Dataships: Compliant Opt‑Ins vs Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 5, 2026.
The short answer
- Klaviyo is detected on 2362× as many Shopify stores as Dataships: 262,186 vs 111 as of Nov 5, 2026.
- On the Shopify App Store: Dataships 5.0 from 74 reviews and Klaviyo 4.7 from 3,429 reviews.
- Paid plans start at $440/month for Dataships and $15/month for Klaviyo.
- Klaviyo lists 59 features Dataships’s listing doesn’t mention, including A/B testing, Abandoned cart, AI generation.
- 106 stores run Dataships and Klaviyo together.
Head to head
Email, SMS, and more - a unified customer platform
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Australia
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Custom
- · A/B testing, holdout groups, & reporting
- · Checkout, thank-you & forms collection
- · Consent rules engine & audit records
- · Custom consent wording
- · Dedicated CSM & privacy team
- · Email, SMS & WhatsApp channel collection
Free
- · AI-assisted, on-brand content
- · Built-in dashboard & reporting
- · Guided onboarding setup
- · One place for forms, emails, and flows
- · Seamless migration to full platform
- · Set up directly in Shopify Admin
SMS
- · Automated two-way conversations
- · Branded SMS links
- · Customizable multi-channel attribution
- · Multi-channel A/B testing
- · Multi-channel segmentation and flows
- · SMS AI for campaign creation
- · 160+ campaign templates
- · Email AI for campaign creation
- · Multi-channel A/B testing
- · Multi-channel segmentation and flows
- · Personalized product recommendations
- · Predictive analytics
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureGrow email, SMS, and WhatsApp opt-ins everywhere you collect them: pop-ups, checkout, and the confirmation page. Dataships decides the right consent ask for every shopper based on location, consent history, and channel preference, then writes a timestamped record and syncs it to marketing platforms and the rest of your stack. Every ask is enforced against 100+ global privacy laws.
Go beyond the basics with the Klaviyo marketing app. New stores get a guided setup — sign-up form, welcome email, and abandoned-checkout flow — without leaving Shopify Admin. Unify data from 350+ integrations and boost marketing performance with campaigns, smart segmentation, and automated workflows from Klaviyo’s AI Agents.
- Dynamic Consent Collection: Optimized checkboxes based on the contact's location
- Trusted Compliance Engine: Comprehensive validation and audit-ready consent logs
- Seamless Integration: Klaviyo list management and status syncing in real-time
- Sustained Compliant Growth: Continuously maintaining each contact's status
- Use data from Shopify and other apps – web activity, tags, catalog, coupon codes
- Create segments and triggers using complete historical and real-time data
- Use omnichannel templates for Welcome, Back in Stock, Abandon, Price Drop & more
- Get real-time revenue data per automation, campaign, segment, and channel
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 |  Dataships |  Klaviyo |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 111 | 262,186(ahead) |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +399 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 3,037 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | 15% |
| Top store categories | Health & Beauty, Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland | United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Reviews
| Measure | Dataships | Klaviyo |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★(ahead) | 4.7 ★ |
| App Store reviews | 74 | 3,429(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | 67(ahead) |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 77%(ahead) | 45% |
FAQ
Dataships and Klaviyo: common questions
- Which is more popular, Dataships or Klaviyo?
- Klaviyo is detected on 2362× as many Shopify stores as Dataships: 262,186 vs 111 as of Nov 5, 2026.
- Is Dataships or Klaviyo cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $440/month for Dataships and $15/month for Klaviyo. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Dataships or Klaviyo?
- On the Shopify App Store: Dataships 5.0 from 74 reviews and Klaviyo 4.7 from 3,429 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Klaviyo lists 59 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Abandoned cart, AI generation, Analytics. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Can you use Dataships and Klaviyo together?
- Yes. 106 stores run Dataships and Klaviyo together. Shoplist detects both apps on those storefronts.
- 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 5, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
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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 5, 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.