Certly — Resale & Tax‑Exempt vs Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs
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 Certly, Oct 14, 2026 for Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs.
The short answer
- Certly lists 1 features Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs’s listing doesn’t mention, including Exemption managment.
Head to head
Starter
- · AI-assisted extraction (state, certifica
- · Automatic renewal reminders before expir
- · Full audit log of every approval
- · Up to 10 certificates per month
- · Up to 100 exempt customers
Pro
- · AI-assisted extraction
- · Automatic renewal reminders before expir
- · Full audit log of every approval and rej
- · Up to 50 certificates per month
- · Up to 500 exempt customers
scale
- · AI-assisted extraction
- · Automatic renewal reminders before expir
- · Full audit log of every approval
- · Unlimited certificates per month
- · Unlimited exempt customers
Free
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCertly handles the entire lifecycle of US resale and exemption certificates. B2B customers upload a PDF from their account page; Certly extracts the key fields with AI, lets you approve or reject in one click, and marks the customer tax-exempt in Shopify. Expiring certificates trigger automatic renewal reminders, and stale ones expire on their own so you stop charging tax-exempt buyers by mistake.
Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs helps B2B Shopify merchants collect, read, and review resale or tax exemption certificates. Upload a certificate, review extracted business, state, expiry, and tax ID details, then approve customer tax status in Shopify.
- Self-serve cert upload in the new customer account no email back-and-forth
- AI extracts buyer name, state, certificate ID, and expiry from the uploaded PDF
- One-click approve sets the customer tax-exempt and tags them in Shopify
- Automatic 60/30/7-day renewal reminders, with auto-expiry past the cert date
- Upload resale and tax exemption certificates for a customer
- Review extracted business, state, expiry, and tax ID details
- Apply approved exemptions to customer tax status in Shopify
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 |  Certly |  Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Certly | Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Certly | Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 5 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Certly | Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #197 | #110(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 1, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Certly | PaperWork |
FAQ
Certly and Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Certly lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Exemption managment. 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 Certly, Oct 14, 2026 for Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs; 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 Certly, Oct 14, 2026 for Paperwork Tax Exempt Certs. 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.