Subscription apps for Shopify brands

A comparison of the most popular Shopify subscription apps. Learn how you can multiply retention and revenue to grow your business.

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Choose a world-class app, grow your business

By choosing the right subscription app for your business, you'll increase your probabilities of customer retention and revenue from subscription, all at a cost that works for you.

Subscription Providers The top-searched subscription providers for Shopify brands. Get the app	Bottomless From $0 Per month Get Started	Ordergroove From $99 Per month Get Started Most Popular	Recharge From $99 Per month Get Started Most Popular	Skio From $399 Per month Get Started	Stay Ai From $499 Per month Get Started	Smartrr From $99 Per month Get Started
Feature
Monthly Fee	No monthly fee	$499	From $99	From $99	$499	From $99
Subscription Flexibility	Both fixed and dynamic	Fixed timing	Fixed timing	Fixed timing	Fixed timing	Fixed timing
Custom Branding Is the portal customizable to my branding?
Real-time Inventory Syncing Will the portal know when a product is sold out in my shop?
Cancellation Flow Management Is there a cancellation flow to increase retention?
Order Tracking Does the subscription track and flag missing/delayed orders?
Build A Queue/Bundle Can customers build a queue or bundle of different products?
Passwordless Login Can customers login instantly with one click?
Passwordless Links Can customers access their account and products with magic links?
Rewards Program Are rewards features like points, credits, and free gifts available?

How it works

Sign up

Grant perimission

Grant permission to access your data. You can revoke permission anytime with the Social Connect app.

Share your data

After you grant permission, your data will be shared automatically with your selected brands.

Retention and Revenue Growth

Our Pick: Bottomless

Ever get customers cancelling their subscriptions because they got too much product, or ran out too early?

Bottomless reduces subscription fatigue via a Subscription By Usage service that learns the customers’ consumption and re-orders at the perfect time.

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Rewards Program

Our Pick: Recharge

Having a rewards program is one of the best ways to retain loyal customers or entice new ones to stay.

Reward your customers via credits after a minimum spending, discounts on future orders, or free gifts of samples or full-sized products with Recharge.

Customer Portal

Our Pick: Bottomless

This was a tough one to compare, but Bottomless wins with their dynamic, personalized, and intuitive customer account dashboard.

From tracking their orders to seeing how much product they have left to scale data and building a queue, Bottomless’ customer portal just has it all!

Advanced Analytics

Our Pick: Stay Ai

Stay is the only platform with built-in A/B testing, so you can test every aspect of the subscriber experience and see what really moves the needle.

Gain visibility into your churn and how to prevent it. They pair data from your surveys with their predictive analytics to forecast which customers are most likely to churn.

FAQs

Do I have to change my account status to business or creator?

Yes you do! In order to connect your account to Social Connect, you'll need to convert your Instagram into either a business or creator account.

Do I need to link a Facebook page with my Instagram account?

All creator or business accounts will need to have a Facebook page associated to it.

What is my minimum amount of followers required to share my insights?

There is no minimum amount of followers required to share your insights. Ideally, to make the insights more insightful, we recommend aiming for 1,000 followers.

How long does a brand have access to my Instagram insights and can I remove the brand’s access to my insights?

Through your Social Connect account, you’ll be able to manage which brand is able to access your insights. You’ll also be able to disconnect your insights anytime you like.

What insights from my Instagram account am I actually sharing with the brand?

Only after you grant permission, the brand will be able to see your Audience Insights which you can find within your Instagram account. We also provide a snapshot of your data your sharing within your Social Connect account.

Who can access my Instagram data?

Only the brands who you specifically give permission to. No other brand will be able to see your audience insights unless you provide them with your permission.

How do you handle my personal data? Do you have access to my password?

The Social Connect app securely connects directly to Facebook in order to retrieve these insights. This ensures that all your insight data is stored via Facebook platform and not directly on Social Connect.

Could this have a negative impact on my reach on Instagram?

This will definitely have no impact whatsoever on your reach on Instagram. The Social Connect app simply is a ‘read only’ which means we have no control over posts or stories.

Will you be able to post posts on behalf of my account or make any other actions such as comments?

Similar to what was mentioned above. The Social Connect is ‘read only’, which essentially means we will never be able to do any actions such as posting or commenting on behalf of your Instagram account.

What will you Social Connect do with my data after I connect my Instagram account?

We will only share your post and audience insights to brands that you have given permission to.

Why should I use Social Connect and not just send a screenshot?

Social Connect makes your life  easier, more secure and trustworthy for both parties. Sending screenshots can be time consuming, however Social Connect leads to more successful collaborations between you and the brand.

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