CartGuard vs Checkout Gateflow
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard, Oct 13, 2026 for Checkout Gateflow.
The short answer
- Only Checkout Gateflow lists a free plan.
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 live checkout rule
- · Hide, rename, or discount at checkout
- · Match location, customer, and products
- · Shipping, payment, validation & discount
Starter
- · 2 live checkout rules
- · Hide, rename, or discount at checkout
- · Match location, customer, and products
- · Shipping, payment, validation & discount
Advanced
- · Hide, rename, or discount at checkout
- · Match location, customer, and products
- · Shipping, payment, validation & discount
- · Up to 5 live rules of each type
Premium
- · All checkout rule types included
- · Hide, rename, or discount at checkout
- · Match location, customer, and products
- · Shipping, payment, validation & discount
- · Up to 25 live rules of each type
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCartGuard 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.
Checkout Gateflow runs if-then rules at checkout for shipping, payment, validation, and discounts. Hide or rename shipping and payment methods, block checkout with a custom message (for example P.O. Boxes), or offer a percentage off or free shipping. Match on country, province, cart total, quantity, address, company, customer tags, products, collections. Rules run as Shopify Functions—no theme embed.
- 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
- Hide or rename shipping methods by country, cart, products, tags, or collection.
- Hide or rename payment methods like COD and PayPal using if-then checkout rules.
- Validation rules: block checkout with a custom error, including P.O. Box checks.
- Discount rules: percentage off the order or free shipping when conditions match.
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 |  CartGuard |  Checkout Gateflow |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | CartGuard | Checkout Gateflow |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 2 | 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 | CartGuard | Checkout Gateflow |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $4.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 5 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | CartGuard | Checkout Gateflow |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #68(ahead) | #146 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 20, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | KW Consulting | Wlek |
FAQ
CartGuard and Checkout Gateflow: common questions
- Is CartGuard or Checkout Gateflow cheaper?
- Only Checkout Gateflow 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.
- 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 Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard, Oct 13, 2026 for Checkout Gateflow; 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 Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard, Oct 13, 2026 for Checkout Gateflow. 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.