Alius: Purchase Orders & Stock vs Ting ‑ Slack Notifications
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 20, 2026 for Alius, Oct 16, 2026 for Ting.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Alius and $4.95/month for Ting.
- Alius lists 9 features Ting’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-alerts, Back in stock, Custom alerts.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 3 active alerts of any type
- · 3 suppliers and 3 open purchase orders
- · Add to PO & Alert supplier from chat
- · Alerts real-time or daily, any channel
- · Reorder points for every SKU
- · Share stock between locations
Max
- · AI Buyer checks every PO line
- · AI Buyer picks on Stock page & Sidekick
- · AI summary in your weekly digest
- · Unlimited active alerts
- · Unlimited open purchase orders
- · Unlimited suppliers
Development Plan
- · Choose your plan later
- · For all stores under development & NP0's
- · Unlimited access to all features
Basic Plan
- · All standard notifications.
- · Daily Order Reports.
- · Upto 300 Notifications per day.
Pro Plan
- · Custom fields in notifications
- · Daily, Weekly and Monthly Summary
- · Multiple slack channels
- · Rule based triggers
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureTrack stock at each location, not only the store total. Set a reorder point for every SKU and get low stock alerts in Slack, Email, Telegram or Discord. Tap Add to PO or Alert supplier right in the chat message. Let Alius draft your POs each morning, grouped by supplier. Email each PO; suppliers confirm dates online, no login. Receive stock straight into admin. See dead stock and what to move each week.
Notify delivers instant order notifications right on your slack channel. With Notify you can get order details as well as order statistics on your slack channel. Your team gets to keep track of your store's important updates right from Slack.
- Real-time or scheduled alerts for product, order, and customer changes
- Advanced trigger conditions to filter and receive specific notifications only
- Customizable notification templates to control the content of each message
- Flexible channel routing to send each alert type to a certain channel.
- Simple one click setup.
- Rule based Notifications.
- Order Reports : Daily, weekly,Monthly.
- Supports Multiple slack channels and teams.
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 |  Alius |  Ting |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Alius | Ting |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 4.2 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 15 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Alius and Ting: common questions
- Is Alius or Ting cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Alius and $4.95/month for Ting. 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?
- Alius lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-alerts, Back in stock, Custom alerts, Inventory tracking. Ting lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Automations, Custom notifications, Order export, Real-time 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 20, 2026 for Alius, Oct 16, 2026 for Ting; 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 20, 2026 for Alius, Oct 16, 2026 for Ting. 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.