FlowWitness vs Hextom: Workflow Automation

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.

The short answer

  • Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for FlowWitness and $9.99/month for Hextom.
  • Hextom lists 10 features FlowWitness’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-sync data, Conditional logic, Custom triggers.

Head to head

App Store reviews

FlowWitness: —
Hextom: 33
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Pitch
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Your free virtual assistant, automate your daily workflow

Categories
  • Workflow automation
  • Workflow automation
  • Fraud
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Sep 15, 2026
Jul 18, 2016
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
—
1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
—
—
Top countries
—
—

Momentum

New reviews each month

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

012JunAugDecFebFebMarOctHextom: Workflow Automation: 2 reviews in June 2020Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in July 2020Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in August 2020Hextom: Workflow Automation: 2 reviews in October 2020Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in December 2020Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in March 2021Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in February 2022Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in January 2023Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in February 2023Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in May 2023Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in March 2025Hextom: Workflow Automation: 1 reviews in October 2025
FlowWitnessHextomCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $9.99/month
From $0 to $49.99/month
Plans
FreeFree
  • · 7-day completed event history
  • · Email alerts with direct order links
  • · One paid-order workflow monitor
Pro$9.99/month
14-day free trial
  • · 90-day completed event history
  • · Everything in Free
  • · Priority email support
Starter PlanFree
  • · 5 active automation
  • · 50 automated actions per month
  • · Curated Data Tables for emails
  • · Multiple conditions-actions automations
  • · Scheduled tasks
Growth Plan$9.99/month
  • · 300 automated actions per month
  • · 5 active automation
  • · All Starter plan features included
Basic Plan$19.99/month
  • · 1000 automated actions per month
  • · All Growth plan features included
  • · Unlimited active automation
Profressional Plan$49.99/month
  • · 3000 automated actions per month
  • · All Basic plan features included
  • · Unlimited active automation
Coverage
5 of 15 features33%
15 of 15 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • Auto-sync data
  • Conditional logic
  • Custom triggers
  • Customer tags
  • +6 more
Workflow automation
33%5/15
100%15/15
Automation tasks
33%3/9
100%9/9
Customization
33%2/6
100%6/6
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FlowWitnessHextom15 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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  • email
How it sells itself

FlowWitness watches a business-critical Shopify Flow that starts when an order is paid. Add its completion action to the successful end of the workflow. If an order does not reach the action before your deadline, FlowWitness opens one incident and emails your team with a direct Shopify order link. Review waiting, completed, overdue, and late-completed checks in one timeline.

Shop Workflow Automation is an e-commerce automation solution that takes daily operations off your shoulders, so you can concentrate on growing your business. The App provides curated library of templates that you can choose from and build automation right away. You can also build any custom automation in a few clicks.

Key points
  • Start an independent completion deadline for each paid order.
  • Open one incident when a Shopify Flow checkpoint is missing.
  • Email your team with a direct link to the affected order.
  • Turn manual and repetitive tasks into automated workflows
  • Build automation in a few clicks, no coding required
  • Automate repetitive tasks such as fraud detection, hide out of stock items, etc
  • Schedule based tasks such as daily sales reporting, payment reminder, etc
Screenshots
FlowWitness privacy controls and data handling summary
FlowWitness overview with monitoring status and setup checklistPaid-order checkpoints with completed and overdue statesMissed Shopify Flow checkpoint shown as an incident
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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

MeasureFlowWitnessHextom
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
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

MeasureFlowWitnessHextom
App Store ratingNot published4.9 ★
App Store reviewsNot published33
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough data0
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureFlowWitnessHextom
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$9.99/month$9.99/month
Longest free trial14 daysNot listed
Plans listed24

Listing

MeasureFlowWitnessHextom
Shopify category rank#521in Workflow automation#222(ahead)in Workflow automation
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedSep 15, 2026Jul 18, 2016
Languages1English1English
DeveloperFlowWitnessHextom

FAQ

FlowWitness and Hextom: common questions

Is FlowWitness or Hextom cheaper?
Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for FlowWitness and $9.99/month for Hextom. 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?
Hextom lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-sync data, Conditional logic, Custom triggers, Customer tags. 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 13, 2026; 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 13, 2026. 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.