MerchMotion vs PufferCut ‑ Product Videos

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.
  • PufferCut lists 1 features MerchMotion’s listing doesn’t mention, including Multi-channel.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Video and livestream
  • Video and livestream
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Apr 23, 2026
May 7, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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From $0 to $99/month
Plans
MerchMotion 1Free
MerchMotion 10$100/year
MerchMotion 100$1,000/year
MerchMotion 250$2,500/year
FreeFree
  • · 30 renders/month
  • · Brand kit settings
  • · Full editor access
Plus$29/month
7-day free trial
  • · 100 renders/month
  • · Brand kit settings
  • · Full editor access
  • · No PufferCut watermark
Pro$99/month
  • · 500 renders/month
  • · Best for larger catalogs
  • · Brand kit settings
  • · Full editor access
  • · No PufferCut watermark
Coverage
2 of 3 features67%
3 of 3 features100%
Unique strengths
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  • Multi-channel
Video and livestream
67%2/3
100%3/3
Customization
100%1/1
100%1/1
Video management
50%1/2
100%2/2
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MerchMotionPufferCut3 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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How it sells itself

Product videos help merchants show products in motion and can improve engagement. Creating them manually takes time and often requires design or video skills. MerchMotion syncs your catalog and generates video ads from your product images and details. Edit voiceover, segments, and timing in the built-in editor, then upload finished videos to your product media for use on product pages, ads, or social channels.

PufferCut helps you turn the product content you already have into short, branded videos. Use your existing photos, product titles, prices, and offer text to create videos for product pages, social media, ads, campaigns, and other marketing placements. Choose a product, pick a template, adjust the colors, text, music, and your brand kit, then preview the video before rendering.

Key points
  • Generate product video ads from your product images, titles, and descriptions
  • Edit segments, voiceover, and timing in the video editor
  • Upload finished videos directly to your product media
  • Create videos from existing product photos, prices, and titles
  • Save brand colors, logos, and default calls to action
  • Render square, vertical, landscape, and story formats
  • Live preview of videos before generation
Screenshots
Transcript Audio Editor
Product PageVideo Editor
Overview of PufferCut
Brand kit featureVideo editor optionsHome dashboard

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.

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Adoption

MeasureMerchMotionPufferCut
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

MeasureMerchMotionPufferCut
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureMerchMotionPufferCut
Free planYesYes
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$29/month
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed43

Listing

MeasureMerchMotionPufferCut
Shopify category rank#252in Video and livestream#172(ahead)in Video and livestream
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedApr 23, 2026May 7, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperProcessUs Solutions Inc.PufferStack

FAQ

MerchMotion and PufferCut: common questions

Is MerchMotion or PufferCut cheaper?
Both list 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.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
PufferCut lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Multi-channel. 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.