Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Shipping protection that boosts revenue. Order protection reduces damage, loss, theft risks.
| Captain Shipping Protection | Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell | |
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Slide cart drawer with upsells, reward bar & free shipping goal. Sticky add to cart bar included
| Metric | Captain Shipping Protection | Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell |
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| Rating | 4.9 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | 307 | ★ 982 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free trial available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 2 tiers | ★ 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | — | 1 |
| Languages | 13 supported | 1 supported |
| Listed since | Aug 2022 | Mar 2025 |
Captain Shipping Protection and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell are evenly matched on rating (4.9★ vs 5.0★) — the differentiator comes down to pricing fit, feature breadth, and which app's interaction pattern suits your team's workflow.
Pricing entry tiers: Captain Shipping Protection at Free trial available, Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell at Free plan available. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.
Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell has the larger user base (982 reviews vs 307), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Captain Shipping Protection's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended evaluation path: install both apps' free tiers (where available) and run them in parallel on a small cohort for 7-14 days before committing. The data tables below show the per-feature breakdown — for most merchants the deciding factor will be a single integration or workflow detail that's hard to compare from listing pages alone.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Captain Shipping Protection audit • Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell audit
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| Keyword | Captain Shipping Protection | Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell |
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| shipping protection | #1 | #12 |
| recommendations | #121 | #18 |
| recommendation | #132 | #18 |
| subscriptions | #215 | #87 |
| support | #180 | #218 |
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Both Captain Shipping Protection and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell offer paid plans only. Captain Shipping Protection starts at Free trial available; Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Captain Shipping Protection (4.9★, 307 reviews) and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell (5.0★, 982 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell has the deeper published review base (982 vs 307), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
Captain Shipping Protection typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (307 reviews). Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (982 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. Captain Shipping Protection and Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Captain Shipping Protection" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
