EPR Pack Report vs VAT Shield – EU VAT Compliance
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 28, 2026 for EPR Pack Report, Oct 13, 2026 for VAT Shield.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: EPR Pack Report 4.0 from 1 reviews and VAT Shield 1.0 from 1 reviews.
- VAT Shield lists 8 features EPR Pack Report’s listing doesn’t mention, including Custom invoices, Data export, EU (VAT).
Head to head
Basic
- · 1 country for exports & dashboard
- · AI-powered product mapping
- · Automated EPR report generation
- · Dashboard & per-order tracking
- · Extra countries at $49/year
- · Full packaging inventory management
Unlimited
- · All available countries included
- · Everything in Basic
Starter
- · 10 exports/month (JSON & PDF)
- · 7 years data retention
- · Email notifications
- · Triple evidence collection
- · Up to 100 EU orders/month
Unlimited
- · 10 years data retention (EU compliant)
- · Bulk export & archive
- · Triple evidence collection
- · Triple evidence collection
- · Unlimited EU orders/month
- · Unlimited exports (JSON & PDF)
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMerchants shipping to the European Union must register their packaging and report its weight to EPR schemes: LUCID and VerpackG in Germany, CONAI in Italy and Citeo in France. EPR Pack Report handles this for you. It records packaging weight per order, sorts it by material and destination country, and builds the report each scheme expects.
EU VAT Shield helps Shopify merchants comply with EU VAT regulations by automatically capturing, storing, and organizing VAT evidence for every order. The app keeps track of threshold liabilities, validates customer tax information, and generates exportable audit-ready reports. It simplifies OSS and IOSS compliance, ensuring your store remains fully aligned with EU tax requirements.
- Automatic packaging weight tracking for every order you ship
- AI suggests packaging from your catalogue, so setup takes minutes
- Ready-to-file EPR reports for LUCID, VerpackG, CONAI and Citeo. More coming
- Set up your own rules to map packaging to each product
- Automatically capture and store VAT evidence for every order.
- Track EU VAT thresholds and support OSS/IOSS compliance.
- Generate audit-ready reports to keep your store tax compliant.
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 |  EPR Pack Report |  VAT Shield |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | EPR Pack Report | VAT Shield |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.0 ★(ahead) | 1.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 1 | 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 | EPR Pack Report | VAT Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $15/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | EPR Pack Report | VAT Shield |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #103(ahead) | #166 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 15, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 3 | 16 |
| Developer | Out of Bounds | Echoe AI |
FAQ
EPR Pack Report and VAT Shield: common questions
- Which has better reviews, EPR Pack Report or VAT Shield?
- On the Shopify App Store: EPR Pack Report 4.0 from 1 reviews and VAT Shield 1.0 from 1 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- VAT Shield lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Custom invoices, Data export, EU (VAT), IOSS and OSS (EU). 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 28, 2026 for EPR Pack Report, Oct 13, 2026 for VAT Shield; 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 28, 2026 for EPR Pack Report, Oct 13, 2026 for VAT Shield. 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.