Anvil vs StockAnvil ‑ Low Stock Alerts
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Anvil, Oct 14, 2026 for StockAnvil.
The short answer
- Only StockAnvil lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $9/month for StockAnvil.
- Anvil lists 5 features StockAnvil’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Import and export, Inventory sync.
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
Free
- · 1 location, up to 250 monitored SKUs
- · Daily digest of what's below threshold
- · Fixed thresholds and restock list
Starter
- · Days-of-cover thresholds from sales
- · Instant alerts, not just digests
- · Per-product rule overrides
- · Unlimited SKUs
Growth
- · Every location monitored
- · Per-location rule overrides
- · Priority support
- · Restock list with CSV export
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.
StockAnvil watches every tracked variant at every location and warns you the moment stock drops below your threshold: a fixed quantity, or days of cover computed from real sales velocity. Alerts reach you by email and in Slack. One rule can cover a whole supplier, so new products are watched from day one. One open alert per item, resolved automatically, plus a daily digest: no alert storms.
- 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
- Instant low stock alerts by email, per location, without alert storms
- Days-of-cover thresholds from real sales velocity, not guesswork
- Restock list with suggested quantities, grouped by vendor, CSV export
- Multi-location rules with overrides per product or location
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 |  StockAnvil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StockAnvil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Anvil | StockAnvil |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $39/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Anvil | StockAnvil |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #694 | #693(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 9, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Plucore | Anvil Apps |
FAQ
Anvil and StockAnvil: common questions
- Is Anvil or StockAnvil cheaper?
- Only StockAnvil lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $9/month for StockAnvil. 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 5 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Import and export, Inventory sync, SKUs. StockAnvil lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-restock, Email notifications, Forecasting, Out of stock 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 13, 2026 for Anvil, Oct 14, 2026 for StockAnvil; 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 for Anvil, Oct 14, 2026 for StockAnvil. 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.