Gift & Ship Direct vs Seed: Influencer Gift Form
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Gift & Ship Direct, Oct 27, 2026 for Seed.
The short answer
- Only Seed lists a free plan.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free Plan
- · Gift without address
Free
- · 1 gift campaign
- · 5 gifts every month
- · Every gift is a real order in your store
- · Gift forms on your own brand domain
- · Small Seed logo on your gift page
Starter
- · 24/7 human chat & call support
- · A private gift link for each creator
- · Everything in Free, plus:
- · Gift forms on your own brand domain
- · See views and what they cost you
- · See who posted on Instagram and TikTok
Seed: Scale Gifts
- · 24/7 human chat & call support
- · A private gift link for each creator
- · Everything in Starter, plus:
- · Gift forms on your own brand domain
- · See views and what they cost you
- · See who posted on Instagram and TikTok
Corporate Gifting
- · Budgets per company + code tracking
- · Everything in Seed, plus:
- · One shared link, gift picker, no prices
- · One-time printable code per recipient
- · Sell gifts to companies for their staff
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureNo recipient address? No problem! Gift & Ship Direct adds a "Send as a Gift" option to your products. The buyer pays and provides the recipient's email or phone number. The recipient gets a branded link to enter their own shipping details securely. The order then appears in your admin for normal fulfillment.
One gift is nine small jobs: ask, wait, ask, wait, ask, wait, write it in a spreadsheet, copy it into your store, remember who got what. Then you do it again for the next creator. With Seed, each person picks a gift from your stock and types their own address. A real order shows up in your store for you to approve and ship. Companies can buy gifts for staff too: each person enters a code and picks one.
- Lets customers send gifts using only the recipient's email or phone number.
- Delight recipients with automated, branded gift notifications via email or SMS.
- Gift orders appear in your dashboard for fulfillment with no new workflows.
- 1. One link, zero back-and-forth — Share a branded link. Influencers pick their
- 2. Orders land in Shopify automatically — Every submission creates a order
- 3. Full control over every campaign — Set which products are available, cap tota
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 |  Gift & Ship Direct |  Seed |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Gift & Ship Direct | Seed |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 5 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Gift & Ship Direct | Seed |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | No monthly plan listed | $59/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Gift & Ship Direct | Seed |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #59 | #34 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #5 on Pricing moves in Affiliate programs |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Nov 3, 2025 | May 13, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Evergreen Ideation | Maxx Apps |
FAQ
Gift & Ship Direct and Seed: common questions
- Is Gift & Ship Direct or Seed cheaper?
- Only Seed 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.
- 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 for Gift & Ship Direct, Oct 27, 2026 for Seed; 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 for Gift & Ship Direct, Oct 27, 2026 for Seed. 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.