SecureSMTP ‑ Store Email vs StaffPing Order Notifications
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/month for StaffPing Order Notifications.
- SecureSMTP lists 4 features StaffPing Order Notifications’s listing doesn’t mention, including Customer notifications, Email templates, Order status.
Head to head
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
Starter
- · 1 Shopify fulfillment location
- · 5 WhatsApp staff recipients
- · 7-day trial includes 50 free messages
- · All triggers & filters
- · Message language translations
- · Standard message templates
Growth
- · 5 Shopify fulfillment location
- · 7-day trial includes 50 free messages
- · All triggers & filters
- · Custom message templates
- · Unlimited WhatsApp staff recipients
- · Unlimited notification rules
Scale
- · 15 Shopify fulfillment locations
- · 7-day trial includes 50 free messages
- · All triggers & filters
- · Custom message templates
- · Priority Support
- · Unlimited WhatsApp staff recipients
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.
WhatsApp order notifications for store admins, staff, and operations teams. Instant WhatsApp alerts when orders are created, paid, cancelled, or fulfilled. Built for internal team notifications, not customer messaging. Filter order alerts by value, country, product tags, or COD payment method. Route different order notifications to different team members.
- 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
- Get WhatsApp alerts for new orders, payments, fulfillments, and cancellations.
- Filter by order value, shipping country, product tags, or payment method.
- Add team members and route different order alerts to different recipients.
- Each message includes a direct link to open the order in your admin.
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 |  StaffPing Order Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StaffPing Order Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 4 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | SecureSMTP | StaffPing Order Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month | $9/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | SecureSMTP | StaffPing Order Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #50 | #6(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 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | ZAIN SAEED | Exlrate |
FAQ
SecureSMTP and StaffPing Order Notifications: common questions
- Is SecureSMTP or StaffPing Order Notifications cheaper?
- Only SecureSMTP lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for SecureSMTP and $9/month for StaffPing Order Notifications. 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 4 the others don’t mention, such as Customer notifications, Email templates, Order status, Shipping updates. 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.