SecureSMTP ‑ Store Email vs StoreAlert ‑ Event Monitor
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 SecureSMTP, Oct 21, 2026 for StoreAlert.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for SecureSMTP and $19/month for StoreAlert.
- SecureSMTP lists 6 features StoreAlert’s listing doesn’t mention, including Customer notifications, Email templates, Order cancellations.
Head to head
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 site scan per month (home page)
- · 1 weekly AI digest
- · 50 alerts per month
- · 50 emails per month, 1 recipient
- · 500 AI Assistant credits per month
- · 7 days of event history
Pro
- · 1,000 emails/mo, 10 recipients
- · 15 site scans, up to 10 extra pages
- · 2,000 alerts/mo + unlimited Slack
- · 2,500 AI Assistant credits per month
- · 365 days of event history
- · 5 daily or weekly AI digests
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.
StoreAlert keeps you update by sending notification email for every hassle. Create custom notifications for key store happenings. Whenever an event triggers, such as product deletion, creation, price change, an automatic notification is sent based on that event.
- 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
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 |  StoreAlert |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | StoreAlert |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Pricing
| Measure | SecureSMTP | StoreAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month(ahead) | $19/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | SecureSMTP | StoreAlert |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #50(ahead) | #73 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | #2 on Pricing moves in Staff notifications |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 30, 2026 | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | ZAIN SAEED | Devkind |
FAQ
SecureSMTP and StoreAlert: common questions
- Is SecureSMTP or StoreAlert cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for SecureSMTP and $19/month for StoreAlert. 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 6 the others don’t mention, such as Customer notifications, Email templates, Order cancellations, Order creation. StoreAlert lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Batch notifications, Multi-channel. 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 for SecureSMTP, Oct 21, 2026 for StoreAlert; 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 SecureSMTP, Oct 21, 2026 for StoreAlert. 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.