Acconto: Deposits & Balances vs Balance Due: Deposit Plans
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 28, 2026 for Acconto, Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due.
The short answer
- Only Balance Due lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Acconto and $19.99/month for Balance Due.
- Balance Due lists 3 features Acconto’s listing doesn’t mention, including Coming soon, Custom branding, SMS notifications.
Head to head
Starter
- · Automatic retries and payment links
- · Balance charged to the saved card
- · No fees or commission on your sales
- · Orders held until the balance is paid
- · Reminder and failed-payment emails
- · Unlimited deposit orders
Pro
- · Deposit links for custom quotes
- · Everything in Starter
- · Priority support
- · Production status updates to customers
Free
- · Balance Due branding on emails
- · Customer payment page, no login
- · Email schedule, reminders, receipts
- · Fulfilment held until paid in full
Starter
- · 30 orders with a balance at a time
- · CSV export of every payment plan
- · Daily digest and overdue alerts
- · Everything in Free, no branding
- · Failed payments retried with pay link
Growth
- · 100 text messages a month
- · 300 orders with a balance at a time
- · Collect now and move payment dates
- · Everything in Starter
- · Instalments on Shopify Plus stores
Pro
- · 500 text messages a month
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority support, same working day
- · Text top-ups from £4.99 per 100
- · Unlimited orders with a balance
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAcconto adds a "Pay a deposit today" option to your product pages and uses Shopify's own checkout. Customers pay a percentage or fixed deposit, Shopify saves their card, and the order arrives on hold. When the item is ready, release the hold: Acconto charges the balance to the saved card and releases the order for shipping once it is paid. A failed card gets a payment link and automatic retries.
Balance Due adds a deposit option to the products you choose. The customer pays part at checkout through Shopify’s own checkout, and the balance is collected later on the date you set or when you mark the order ready, from the card Shopify saved or by a Shopify payment link where your provider cannot save one. Failed payments are retried and the customer is sent a payment link.
- Deposits by product, variant, collection or your whole store
- Percentage or fixed deposit; balance at shipping, on a date, or days later
- Balance charged to the saved card automatically, with retries and payment links
- Orders stay on hold until the balance is paid, so nothing ships unpaid
- Deposit option on any product, as a percentage or a fixed amount per unit
- Balance charged automatically on your date, or when you mark the order ready
- Failed payments retried, with a payment link sent to the customer each time
- Fulfilment held until the order is paid in full, then released for you
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9.99/month(ahead) | $19.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #117 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Oct 27, 2026 | Nov 9, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Nolarine | DADLINK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
FAQ
Acconto and Balance Due: common questions
- Is Acconto or Balance Due cheaper?
- Only Balance Due lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Acconto and $19.99/month for Balance Due. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Acconto lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Multi-language, Variants. Balance Due lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Coming soon, Custom branding, SMS notifications. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 28, 2026 for Acconto, Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 28, 2026 for Acconto, Nov 9, 2026 for Balance Due. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.