CollabPay: Multi Vendor Payout vs Royal ‑ Royalty Manager
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for CollabPay, Oct 13, 2026 for Royal.
The short answer
- CollabPay lists 18 features Royal’s listing doesn’t mention, including ACH payments, Affiliate links, Auto-payments.
Head to head
Vendor payouts - auto-pay revenue to creators of products
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Essential
- · 10 collaborators / vendors
- · Automatic payouts via PayPal or Stripe
- · Reports
- · Unlimited payouts per month
- · Vendor login
Premium
- · 50 collaborators / vendors
- · API access
- · Advanced Payouts
- · Integrate with multiple platforms
- · Payouts via PayPal, Stripe, Bank, Card
- · Reports
Plus
- · API access
- · Advanced Payouts
- · Integrate with multiple platforms
- · Payouts via PayPal, Stripe, Bank or Card
- · Reports
- · Unlimited collaborators / vendors
Royalty Usage Plan
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureStreamline vendor & affiliate management with our automated revenue-sharing solution. Calculate and distribute commissions easily, with payouts via PayPal, Stripe, or bank. Provide vendors with real-time access to their sales & commissions through dedicated portals. Multi-currency support simplifies vendor payouts, affiliate payouts, royalty payments, while comprehensive reports offer transparency.
Royal seamlessly automates the process of managing creator royalties directly within your Shopify Admin. Track sales performance, calculate owed royalties based on custom rules, and facilitate payments to your creators—all from a single, intuitive Polaris-based dashboard. Save time, reduce manual errors, and keep your orders up to date by ensuring they are paid accurately and on time.
- Flexible Order Tracking: Based on vendor, product, order tags, affiliates & more
- Automated Vendor Payouts using PayPal, Stripe, Bank Account or card
- Manage affiliates: Generate reports and payout affiliates with ease.
- Detailed Vendor Reports: Transparency at your fingertips.
- Automate creator royalty calculations in real-time
- Manage payouts and performance from one dashboard
- Track sales and commissions with clear reports
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 |  CollabPay |  Royal |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | CollabPay | Royal |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 3.5 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 26 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
CollabPay and Royal: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- CollabPay lists 18 the others don’t mention, such as ACH payments, Affiliate links, Auto-payments, Automated rules. Royal lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as APIs, Conditional logic, Custom workflows, Inventory levels. 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 14, 2026 for CollabPay, Oct 13, 2026 for Royal; 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 14, 2026 for CollabPay, Oct 13, 2026 for Royal. 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.