Best Seller Insights by Burst vs Portfolytics ‑ Collection data
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 $29/month for Best Seller Insights by Burst and $3/month for Portfolytics.
- Portfolytics lists 3 features Best Seller Insights by Burst’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom dashboards, Profit insights, Purchase tracking.
Head to head
Product insights, analytics, recommendations and reports
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · Best-seller product tags and metafields
- · Sort collections by best sellers
- · Top products and collections widgets
- · Up to 1,000 orders per month
Advanced
- · Everything in Starter, plus:
- · Up to 5,000 orders per month
Premium
- · Everything in Advanced, plus:
- · Up to 20,000 orders per month.
Shopify Basic
- · Absolutely no setup needed
- · Automatic product hierarchy
- · Built-in no-setup visual dashboards
- · Collection & category analytics
- · Customer support + free onboarding
- · Detailed product sales info per category
Shopify Grow
- · Absolutely no setup needed
- · Automatic product hierarchy
- · Built-in no-setup visual dashboards
- · Collection & category analytics
- · Customer support + free onboarding
- · Detailed product sales info per category
Shopify Advanced
- · Absolutely no setup needed
- · Automatic product hierarchy
- · Built-in no-setup visual dashboards
- · Collection & category analytics
- · Customer support + free onboarding
- · Detailed product sales info per category
Shopify Plus
- · Absolutely no setup needed
- · Automatic product hierarchy
- · Built-in no-setup visual dashboards
- · Collection & category analytics
- · Customer support + premium onboarding
- · Detailed product sales info per category
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBest Seller Insights makes it easy to surface your most desired products throughout your store to boost sales and conversions. Promote proven products front and center so customers can't miss them to maximize sales. Automatically place top products at the top of collections, add bestseller product tags, and more. Use our best seller reports to see your top product trends visually, including product photos.
Imagine if you could instantly see which collections sell and which don't. Promote the ones that do well and increase ROAS and CRV. Automatic product hierarchy helps spotting winners and underperformers. Move between main and subcategories with a single click, spot opportunities and increase profits. Get analytics previously available only to the biggest stores. Built to save you time and make analytics simple.
- Sort collections to put your best sellers first.
- Stay on top of what's selling best with product sales reports with photos
- Use social proof to boost sales by products with badges and product tags
- Custom best-seller tracking based on # of weeks and formula: units/orders/profit
- Number of collections and products. How many of them had sales
- For every collection or category: unique product count, sales and more
- Category sales match the store product sales. No overlaps
- Product hierarchy automatically mirrored from main menu
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 |  Best Seller Insights by Burst |  Portfolytics |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Best Seller Insights by Burst | Portfolytics |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 17 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Best Seller Insights by Burst | Portfolytics |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month | $3/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Best Seller Insights by Burst | Portfolytics |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #385(ahead) | #1186 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 6, 2016 | Feb 3, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Flair Commerce | Ville Laukkanen |
FAQ
Best Seller Insights by Burst and Portfolytics: common questions
- Is Best Seller Insights by Burst or Portfolytics cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $29/month for Best Seller Insights by Burst and $3/month for Portfolytics. 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?
- Best Seller Insights by Burst lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Custom reports, Data export. Portfolytics lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Custom dashboards, Profit insights, Purchase tracking. 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.