Order Trigger ‑ Email Vendors vs SecureSMTP ‑ Store Email
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
- Only SecureSMTP lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/month for Order Trigger and $9/month for SecureSMTP.
- Order Trigger lists 4 features SecureSMTP’s listing doesn’t mention, including Batch notifications, Fraud alerts, Supplier notifications.
Head to head
Email the right team.
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Small
- · Send up to 100 emails each month.
Medium
- · Send up to 500 emails each month with email open tracking.
Large
- · Send up to 2000 emails each month with email open tracking and custom email template.
FREE
- · 5,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Starter
- · 25,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Growth
- · 100,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Scale
- · 500,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureOrder Trigger automates the process of sending out purchase order emails to multiple vendors in real time. Send out customized emails to multiple vendors based on the contents of an order. This is superior to Shopify's built-in workaround based on fulfillment services.
SecureSMTP runs your store's email from one place. Send branded order confirmation, payment, shipping and cancellation emails, plus abandoned-checkout recovery, review requests, welcome and merchant-digest emails. Grow a subscriber list from your storefront forms and send branded email campaigns with one-click unsubscribe.
- Setup triggers depending on product title, SKU, tags, etc.
- Allocate/automate orders based on zip/postcodes
- Send orders to multiple vendors per order
- Email a copy of wholesale orders to the sales reps that service the account
- Branded confirmation, payment, shipping and cancellation emails for buyers
- Alert your team by email the moment an order is placed, paid or shipped
- Route each event to its own recipients — warehouse, sales, support, owner
- Searchable mail log of every email sent, with live delivery status
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 |  Order Trigger |  SecureSMTP |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Order Trigger | SecureSMTP |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 7 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Order Trigger | SecureSMTP |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $20/month | $9/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Order Trigger | SecureSMTP |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #43(ahead) | #50 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 29, 2016 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Robert Banh | ZAIN SAEED |
FAQ
Order Trigger and SecureSMTP: common questions
- Is Order Trigger or SecureSMTP cheaper?
- Only SecureSMTP lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/month for Order Trigger and $9/month for SecureSMTP. 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?
- Order Trigger lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Batch notifications, Fraud alerts, Supplier notifications, Vendor notifications. SecureSMTP lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Customer notifications, Order cancellations, Order status, Shipping updates. 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.