COD Flex: Cash on Delivery vs Shadow COD
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 Flex, Oct 14, 2026 for Shadow COD.
The short answer
- Only COD Flex lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for COD Flex and $20/month for Shadow COD.
Head to head
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Shadow COD Pro
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureYour buyers pay with Shopify's own Cash-on-Delivery method at the native checkout — COD Flex never places orders and never touches checkout. When a COD order arrives it scores how likely it is to be refused, from the delivery region, the order value and the buyer's past refusals, and tags the risky ones so you call-confirm or hold them before paying to ship.
Shadow COD protects COD revenue in two ways. It builds a per-store risk profile for each buyer based on their return history and hides COD at checkout only for confirmed returners — good and first-time buyers are never affected. It also asks every buyer placing a COD order to verify their phone via SMS OTP before checkout, stopping fake-number and address-not-found orders before they ship.
- Refusal-risk score and a review or hold tag on every native COD order
- Learns from refused parcels via courier tracking — repeat refusers score higher
- Multi-courier AWB labels + delivery tracking (Sameday, DPD, FAN, Cargus)
- Hides COD at checkout for buyers with a confirmed COD return history
- Learns automatically from your tagged returns — no buyer lists to maintain
- Risk dial (Conservative, Balanced, Observe) plus manual allow and block lists
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 Flex |  Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | COD Flex | Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | COD Flex | Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19.99/month(ahead) | $20/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | COD Flex | Shadow COD |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #130 | #95(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Aug 4, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | DevShopHub | vaynoxstudio |
FAQ
COD Flex and Shadow COD: common questions
- Is COD Flex or Shadow COD cheaper?
- Only COD Flex lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19.99/month for COD Flex and $20/month for Shadow COD. 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 COD Flex, Oct 14, 2026 for Shadow COD; 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 Flex, Oct 14, 2026 for Shadow COD. 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.