COD Fee Pro vs Payflow: COD & Checkout 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 COD Fee Pro, Nov 8, 2026 for Payflow.
The short answer
- Only Payflow lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $0.99/month for COD Fee Pro and $4.99/month for Payflow.
- Payflow lists 13 features COD Fee Pro’s listing doesn’t mention, including Additional fees, Custom fees, Custom rules.
Head to head
- India
- Colombia
- Czechia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Pro
- · Cash on Delivery surcharge at checkout
- · Email support, 1 business day reply
- · Per-market amounts in local currency
- · Per-market customizable banner text
- · Surcharge as a regular order line item
Free
- · 1 active rule of any type
- · AI assistant in Claude and ChatGPT
- · AND / OR logic in every rule
- · All 50+ targeting conditions
- · Cash on delivery fee
- · No limits for development stores
Premium
- · COD restrictions by country and value
- · Everything in Free
- · Priority live chat support
- · Unlimited checkout validations
- · Unlimited payment and COD rules
- · Unlimited shipping rules
Pro
- · $1 of SMS credit free every month
- · COD order verification by SMS
- · Everything in Premium
- · Payment instructions with QR codes
- · Reminders for unpaid bank transfers
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureCash on Delivery comes with hidden costs: courier handling fees, higher return rates, and tied-up working capital. COD Fee Pro lets you add a transparent surcharge for customers who choose Cash on Delivery at checkout, recovering those costs from the customers who actually generate them. The fee is added as a regular line item, so it appears in your orders and accounting like any other product.
Payflow lets merchants add a Cash on Delivery (COD) fee without editing orders after checkout. You can hide, rename, or reorder payment methods and delivery methods using conditions such as cart totals, products, collections, customer tags, and address fields. Checkout validations can block checkout when an order does not meet your rules. Combine conditions using AND/OR groups.
- Per-market surcharge amounts in each market's local currency.
- Customize the customer-facing banner wording per market.
- Surcharge appears as a regular order line in reports and exports.
- Add the checkout block once. No fields to fill in afterwards.
- Streamline COD effortlessly, eliminating post-purchase edits and custom products
- Easily hide, rename, reorder payment & delivery methods based on your conditions
- Use conditions such as total price, weight, tags, products, address and more
- Advanced AND/OR condition tool enabling seamless integration of multiple rules
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 |  COD Fee Pro |  Payflow |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 2,640 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +30 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 30 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 28% |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | India, Colombia, Czechia |
Reviews
| Measure | COD Fee Pro | Payflow |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 118 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 3 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 29% |
Pricing
| Measure | COD Fee Pro | Payflow |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $0.99/month(ahead) | $4.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 1 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | COD Fee Pro | Payflow |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #242 | #2 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #2 in Pay later |
| Built for Shopify | No | Yes |
| Launched | May 20, 2026 | Dec 13, 2023 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Borema Digital | Appfleece |
FAQ
COD Fee Pro and Payflow: common questions
- Is COD Fee Pro or Payflow cheaper?
- Only Payflow lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $0.99/month for COD Fee Pro and $4.99/month for Payflow. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Payflow lists 13 the others don’t mention, such as Additional fees, Custom fees, Custom rules, 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 Oct 13, 2026 for COD Fee Pro, Nov 8, 2026 for Payflow; 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 COD Fee Pro, Nov 8, 2026 for Payflow. 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.