TOP 3 ALTERNATIVES — RANKED
Three you should evaluate first.
Filtered from 12 candidates by feature similarity, audit score, and review velocity. The hero treatment is editorial — these earned more space because the data did.
#1TOP PICK
Scala Anti Spy
Anti theft5.005 reviews
81/100Audit score
Pick if you want feature parity
Strongest fit on feature parity. The most direct functional swap. Shares anti theft feature signature, comparable workflows, and a similar audit-score band — switch costs are usually lowest here.
#2RUNNER-UP
Mega Content Protector
Anti theft5.005 reviews
91/100Audit score
Pick if you're cost-sensitive
Wider scope, slightly different focus. Wider feature surface than the source app's focus area. Useful if you're shopping anti theft alongside adjacent capabilities you'd otherwise integrate separately.
#3VALUE PICK
G:Anti Spy:Disable Right Click
Anti theft5.004 reviews
84/100Audit score
Pick if you live in workflows
Established alternative with audit-grade listing. Established option with the rating + review depth to be vendor-evaluated. Best when running this category at scale and you can't afford early-stage product surprises.
SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON
Shop Protector versus the top 3.
Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.
RANKS #4 THROUGH #12
The next 9, denser.
Lower-ranked but legitimate. Click any row for the full profile — or compare side-by-side with Shop Protector.
9 more Shopify alternatives to Shop Protector
#5
Defendify: Copyright AntiTheftAnti theft
5.00How these alternatives are ranked
Scored daily. Three signals, weighted and blended. No vendor money changes anything.
45%Feature similarity
N-gram match against Shop Protector's feature signature, weighted by category overlap.
35%Audit + rating
Listing quality (0–100) blended with rolling 90-day rating average. Penalizes thin listings.
20%Review velocity
Reviews added in trailing 30 days, normalized by category baseline. Surfaces rising challengers.
Every Shopify alternative on this page is scraped, normalized, and re-scored every 24 hours. We don't accept paid placement, vendor-funded "best of" content, or sponsored ranking — and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself. If a vendor disagrees with their position, that's between them and the data.
WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO SWITCH FROM SHOP PROTECTOR?
Four reasons people leave.
Decision triggers, not marketing. If two or more apply, your shortlist starts with the apps named below each card.
Pricing has outgrown your usage
If your usage of Shop Protector has crossed the second-tier breakpoint on its pricing plan, the per-unit cost is usually where alternatives diverge most clearly. Some apps in the list above carry generous free tiers; others are paid-from-day-one. If the gap between your monthly bill and the next-cheapest alternative exceeds 30%, the switch usually pays back inside one quarter.
Mega Content Protector · Scala Anti SpyYou need a feature outside the focus
Each Shopify category has a feature spectrum. The "Similar feature set" badge above marks alternatives whose feature signature most overlaps with Shop Protector. The "Category leader" badge marks apps that may approach the same category from a different feature angle — useful if you want to widen rather than narrow your toolset.
Scala Anti SpyFREQUENTLY ASKED
Answers built from the data.
Built from the same scores the ranking uses — so they won't contradict the table.
For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Scala Anti Spy is in the free band (Free), while Shop Protector is paid (Paid · from $1.99/mo). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.
VERDICT · UPDATED TODAY
If you're moving from Shop Protector, the most common landing spots are Scala Anti Spy (medium feature match, audit 81/100) and Mega Content Protector (pricing leverage + breadth). Skip Ongoing Disable Right Click unless your use case is unusual.
If feature parity matters most
→ Scala Anti Spy
Medium feature parity. Audit 81, 5.00★.
If pricing matters most
→ Mega Content Protector
Best for cost-sensitive teams. 5.00★ across 5 reviews.
If you're scaling enterprise
→ G:Anti Spy:Disable Right Click
Strongest scale fit when category usage exceeds typical thresholds. Vendor-evaluate before committing.
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