OrderCore Gateway vs OrderGuard: COD Protection
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
- Paid plans start at $49/month for OrderCore Gateway and $9.99/month for OrderGuard.
Head to head
Starter
- · 50,000 API calls per month, webhook supp
Starter
- · Auto-tag risky Shopify orders
- · Central queue for risky orders
- · Confidence level on each order
- · Detect fake and risky COD buyers
- · Export flagged orders as CSV
- · Plain-English risk explanations
Growth
- · COD acceptance & rejection stats
- · CSV export
- · Customer trust profiles
- · Everything in Starter plus
- · One-click trust & block controls
- · Spot repeat COD rejecters
Scale
- · Advanced automation rules
- · Auto-cancel high-risk orders
- · Cross-customer pattern detection
- · Email alerts for risky orders
- · Email alerts for risky orders
- · Everything in Growth plus
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureOrderCore Gateway connects Shopify paid orders to OrderCore for downstream processing. After install, it receives paid order webhooks, maps line items to OrderCore SKUs, and creates orders in OrderCore with idempotency protection to prevent duplicates.
OrderGuard helps COD-focused Shopify stores identify risky orders before fulfillment. Every order is scored using customer history, behavior patterns, and fraud signals like duplicate phone numbers, repeat addresses, and COD rejection rates. Review flagged orders, track loss prevented, and automate actions to reduce cancellations and shipping losses.
- Sync paid Shopify orders to OrderCore automatically
- Idempotent order ingestion to prevent duplicates
- Webhook signature verification and compliance webhook support
- Tenant-scoped routing for multi-store setups
- Stop fake and high-risk COD orders before you ship
- Detect repeat COD rejecters and suspicious customers instantly
- See exactly why an order is risky with clear explanations
- Track loss prevented from cancelled and converted orders
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 |  OrderCore Gateway |  OrderGuard |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | OrderCore Gateway | OrderGuard |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | OrderCore Gateway | OrderGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month | $9.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 1 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | OrderCore Gateway | OrderGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #468 | #409(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 5, 2026 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Cloudpeakify | OrderLyne |
FAQ
OrderCore Gateway and OrderGuard: common questions
- Is OrderCore Gateway or OrderGuard cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $49/month for OrderCore Gateway and $9.99/month for OrderGuard. 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; 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.