Low Inventory Alert Guru vs Low‑stock Alert
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 22, 2026 for Low Inventory Alert Guru, Oct 28, 2026 for Low‑stock Alert.
The short answer
- Only Low‑stock Alert lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.95/month for Low Inventory Alert Guru and $9.99/month for Low‑stock Alert.
- Low Inventory Alert Guru lists 11 features Low‑stock Alert’s listing doesn’t mention, including Alert settings, Auto-alerts, Email notifications.
Head to head
Simplify inventory management. Monitor low stock levels easily
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter Plan
- · - Locations
- · - Products
- · - SKUs
- · - Storewide
- · - Variants
- · 10 Credits: set 10 alerts of any type:
Essential Plan
- · 100 Credits (set 100 alerts of any type)
- · Everything in the Starter plan
Professional Plan
- · 500 Credits (set 500 alerts of any type)
- · Everything in the Essential plan
Enterprise Plan
- · Everything in the Professional plan
- · Set unlimited alerts of any type
- · Unlimited Credits
Free
- · 1 alert email address
- · Daily low-stock scan
- · Email digest with alerts
- · Up to 50 products monitored
Pro
- · Daily low-stock scan & email digest
- · Multiple alert email addresses
- · Per-product stock thresholds
- · Unlimited products monitored
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureEasy to use. No coding. No scripts to install. No rules to configure. Automatically get notified when inventory levels fall below thresholds you set. You can send the alert to one email address or multiple emails. The email can also include CSV file. This way, you can easily identify products that need attention.
Low-stock Alert checks your inventory once a day and sends one email listing every product variant that has dropped below a threshold you set. Restock before you run out, without checking the admin each day. Set one global threshold for the whole store. On Pro, give fast or slow sellers their own threshold per variant and send the report to several email addresses.
- Track low inventory for all your Shopify locations, including POS & warehouses
- Set alerts by product, collection, variant, or storewide
- No complex rules needed to create alerts. No coding
- Run report on demand or schedule it. Bulk set alerts.
- Daily email report of all products below your stock threshold.
- Set a global threshold or custom limits per product or variant.
- Runs automatically each day; no manual inventory checks required.
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 |  Low Inventory Alert Guru |  Low‑stock Alert |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Low Inventory Alert Guru | Low‑stock Alert |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 16 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Low Inventory Alert Guru | Low‑stock Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6.95/month(ahead) | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | Low Inventory Alert Guru | Low‑stock Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #204 | #312 |
| Shopify App Charts | #6 on Featured by Shopify in Inventory optimization | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 14, 2020 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Cork Labs | RVDH Interim Management B.V. |
FAQ
Low Inventory Alert Guru and Low‑stock Alert: common questions
- Is Low Inventory Alert Guru or Low‑stock Alert cheaper?
- Only Low‑stock Alert lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.95/month for Low Inventory Alert Guru and $9.99/month for Low‑stock Alert. 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?
- Low Inventory Alert Guru lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings, Auto-alerts, Email notifications, Inventory tracking. 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 22, 2026 for Low Inventory Alert Guru, Oct 28, 2026 for Low‑stock Alert; 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 22, 2026 for Low Inventory Alert Guru, Oct 28, 2026 for Low‑stock Alert. 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.