Paperlane: Purchase Orders vs POClerk: PO to Draft Order
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 Paperlane, Nov 6, 2026 for POClerk.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Paperlane and $79/month for POClerk.
Head to head
Free start
- · 5 reviewed drafts, once per store
- · Excel, CSV and text-based PDF imports
- · No automatic paid enrollment
- · Review, Shopify drafts and file exports
Paperlane
- · 35 reviewed drafts per billing cycle
- · All import, review and export features
- · No automatic overage charges
- · Up to 200 lines per reviewed draft
Free
- · Everything in Starter
- · First 10 orders free
- · No card, no time limit
Starter
- · 150 orders / month
- · Alias memory — fix once
- · Confirmation replies
- · Forwarding inbox + drag-drop
- · Founding price $49/mo, first 100 stores
- · Held-line review
Growth
- · 500 orders / month
- · Autopilot for order sheet replies
- · Everything in Starter
- · Founding price $99/mo, first 100 stores
- · Per-customer autopilot
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureTurn Excel, CSV and text-based PDF purchase orders into reviewed Shopify drafts. Match SKUs to your catalog, correct unmatched items and check quantities before creating a draft in Shopify. Keep reviewed drafts and download Excel or JSON copies. Original files are processed in your browser. Supports up to 200 order lines and 1,000 catalog variants in EUR, USD or GBP stores. Scanned PDFs and photos are not supported.
Wholesale buyers order by email: PDFs, spreadsheets, photos. POClerk reads each B2B purchase order, matches every line to your products and prepares the draft order; anything unsure waits beside the original for a two-click fix. Customers on standing orders get their usual order emailed weekly with last time's quantities, and their reply becomes a draft order. A revised PO updates its order.
- Import purchase orders from Excel, CSV and text-based PDFs.
- Match SKUs, resolve exceptions and review products and quantities.
- Create Shopify drafts and download reviewed orders as Excel or JSON.
- Forwarding inbox + drag-drop: PDF, Excel, CSV, scans, or plain email text
- Every line matched to your catalog — unsure lines held for review, never guessed
- Fix a line once — alias memory enters that customer's shorthand next time
- Pack rules ("2 cases" = 24), price-mismatch flags, quantity cross-checks
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 |  Paperlane |  POClerk |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Paperlane | POClerk |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
FAQ
Paperlane and POClerk: common questions
- Is Paperlane or POClerk cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Paperlane and $79/month for POClerk. 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 Paperlane, Nov 6, 2026 for POClerk; 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 Paperlane, Nov 6, 2026 for POClerk. 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.