CheckoutStride vs SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules
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 CheckoutStride, Nov 10, 2026 for SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules.
The short answer
- Only CheckoutStride lists a free plan.
Head to head
- Germany
- France
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
FREE
- · Cross-sell
- · Custom banners and fields
- · Discounts based on attributes/tags
- · Validate Mixed cart, Metafields, Address
- · Volume Discount
Premium
- · Blackout Dates/weekly-off from delivery
- · Delivery date selection
- · Free Plan + DOB validation
- · Hide payment methods
- · Hide shipping methods
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureA powerful tool for enhancing the checkout journey, boosting sales, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Seamlessly handle shipping options, payment methods, discounts using Shopify Functions, cross-selling, delivery date selection, delivery blackout dates, shipping address/PO Box/Country-based shipment validations, age verification, additional fields (like order notes, dynamic fields, gift message), mixed-cart order…
SMART Checkout Rules helps merchants control the checkout experience using flexible conditions. Validate checkout or hide, block, sort, or rename payment methods and shipping options based on rules like country, customer tag, cart value, product, or discount. Grow AOV with one-click post-purchase upsells and downsells, plus checkout blocks like banners, and discount codes.
- Set Buy X, Get Y discounts based on product metafields and product tags
- Hide Shipping and Payment Methods based on pre-defined custom rules as below
- Rules based on product tags, cart attributes, customer tags, sub-total, etc.
- Set delivery blackout days based on holidays and weekly off
- Validate and block specific checkouts
- Customize and control payment methods
- Hide, sort, and rename shipping options
- Streamline the checkout experience for customers
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 |  CheckoutStride |  SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 34 |
| 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 | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | Germany, France, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | CheckoutStride | SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 851 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 4% |
Pricing
| Measure | CheckoutStride | SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $8/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 30 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | CheckoutStride | SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #74 | #2 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #19 in Checkout - Other |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | Oct 20, 2023 | Sep 11, 2024 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Vsourz Technologies Inc. | SMART Upsells & Checkout |
FAQ
CheckoutStride and SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules: common questions
- Is CheckoutStride or SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules cheaper?
- Only CheckoutStride 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 Oct 13, 2026 for CheckoutStride, Nov 10, 2026 for SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules; 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 CheckoutStride, Nov 10, 2026 for SMART Checkout Upsells & Rules. 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.