CustomBee ‑ Print on Demand vs Printful: Print on Demand

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 CustomBee, Nov 10, 2026 for Printful.

The short answer

  • Only CustomBee lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for CustomBee and $24.99/month for Printful.
  • Printful lists 27 features CustomBee’s listing doesn’t mention, including Apparel, Australia, Baby products.

Head to head

Detected stores

CustomBee: —
Printful: 63,777

App Store reviews

CustomBee: —
Printful: 4,031

New reviews, 28 days

CustomBee: —
Printful: 106

Stores added, 28 days

CustomBee: —
Printful: 113
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Pitch
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Top-rated print on demand dropshipping & warehousing service

Categories
  • Dropshipping
  • Print on demand (POD)
  • Dropshipping
  • Print on demand (POD)
Languages
  • English
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Italian
  • +1 more
Launched
Jun 6, 2025
Nov 25, 2013
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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108 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
63,777active installs
  • G FUEL
  • Official Eminem Online Store
  • Paris Hilton - The Infinite Icon Collection
  • The Walking Dead Shop
  • Mike Tyson Collection
+63,772 more
Most common store size
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11-50 products31%
Top countries
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  • United States57%
  • Canada5%
  • United Kingdom4%

Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

0125250DecFebAprJunAugOctPrintful: Print on Demand: 159 reviews in December 2025Printful: Print on Demand: 203 reviews in January 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 187 reviews in February 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 180 reviews in March 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 151 reviews in April 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 177 reviews in May 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 233 reviews in June 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 178 reviews in July 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 167 reviews in August 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 121 reviews in September 2026Printful: Print on Demand: 108 reviews in October 2026
CustomBeePrintfulCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $129/month
$24.99/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · Create & Sell Custom Designs
  • · Limited to 50 orders / month
  • · Reseller Pricing
  • · Upgrade at any time to unlock more
Plus$49/month
  • · 4% Cashback on Revenue
  • · Extended Product Range
  • · Full Access to Dropshipper Tools
  • · No monthly order cap
Professional$129/month
  • · 10% Cashback on Revenue
  • · Advanced Customization Options
  • · Extended Product Range
  • · No monthly order cap
  • · Your Clients can Customize in your Shop
Free PlanFree to install
Printful only charges users for order fulfillment and shipping when a product is sold on their stores
  • · 20% off sample orders
  • · 20K+ visuals, and unlimited paid Premium
  • · 576 customizable premium products
  • · Design Maker with built-in tools
  • · Product mockup generator
  • · Up to 100 stores
Growth Plan$24.99/month
Printful only charges users for order fulfillment and shipping when a product is sold on their stores
  • · 7% off product branding
  • · Exclusive 90-day free trial
  • · Exclusive limited-time deals
  • · FREE once you reach $12K in yearly sales
  • · Free digitization for samples
  • · Large front print for select products
Coverage
17 of 45 features38%
38 of 45 features84%
Unique strengths
  • Arts and crafts
  • Automotive
  • Business and office
  • Custom templates
  • +3 more
  • Apparel
  • Australia
  • Baby products
  • Bags
  • +23 more
Dropshipping
29%5/17
76%13/17
Products you can sell
44%4/9
67%6/9
Sourcing locations
13%1/8
88%7/8
Print on demand (POD)
43%12/28
89%25/28
Product customization
57%4/7
71%5/7
Products
29%4/14
100%14/14
Shipping options
57%4/7
86%6/7
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CustomBeePrintful45 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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Works with also listed by another
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  • Checkout
  • eBay
  • Etsy
  • Amazon
  • Storenvy
How it sells itself

CustomBee enables you to sell customizable products like stickers, car decals, canvases, and more—ideal for both B2C and B2B. Customers personalize items with their own text, logos, or images directly in your store. All orders are produced on demand and shipped quickly from Germany to all over Europe. You stay in control of product selection, pricing, and branding—without handling inventory or fulfillment yourself.

Looking to start a printed or embroidered t-shirt business? Or sell wall art or blankets from the comfort of your home? Do it with Printful—we’re a print-on-demand dropshipping supplier ready to support you every step of the way and take care of the boring stuff (you know, like fulfillment). We’ll print, package, and ship your products to your customers.

Key points
  • Sell custom stickers, car decals, canvases, and more
  • On-demand production with no inventory required
  • Flexible product and pricing control per item
  • Designed for both B2C and B2B use cases
  • Quick set-up. Connect to Printful and start selling fast.
  • Easy-to-use design tools for you to create or upload your designs.
  • High-quality products that will keep customers coming back for more.
  • Custom branding with packaging, pack-ins, packing slips, and more.
Screenshots
CustomBee - Personalized Products, Seamless Fulfilled
Step 1Step 3Step 2
custom branding and packaging options
printful catalog with custom printed productsprintful mobile orders listprintful design maker tools and mockup generator

Installed with

CustomBeeNo rating yetPrintful4.8(4,031)

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.

Showing only the rows where the apps differ.

Adoption

MeasureCustomBeePrintful
Detected storesNot published63,777as of Nov 10, 2026
Net store change, 28 days0estimated−106estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough data113new and returning
Big-brand shareNot enough data11%of stores of known size
Top store categoriesNot publishedApparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Arts & Entertainment
Top store countriesNot publishedUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom

Reviews

MeasureCustomBeePrintful
App Store ratingNot published4.8 ★
App Store reviewsNot published4,031
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data106
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough data13%

Pricing

MeasureCustomBeePrintful
Free planYesNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$49/month$24.99/month(ahead)
Longest free trialNot listedNot listed
Plans listed32

Listing

MeasureCustomBeePrintful
Shopify category rank#154in Print on demand (POD)#3(ahead)in Print on demand (POD)
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s charts#5 on the Shoplist 100
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJun 6, 2025Nov 25, 2013
Languages1English5English, Spanish, French
Developermyfolie GmbHPrintful Latvia AS

FAQ

CustomBee and Printful: common questions

Is CustomBee or Printful cheaper?
Only CustomBee lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for CustomBee and $24.99/month for Printful. 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?
CustomBee lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Arts and crafts, Automotive, Business and office, Custom templates. Printful lists 27 the others don’t mention, such as Apparel, Australia, Baby products, Bags. 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 CustomBee, Nov 10, 2026 for Printful; 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 CustomBee, Nov 10, 2026 for Printful. 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.