PO Desk vs PO Engine: PDF 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 PO Desk, Nov 7, 2026 for PO Engine.
The short answer
- Only PO Engine lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for PO Desk and $29/month for PO Engine.
Head to head
Starter
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders
- · File upload
- · Order review workspace
- · PO parsing
Growth
- · Bulk upload
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders
- · Customer SKU aliases
- · File upload
- · Order review workspace
- · PO parsing
Pro
- · Advanced SKU matching
- · Bulk upload
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders
- · Customer SKU aliases
- · File upload
- · Order review workspace
Free
- · 15 orders every month
- · Renews monthly, not a trial
Starter
- · $0.19 an order
- · 150 orders a month
Growth
- · $0.13 an order
- · 600 orders a month
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featurePO Desk helps B2B merchants process purchase orders from PDFs, spreadsheets, CSV files, and images. Merchants upload a PO, review extracted customer and line item details, confirm SKU matches, and create a Shopify Draft Order only after approval. The workflow keeps draft order creation focused on review accuracy and product matching.
Your customers email purchase orders as PDFs, spreadsheets and CSVs. You retype them. PO Engine reads the order, matches every line to your products, and creates a Shopify draft order priced from your own catalogue and B2B price lists. Anything it is unsure about it asks you once, then remembers how that customer words things forever. It writes a draft order and stops.
- Upload PDFs, spreadsheets, CSVs, or images and extract PO details.
- Match line items to Shopify products using SKUs and aliases.
- Review each order, correct details, and create a Draft Order.
- Reads purchase orders as PDF, Excel or CSV. No template for your buyers.
- Matches lines to your products, and asks you rather than guessing when unsure.
- Learns how each customer words things, so the same order never asks twice.
- Prices from your own catalogue and B2B price lists, never from the buyer's PDF.
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 |  PO Desk |  PO Engine |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | PO Desk | PO Engine |
|---|---|---|
| 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
PO Desk and PO Engine: common questions
- Is PO Desk or PO Engine cheaper?
- Only PO Engine lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for PO Desk and $29/month for PO Engine. 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 PO Desk, Nov 7, 2026 for PO Engine; 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 PO Desk, Nov 7, 2026 for PO Engine. 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.