Alius: Purchase Orders & Stock vs Stock & Sales Alerts
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 13, 2026 for Stock & Sales Alerts.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Alius and $9.99/month for Stock & Sales Alerts.
- Stock & Sales Alerts lists 10 features Alius’s listing doesn’t mention, including Alert settings, Batch notifications, Batch send.
Head to head
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
Free
- · Email notifications
- · Number of notifications: Up to 5
- · Number of products to monitor: Up to 100
- · Stock Alert
Starter
- · Email notifications
- · Number of monitored products: Up to 500
- · Number of notifications: Up to 5
- · Stock Alert
- · Zero Sales Alert
Growth
- · Alerts for sudden drops or spikes in sal
- · Email / Slack / Line notifications
- · Number of notifications: Up to 2,000
- · Number of products: Up to 10,000
- · Stock Alert
- · Zero Sales Alert
Scale
- · Alerts for sudden drops or spikes in sal
- · Email / Slack / Line notifications
- · Number of notifications: Unlimited
- · Number of products: Up to 50,000
- · Priority Support
- · Stock Alert
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.
Monitor your store’s inventory and sales in real time and receive instant alerts when it matters most. This app helps you prevent lost sales by notifying you when stock is running low, back in stock, or when unusual sales activity occurs. Set custom thresholds and rules to match your business needs, and send notifications directly to Slack or other channels.
- 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.
- Real-time alerts for low stock, restocks, and unusual sales activity.
- Flexible threshold settings to customize when and how alerts are sent.
- Instant Slack notifications to keep your team informed at all times.
- No manual monitoring needed with fully automated alert system.
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 |  Stock & Sales Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Stock & Sales Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Alius | Stock & Sales Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month | $9.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Alius | Stock & Sales Alerts |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #72 | #288 |
| Shopify App Charts | #4 on Pricing moves in Staff notifications | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 3, 2026 | May 5, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 29 |
| Developer | Frimty | 株式会社SoupPot! |
FAQ
Alius and Stock & Sales Alerts: common questions
- Is Alius or Stock & Sales Alerts cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for Alius and $9.99/month for Stock & Sales Alerts. 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 3 the others don’t mention, such as Back in stock, Notification templates, Order creation. Stock & Sales Alerts lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings, Batch notifications, Batch send, Customer demand. 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 13, 2026 for Stock & Sales Alerts; 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 13, 2026 for Stock & Sales Alerts. 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.