Missing Cost Audit vs CostSonar

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 Missing Cost Audit, Nov 9, 2026 for CostSonar.

The short answer

  • Only Missing Cost Audit lists a free plan.
  • CostSonar lists 1 features Missing Cost Audit’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom reports.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Analytics
  • Analytics
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Sep 21, 2026
Oct 14, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $79/month
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Plans
FreeFree
  • · CSV export, no SKU limit ever
  • · Finds every variant with no cost
  • · Ranks the gaps by revenue distorted
  • · Sales and catalogue coverage
Keep$29/month
  • · Alerts and nightly email digests
  • · Import your cost history
  • · Margin as a range, not a guess
  • · Set costs in the app
  • · Set one cost for a whole product
  • · Verified, estimated, unknown per sale
Pro$79/month
  • · Auto-restore cleared costs
  • · Compares each price list to the last
  • · Cost drift: what changed, by whom
  • · Everything in Keep
  • · Full order history, not just 60 days
  • · Landed cost by SKU over time
Free
Coverage
1 of 2 features50%
2 of 2 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • Custom reports
Analytics
50%1/2
100%2/2
Visuals and reports
50%1/2
100%2/2
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Missing Cost AuditCostSonar2 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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How it sells itself

When a product has no cost per item, Shopify reports that cost as $0.00 and books the whole sale as profit. It does not warn you. On a store where half the catalogue is missing costs, Shopify's own AI calls the margin "healthy". Free, forever, no SKU limit: find every variant with no cost, see how much recent revenue has none behind it, and export the list.

Shopify keeps one cost per inventory item. When you change it, the old value is replaced, so earlier margins stop matching. CostSonar records cost changes from its first check and keeps a dated history. It sorts your catalogue into variants selling below cost, variants with no cost set, and variants on a thin margin. Archived and draft products are skipped. Access is read-only. The app never writes to your store.

Key points
  • Finds every product variant with no cost recorded, in seconds
  • Ranks gaps by impact, so you fix the few that matter, not all of them
  • Never asks for your customers' names, emails, phones or addresses
  • See the variants selling below cost, biggest loss per unit first
  • Get an email when a product that was making money starts losing it
  • Keep a dated record of cost changes from your first check
  • Find products with no cost set, which profit reports cannot include
Screenshots
All variants have a cost recorded. Coverage 100%.
Variants with no cost recorded, ranked by revenue distortedAudit warning: $709.95 of reported profit has no cost behind itAudit warning: $709.95 of reported profit has no cost behind it
Thin-margin variants and variants with no cost set
Dated history of cost changes, with before and after valuesCostSonar: find the products you sell below costVariants selling below cost, with the loss per unit

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.

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Adoption

MeasureMissing Cost AuditCostSonar
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureMissing Cost AuditCostSonar
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureMissing Cost AuditCostSonar
Free planYesNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$29/monthNo monthly plan listed
Longest free trialNot listedNot listed
Plans listed3Not published

Listing

MeasureMissing Cost AuditCostSonar
Shopify category rank#1356in AnalyticsNot enough data
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedSep 21, 2026Oct 14, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperKelbra Business Solutions LLCMarimon Apps

FAQ

Missing Cost Audit and CostSonar: common questions

Is Missing Cost Audit or CostSonar cheaper?
Only Missing Cost Audit 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.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
CostSonar lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Custom reports. 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 Missing Cost Audit, Nov 9, 2026 for CostSonar; 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 Missing Cost Audit, Nov 9, 2026 for CostSonar. 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.