CartGuard vs Order Gate: Checkout Rules
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 27, 2026 for Order Gate.
The short answer
- Order Gate lists 7 features CartGuard’s listing doesn’t mention, including Checkout alerts, Geolocation, Max quantity.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Standard
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.
OrderGate stops unwanted orders before payment via Shopify validation. Merchants can block emails, countries, B2B checkouts missing tags, order values, quantities, and PO Box/keyword addresses. Some rules support scheduling. Age checks, terms acceptance, and custom fields require enabling in Settings and adding matching UI blocks in the checkout editor. Buyers see custom rejection messages.
- 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
- Block emails, countries, and B2B checkouts before payment
- Set order value, cart quantity, and per-product purchase limits
- Block PO Boxes and address keywords with optional schedules
- Customize rejection messages buyers see when a rule blocks checkout
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 |  Order Gate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Order Gate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Order Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $2.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | Not published | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | CartGuard | Order Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #68(ahead) | #286 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Apr 20, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | KW Consulting | Schwifty Mind labs Private Limited |
FAQ
CartGuard and Order Gate: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Order Gate lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Checkout alerts, Geolocation, Max quantity, Min quantity. 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 Sep 25, 2026 for CartGuard, Oct 27, 2026 for Order Gate; 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 27, 2026 for Order Gate. 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.