source |
| Price updates for existing subscribers | Yes | Not documented |
| Batch billing | Yes | Not documented |
| Skip set months automatically | Yes | Not documented |
| Choose per option where it is offered | Yes | Not documented |
| Discount codes and other automatic discounts from checkout carry onto the subscription | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscribe option offered inside Shopify checkout | Yes | Not documented |
| Custom fields, order notes and cart attributes captured at signup, kept on every renewal and editable in the portal | Yes | Not documented |
| One-off setup fee or refundable deposit charged at signup | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Free gift added to the first subscription order only, set per subscription option | Yes | Not documented |
| Interval changes automatically after N orders | Yes | Not documented |
| Restrict products, pages or content to active members | No | Not documented |
| Member-only prices or discounts applied automatically for active members, shown to non-members to sell the membership | No | Not documented |
| A product can be in more than one subscription offer or group at once | Yes | Not documented |
| One subscription holds several products on one schedule | Yes | Not documented |
| Limit how many subscriptions a customer can hold and the quantity per subscription | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Subscribed product changes automatically after the first or Nth order | Yes | Not documented |
| Each renewal ships the next product from a merchant-ordered list, optionally ending after the last one | Yes | Not documented |
| Invoice mode | No | Not documented |
| Date-based rentals | No | Not documented |
| Shipping price or discount per subscription option, optionally changing after N orders | Yes | Not documented |
| Term rental or lease | No | Not documented |
| Usage-based or metered pricing | No | Not documented |
| Offer targets individual variants, and products can join an offer automatically by tag or collection | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscription offered only on orders above a minimum amount, enforced at checkout | Yes | Not documented |
| A discount code the merchant picks is applied automatically when a shopper adds a specific subscription or bundle option | Yes | Not documented |
| A one-time customer turns a past order into a subscription from their account, without a new checkout when possible | Yes | Not documented |
| Storefront widget 21 features | ||
| Number of prebuilt widget designs / templates | Yes | Not documented |
| Visual editor for colors, fonts, layout | Yes | Not documented |
| Custom CSS / HTML | Yes | Not documented |
| Online Store 2.0 app block / app embed | Yes | Yes source |
| Storefront translations | Yes | Yes source |
| Headless / storefront API / JS SDK | Partly partly | Partly partly source |
| Built-in A/B testing of offers or widget | Yes | Not documented |
| Live widget preview inside the admin editor | Yes | Not documented |
| Editable benefit bullets, subscription explainer, per-option descriptions and badges | Yes | Not documented |
| Preset colour themes or a brand palette taken from the store, applied in one click | Yes | Not documented |
| Merchant-editable HTML templates for the subscription widget and the bundle options, beyond custom CSS | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Merchant chooses which purchase option and frequency the widget preselects | Yes | Not documented |
| Existing subscribers add a product from the product page to their next order or subscription, without a new checkout | Yes | Not documented |
| Widget labels take dynamic variables such as savings % and price, kept correct after edits | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscription offer or price shown beyond the product page | Yes | Not documented |
| How purchase options and frequencies are presented | Yes | Not documented |
| Widget or bundle builder works on page builder pages | Yes | Not documented |
| Different widget designs or content live at once per product, offer or market | Yes | Not documented |
| Merchant sets where the widget renders and whether the theme's own variant picker, quantity or price is hidden | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Price display options | Yes | Not documented |
| Theme's own product price updates to the subscription or bundle price when an option is selected | Yes | Not documented |
| Customer portal 32 features | ||
| Works inside Shopify's new customer accounts | Yes | Yes source |
| Magic link / passwordless login | Yes | Yes source |
| Skip next order | Yes | Yes source |
| Swap product / variant | Yes | Not documented |
| Add products | Yes | Not documented |
| Change frequency | Yes | Not documented |
