SecureSMTP ‑ Store Email vs SmartNotify for Slack
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 SecureSMTP lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for SecureSMTP and $9.99/month for SmartNotify for Slack.
- SmartNotify for Slack lists 4 features SecureSMTP’s listing doesn’t mention, including Account activation, Multi-channel, Refunds.
Head to head
Get order, product, and customer notifications right in Slack
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
FREE
- · 5,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Starter
- · 25,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Growth
- · 100,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Scale
- · 500,000 marketing emails / month
- · Every feature included
- · Unlimited order & transactional emails
Essential
- · 10,000 events/day
- · All event types (order, refund, …)
- · Custom rules and filter based on event
- · Unlimited Slack channels per event
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureSecureSMTP runs your store's email from one place. Send branded order confirmation, payment, shipping and cancellation emails, plus abandoned-checkout recovery, review requests, welcome and merchant-digest emails. Grow a subscriber list from your storefront forms and send branded email campaigns with one-click unsubscribe.
SmartNotify allows you to get notifications in Slack for all the important events in your Shopify shop. Never miss an order and get your goods into the hand of your customers even quicker!
- Branded confirmation, payment, shipping and cancellation emails for buyers
- Alert your team by email the moment an order is placed, paid or shipped
- Route each event to its own recipients — warehouse, sales, support, owner
- Searchable mail log of every email sent, with live delivery status
- Receive Slack notifications for new orders, status updates, refunds and more
- Connect as many Slack channels as you want to – even from different workspaces
- Send different events to different Slack channels (public, private, or DMs)
- Configure conditions to only get notified when certain conditions are met
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 |  SecureSMTP |  SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SecureSMTP | SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 2 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | SecureSMTP | SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month(ahead) | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 10 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | SecureSMTP | SmartNotify for Slack |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #50 | #26(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 30, 2026 | Dec 20, 2021 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | ZAIN SAEED | Smartinary LLC |
FAQ
SecureSMTP and SmartNotify for Slack: common questions
- Is SecureSMTP or SmartNotify for Slack cheaper?
- Only SecureSMTP lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for SecureSMTP and $9.99/month for SmartNotify for Slack. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- SecureSMTP lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Email templates. SmartNotify for Slack lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Account activation, Multi-channel, Refunds, Tagging. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- 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.