Is Essential Upsell & Cross Sell cheaper than cartx?

For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Essential Upsell & Cross Sell is in the freemium band (Free plan available), while cartx is freemium (Free trial). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.

Which alternative has the highest rating?

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell 5.00★, Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell 5.00★, EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift 5.00★. Audit scores are the better tiebreaker when ratings cluster — they reflect listing depth, screenshots, and description quality. Essential Upsell & Cross Sell carries an audit score of 88/100.

Why isn't every option on this list?

This page surfaces 12 alternatives ranked by blended score. Apps just outside the top-12 typically have lower feature similarity (under 40%), thinner listings (audit under 65), or have flagged review-quality issues. If you have a specific app in mind, check the full Shopify catalog for its profile.

How is the ranking built?

Three signals, weighted: feature similarity (45%) from N-gram match against cartx's feature signature, audit + rating (35%) blending listing quality with rolling 90-day rating, and review velocity (20%) tracking 30-day review additions normalized by category baseline. We don't accept paid placement and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself.

When was this ranking last updated?

This page rebuilds daily. Source data — cartx's listing and the 12 alternatives' listings — is scraped every 24 hours. Audit scores re-run on the same cadence. If a rating shifts more than 0.05★ overnight, that's a real change in the marketplace, not a model artifact.

Can I track cartx alongside its alternatives in AppRanks?

Yes — that's the dashboard product. Add up to 12 competitors to any app you track, and AppRanks will surface daily ranking deltas, ad activity, keyword overlap, and rating-curve divergence. The free tier covers 1 app + 3 competitors. Try free →

cartx alternatives — Shopify apps ranked by audit score

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cartx alternatives — Shopify apps ranked by audit score

SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

cartx versus the top 3.

Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.

YOU'RE LEAVING

cartx

#1 in Cart customization

Rating—

Reviews0

Audit75/100

PricingFree trial

Best forCart customization workflows

TOP PICK

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell

#1 in Cart customization

Rating5.00★

Reviews2,229 ★

Audit88/100

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forCart customization workflows

RANK #2

Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell

#2 in Cart customization

Rating5.00★

Reviews1,185

Audit87/100

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forCart customization workflows

RANK #3

EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift

#3 in Cart customization

Rating5.00★

Reviews1,004

Audit93/100 ★

PricingFree trial

MatchNot measured

Best forCart customization workflows

	YOU'RE LEAVING cartx #1 in Cart customization	TOP PICK Essential Upsell & Cross Sell #1 in Cart customization	RANK #2 Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell #2 in Cart customization	RANK #3 EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift #3 in Cart customization
Average rating	—	5.00 (highest in this row)	5.00

Alternatives to cartx

Three you should evaluate first.

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell

Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell

EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift

cartx versus the top 3.

cartx

Essential Upsell & Cross Sell

Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell

EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift

The next 9, denser.

9 more Shopify alternatives to cartx

How these alternatives are ranked

Four reasons people leave.

Pricing has outgrown your usage

You need a feature outside the focus

Support response has slowed you down

Your scale has changed since you picked

Answers built from the data.

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