| Change next order date | Yes | Not documented |
| Ship / charge now | Yes | Not documented |
| Quantity | Yes | Not documented |
| Pause | Yes | Yes source |
| Cancel | Yes | Yes source |
| Address | Yes | Yes source |
| Payment update | Yes | Yes source |
| Customer applies a discount code | Yes | Not documented |
| Colors, fonts, logo, custom CSS | Yes | Partly partly source |
| Merchant toggles each action on/off | Yes | Not documented |
| Manage subscription by SMS | No | Not documented |
| Merchant limits which products and variants subscribers can add or swap to | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriber switches delivery method | Yes | Not documented |
| Limits on subscriber edits | Yes | Not documented |
| Frequency changes limited to the plan's offered frequencies versus any interval | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriber sends one upcoming order to someone else as a gift | Yes | Not documented |
| Portal also reachable outside Shopify customer accounts | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriber reactivates a cancelled subscription | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriber removes a product from the subscription permanently | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriber sees past and upcoming orders or shipments | Yes | Not documented |
| Skip or remove one product from the next order only, keeping it on the subscription | Yes | Not documented |
| Signed-in customers reach the portal without a second login, and guest subscribers are invited to create an account | Yes | Not documented |
| Store credit on subscriptions | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Manage the subscription straight from the thank-you, order status or order page | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscriber sees the next order's new total before confirming an edit | Yes | Not documented |
| An estimated delivery date shown beside the next charge date, in the portal and subscription emails | Yes | Not documented |
| Retention 26 features | ||
| Cancellation flow with reason survey | Yes | Not documented |
| Per-reason offers | Yes | Not documented |
| Pause flow with limits / auto-resume | Yes | Not documented |
| Win-back / reactivation emails or offers after cancel | Yes | Not documented |
| Failed payment retries | Yes | Yes source |
| Card-update emails or links | Yes | Yes source |
| Out-of-stock handling at renewal | Yes | Yes source |
| Built-in subscriber loyalty rewards | Yes | Not documented |
| Referral program | No | Not documented |
| Upsell offers in portal or renewal emails | Yes | Not documented |
| Automatic gifts / surprise-and-delight rules | Yes | Not documented |
| AI-driven retention or offers | No | Not documented |
| A/B testing of retention flows and offers | No | Not documented |
| Short surveys when a subscriber skips or pauses | Yes | Not documented |
| One-off targeted campaigns to a subscriber segment | No | Not documented |
| Merchant chooses what happens when the last payment retry fails | Yes | Not documented |
| Retention offers targeted by conditions with limits on how often one customer claims them | Yes | Not documented |
| Gamified subscriber rewards | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Connects to third-party loyalty apps to award or show points to subscribers | No | Not documented |
| Pre-authenticated one-click links in emails or SMS that act on the subscription | Yes | Not documented |
| Points loyalty program | No | Not documented |
| Reminder email or SMS before each renewal charge | Yes | Not documented |
| Retention offer reporting | Yes | Not documented |
| A failed renewal is retried immediately when the customer updates payment | Yes | Not documented |
| Portal and cancellation screens show how much the subscriber has saved | Yes | Not documented |
| Prompt existing subscribers to upgrade to a bigger pack, prepaid plan or longer frequency | Yes | Not documented |
| Operations, analytics, integrations 55 features | ||
| Bulk edit many subscriptions | Yes | Not documented |
| Forecast upcoming renewals / demand | Yes | Not documented |
| MRR, churn, LTV dashboard | Yes | Not documented |
| Cohort / retention analytics, benchmarks | Yes | Not documented |
| CSV export | Yes | Yes source |
| Editable customer notification emails | Yes | Yes source |
| Send emails from merchant's own domain | Yes | Not documented |
| Klaviyo integration | Yes | Not documented |
| Attentive, Postscript, etc. | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Gorgias, Zendesk, Richpanel, etc. | No | Not documented |
| Shopify Flow triggers / actions | Yes | Not documented |
| Public API | Yes | Partly partly source |
| Outbound webhooks | Yes | Not documented |
| Import subscriptions from other apps | Yes | Yes source |
