ELI: New Order Notifications vs SmartNotify for Slack
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Jul 30, 2026 for ELI, Oct 13, 2026 for SmartNotify for Slack.
The short answer
- SmartNotify for Slack lists 8 features ELI’s listing doesn’t mention, including Account activation, Customer notifications, Order cancellations.
Head to head
Get order, product, and customer notifications right in Slack
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Essential
- · 10,000 events/day
- · All event types (order, refund, …)
- · Custom rules and filter based on event
- · Unlimited Slack channels per event
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureEvery order has people who need to know, and they are rarely the same people. Order Notifications uses recipient rules: each rule decides who gets notified, which orders trigger it, and how much they can see. Start from a role preset, filter by vendor, product, total or country, and deliver by Slack or webhook.
SmartNotify allows you to get notifications in Slack for all the important events in your Shopify shop. Never miss an order and get your goods into the hand of your customers even quicker!
- Recipient rules route each order to the right person via Slack or webhook
- Per-recipient privacy: share items and shipping without customer data
- Filters by vendor, product, country, total; duplicate-safe delivery
- Receive Slack notifications for new orders, status updates, refunds and more
- Connect as many Slack channels as you want to – even from different workspaces
- Send different events to different Slack channels (public, private, or DMs)
- Configure conditions to only get notified when certain conditions are met
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 |  ELI |  SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ELI | SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 2 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | ELI | SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 10 days |
| Plans listed | Not published | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | ELI | SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #118 | #26(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 28, 2026 | Dec 20, 2021 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | I/E ILIA KAZIAMOV | Smartinary LLC |
FAQ
ELI and SmartNotify for Slack: common questions
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- ELI lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Scheduling, Supplier notifications, Vendor notifications. SmartNotify for Slack lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Account activation, Customer notifications, Order cancellations, Order creation. 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 Jul 30, 2026 for ELI, Oct 13, 2026 for SmartNotify for Slack; 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 Jul 30, 2026 for ELI, Oct 13, 2026 for SmartNotify for Slack. 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.