PO Desk vs POMate: 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.
The short answer
- Only POMate lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for PO Desk and $9.90/month for POMate.
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
- · 10 successful Draft Orders total
- · AI PO and email extraction
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders after review
- · Import PDFs, images, Word, CSV, email
Starter
- · 50 successful Draft Orders per month
- · AI PO and email extraction
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders after review
- · Import PDFs, images, Word, CSV, email
Pro
- · 200 successful Draft Orders per month
- · AI PO and email extraction
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders after review
- · Import PDFs, images, Word, CSV, email
Unlimited
- · AI PO and email extraction
- · Create Shopify Draft Orders after review
- · Import PDFs, images, Word, CSV, email
- · Unlimited successful Draft Orders
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.
PO to Draft Order turns purchase orders from email, PDFs, spreadsheets, CSV, documents, and pasted text into reviewable Shopify Draft Orders. AI reads order content, rule-based logic catches unclear fields, and the app learns from merchant corrections to improve future extraction and matching. Each draft keeps source files and evidence so teams can trace where details came from.
- 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.
- Accept POs from email, PDFs, spreadsheets, CSV, documents, and text
- Use AI to identify customers, items, quantities, shipping, and notes
- Apply rule-based checks when extracted details are unclear
- Learn from merchant corrections to improve future matching
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 |  POMate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | POMate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 POMate: common questions
- Is PO Desk or POMate cheaper?
- Only POMate lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for PO Desk and $9.90/month for POMate. 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.