| Shipping rate control for renewals | Yes | Partly partly source |
| Hold / delay fulfillment, prepaid order scheduling | Yes | Not documented |
| Automatic order / customer tagging | Yes | Not documented |
| Uses Shopify's native checkout and Shopify Payments | Yes | Yes source |
| Which gateways work | Yes | Yes source |
| Subscriber acquisition analytics | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Searchable audit log of changes to subscriptions and settings by who made them, plus internal staff notes | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Renewal orders sent server-side to ad platforms | No | Not documented |
| Merchant charges a subscription now or re-runs a failed renewal from the admin | Yes | Not documented |
| Merchant edits one subscription from the admin | Yes | Not documented |
| In-app AI assistant that builds or edits offers, writes offer content or answers questions about the data | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Renewals of one customer due within a few days are merged automatically into one charge and shipment | No | Not documented |
| Auto-renewal law compliance built in | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Fraud and abuse control | No | Not documented |
| Control when renewals charge | Yes | Not documented |
| Setup health checks | Yes | Not documented |
| Subscription data synced to a data warehouse | No | Not documented |
| Renewals scheduled by delivery date, with carrier holidays and non-delivery days blocked | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Subscription events sent to email platforms other than Klaviyo | Yes | Not documented |
| Admin runs embedded inside the Shopify admin | Yes | Not documented |
| Automatic invoices for each billing event, downloadable by the customer | No | Not documented |
| AI client access to subscription data or actions | Yes | Not documented |
| Merchant alerts | Yes | Not documented |
| Merge several subscriptions into one or split one into several, from admin or portal | No | Not documented |
| One login manages several stores, and offers copy from one store to another | No | Not documented |
| Save offers as drafts, duplicate them, preview or test before going live, and restore deleted ones | Yes | Not documented |
| Template gallery of preset offers per goal to start from | Yes | Not documented |
| Admin queue of failed renewals grouped by cause with retry | Yes | Not documented |
| Payment performance report | Yes | Not documented |
| Dunning, portal permissions and similar policies set per offer instead of only shop-wide | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Custom reports | Partly partly | Not documented |
| Renewals needing 3D Secure / SCA authentication are handled | Yes | Not documented |
| Saved subscriber segments reusable across analytics, bulk actions and retention rules | Partly partly | Not documented |
| The app sends transactional subscription SMS itself, not only through a partner | No | Not documented |
| Works with third-party or regional checkouts or offers its own hosted checkout for headless stores | No | Not documented |
| Staff user management with per-user permissions inside the app | Yes | Not documented |
| Back-office integrations for subscription orders | No | Not documented |
| Event-triggered automation builder | Yes | Not documented |
| Zapier integration | Partly partly | Not documented |
| One switch turns the app off on the storefront without uninstalling or editing the theme | Yes | Not documented |
| The app's own admin pages in languages other than English | Yes | Not documented |
| Bundles 1 features | ||
| Bundle can be bought on subscription | Yes | No, per their docs per their docs source |
Questions
Is Supr a good Shopify Subscriptions alternative?
Choose Supr if you need more than the basics: bundles, build-a-box, cancellation and pause flows, journeys, loyalty and a customizable widget.
How do the features of Shopify Subscriptions and Supr compare?
Across 186 features that apply to Shopify Subscriptions, Supr covers 142 and covers 19 partly. Shopify Subscriptions's public pages document 23 and 5 partly, and do not say either way on 156. Supr covers 6 features that Shopify Subscriptions's own documentation says it does not, or only partly.
Can I move from Shopify Subscriptions to Supr?
Supr has a ready-made Shopify Subscriptions importer: export your subscriptions from Shopify Subscriptions and upload the file. Subscribers keep their schedules and prices, and in most migrations their saved payment methods stay with your store, so they do not enter their cards again. We confirm that with you before anything moves.
Can I sell bundles on subscription with Supr?
Yes. Any bundle can be sold one-time or on subscription, and the bundle discount is kept on every renewal, not only the first order.