Anvil vs MatriXed
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $49.99/month for MatriXed.
- Anvil lists 7 features MatriXed’s listing doesn’t mention, including Inventory planning, Low stock alerts, Real-time updates.
Head to head
Starter
- · Core reports (low/out of stock, value)
- · Multi-location inventory
- · Purchase orders, suppliers & receiving
- · Stock & cost sync to Shopify
- · Supplier management
- · Up to 500 orders/month
Growth
- · All reports & sales velocity
- · CSV export
- · Everything in Starter
- · Reorder suggestions
- · Up to 3,000 orders/month
Scale
- · Everything in Growth
- · Higher volume? Contact us
- · Priority support
- · Up to 10,000 orders/month
BASIC
- · Create single products
- · Home dashboard
- · Inventory Tools
- · Matrix inventory and lots
- · Search all products
PRO
- · Analytics dashboard
- · Everything in Basic
- · Profit, fee, tax, and margin views
- · Reports library
- · Sales backfill
ELITE
- · Barcode sync
- · Consignment reports and filters
- · Consignor management
- · Everything in Pro
- · Label presets
- · Print labels
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAnvil helps growing merchants manage inventory and purchasing in one place. Create and send purchase orders to your suppliers, receive stock against them, and track quantities and costs across all your locations. Anvil watches your sales and tells you what is running low and what to reorder, with reorder points based on each product's sales history. Inventory counts and costs sync back to Shopify automatically.
MatriXed gives merchants a structured way to manage inventory work inside Shopify. It tracks purchase lots, unit costs, labels, transfers, staff activity, consignment items, and inventory reports so teams can keep stock records, product details, and daily store operations organized.
- Purchase orders: create, send to suppliers, and receive stock against them
- Reorder suggestions based on your real sales
- Multi-location inventory with quantities and costs tracked per location
- Stock counts and costs sync back to Shopify automatically
- Inventory lot tracking by variant, employee,vendor, date, and location
- Barcode and label printing for products, lots, and serial items
- Inventory transfers between store locations
- Staff activity tracking for inventory changes by employee
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 |  Anvil |  MatriXed |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Anvil | MatriXed |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Anvil and MatriXed: common questions
- Is Anvil or MatriXed cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $49.99/month for MatriXed. 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?
- Anvil lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Inventory planning, Low stock alerts, Real-time updates, Replenishment reminders. MatriXed lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Barcodes, Multi-channel. 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 13, 2026; 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 13, 2026. 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.