PO Engine: PDF to Draft Order 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 Nov 7, 2026 for PO Engine, Oct 13, 2026 for POMate.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for PO Engine and $9.90/month for POMate.
Head to head
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
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 featureYour 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 Engine |  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 Engine | 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 Engine and POMate: common questions
- Is PO Engine or POMate cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for PO Engine 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 Nov 7, 2026 for PO Engine, Oct 13, 2026 for POMate; 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 Nov 7, 2026 for PO Engine, Oct 13, 2026 for POMate. 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.