Is ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules cheaper than Ship Smart?

For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules is in the freemium band (Free plan available), while Ship Smart is freemium (Free plan available). 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?

ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules 5.00★, Essent Estimated Delivery Date 5.00★, Intuitive Shipping 5.00★. Audit scores are the better tiebreaker when ratings cluster — they reflect listing depth, screenshots, and description quality. ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules carries an audit score of 92/100.

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 Ship Smart'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 — Ship Smart'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 Ship Smart 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 →

Ship Smart alternatives — Shopify apps ranked by audit score

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Ship Smart alternatives — Shopify apps ranked by audit score

SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

Ship Smart versus the top 3.

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

YOU'RE LEAVING

Ship Smart

#1 in Apps

Rating—

Reviews0

Audit76/100

PricingFree plan available

Best forApps workflows

TOP PICK

ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules

#1 in Shipping rates

Rating5.00★

Reviews1,224 ★

Audit92/100 ★

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forShipping rates workflows

RANK #2

Essent Estimated Delivery Date

#2 in Shipping rates

Rating5.00★

Reviews982

Audit86/100

PricingFree

MatchNot measured

Best forShipping rates workflows

RANK #3

Intuitive Shipping

#3 in Shipping rates

Rating5.00★

Reviews485

Audit90/100

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forShipping rates workflows

	YOU'RE LEAVING Ship Smart #1 in Apps	TOP PICK ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules #1 in Shipping rates	RANK #2 Essent Estimated Delivery Date #2 in Shipping rates	RANK #3 Intuitive Shipping #3 in Shipping rates
Average rating	—	5.00 (highest in this row)	5.00

Alternatives to Ship Smart

Three you should evaluate first.

ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules

Essent Estimated Delivery Date

Intuitive Shipping

Ship Smart versus the top 3.

Ship Smart

ShipX ‑ Shipping Rates & Rules

Essent Estimated Delivery Date

Intuitive Shipping

The next 9, denser.

9 more Shopify alternatives to Ship Smart

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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