Cart Marshal vs CartGuard
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for Cart Marshal, Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Cart Marshal 5.0 from 1 reviews and CartGuard 5.0 from 2 reviews.
- Only Cart Marshal lists a free plan.
- Cart Marshal lists 30 features CartGuard’s listing doesn’t mention, including BOGO, Bulk discounts, Bulk editing.
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
- · 1 published rule, unlimited products
- · Block PO boxes, ZIPs & product combos
- · Checkout scan & drift detection
- · Free gifts, BOGO & tiered discounts
- · Free shipping, order & product discounts
- · Hide, rename & reorder payments
Core
- · Combine discounts & restrictions
- · Email support
- · Everything in Free
- · Pair a gift offer with free shipping.
- · Run payment & delivery rules together
- · Run up to 5 rules at once
Growth
- · Daily, weekly & monthly schedules
- · Email support
- · Everything in Core
- · Rule history: who changed what & when
- · Run up to 25 rules at once
Pro
- · Audit dashboard across all your rules
- · CSV export of all audit logs
- · Everything in Growth
- · No Cart Marshal rule limit
- · Priority support
- · Scripts analyzer for Plus stores
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCreate discounts, automatically add free gifts, control payment and shipping options, and enforce checkout restrictions from one app. Target rules by product, customer, B2B status, location, cart conditions, and more. Apply shipping discounts and rate caps to live carrier-calculated rates by matching their title text or rate code.
CartGuard adds a checkout rule that stops an order when the cart holds a product you marked as not for sale. Mark a product with a tag, or switch on Block checkout for that one product. You can also block a product type, vendor, or theme template. Approved buyers still get through: exempt customers by tag, exempt one customer, or exempt every B2B buyer. Give a product a date and it starts selling that day.
- Scan for unknown discounts, apps & Shopify Functions affecting checkout.
- Free shipping, BOGO, tiered, and gift-with-purchase discounts.
- Target by tag, customer, country, or collection, and exclude sale items.
- Hide, reorder, and rename payment methods and ship options.
- Block checkout by tag: Choose from preset tags or use your own
- Block by product type: Block entire product categories at once
- Block by template: Automatically tag products using a specific template suffix
- Custom error messages: Personalize the message customers see
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 |  Cart Marshal |  CartGuard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Cart Marshal | CartGuard |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 2(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Cart Marshal | CartGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Cart Marshal | CartGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #225 | #68 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 17, 2026 | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Five Acre Code | KW Consulting |
FAQ
Cart Marshal and CartGuard: common questions
- Is Cart Marshal or CartGuard cheaper?
- Only Cart Marshal lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Cart Marshal or CartGuard?
- On the Shopify App Store: Cart Marshal 5.0 from 1 reviews and CartGuard 5.0 from 2 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Cart Marshal lists 30 the others don’t mention, such as BOGO, Bulk discounts, Bulk editing, Cart discounts. 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 Nov 3, 2026 for Cart Marshal, Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard; 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 Nov 3, 2026 for Cart Marshal, Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard. 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.