Deposit & Partial Payment Depo vs Releasit COD Fee
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 11, 2026.
The short answer
- Releasit COD Fee is detected on 2.7× as many Shopify stores as Deposit & Partial Payment Depo: 3,042 vs 1,120 as of Nov 11, 2026.
- On the Shopify App Store: Deposit & Partial Payment Depo 4.5 from 100 reviews and Releasit COD Fee 4.9 from 614 reviews.
- Only Releasit COD Fee lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Deposit & Partial Payment Depo and $9.99/month for Releasit COD Fee.
- Deposit & Partial Payment Depo lists 19 features Releasit COD Fee’s listing doesn’t mention, including Curated subscriptions, Custom pricing, Custom subscriptions.
Head to head
Manage Deposits, Pre-order and Partial & Split Payments
Add a Fee to your Cash On Delivery (COD) orders
- United States
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- India
- Spain
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · 1% + $0.2 Processing Fee
- · Bulk Import Collection
- · Deposits via Draft Order
- · Send Emails from your Domain
- · Unlimited Orders
Lite
- · 0.75% + $0.15 Processing Fee
- · Best for stores more than $1k revenue
- · Everything from Starter Plan
Pro
- · 0.5% + $0.1 Processing Fee
- · Everything from Lite Plan
- · Priority Support
Forever Free
- · 24/7 Email Support (No custom code)
- · 60 Cash on Delivery Orders/Month
- · Add Fixed or Percentage Custom COD Fee
- · Custom Instruction Message for COD
- · Hide or Show COD based on any condition
- · Partial COD Payments with Upfront Amount
Premium
- · 24/7 Live Chat Support
- · 360 Cash on Delivery Orders/Month
- · ALL Free Plan Features
Enterprise
- · (< 5 min response)
- · 24/7 Live Chat Support
- · ALL Premium Plan Features
- · Setup by one of our technicians
- · UNLIMITED Cash on Delivery Orders/Month
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featurePartial payment split payment, pre-order, subscriptions and deposit management app that allows you to seamlessly take deposits on your store. With Depo you can vault customers card and take the remaining payment automatically on a specified date. Also Depo supports draft order deposits. You can also send automated invoices from our dashboard and seamlessly manage them.
Releasit COD Fee lets you add Cash on Delivery fees or discounts and set conditional rules by country, product, collection, customer group, or order value. Secure COD payments with WhatsApp OTP verification before checkout to block fake orders, reduce fraud, and lower RTO/failed deliveries.
- Take deposits and send the pending payment invoice any number of times
- Take pre orders and charge pending payment when your item is ready for dispatch
- Take deposits or split payments on the draft orders created via Shopify admin
- Auto-charges the remaining amount of deposit from Shopify or Depo
- Add a custom fee to Cash on Delivery (fixed value or percentage)
- NEW: hide or show Cash on Delivery for any condition (order total, country, ..)
- NEW: hide Cash on Delivery for specific products, collections and much more
- Add an instructions message for COD (reduce RTO and customer confusion)
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 |  Deposit & Partial Payment Depo |  Releasit COD Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 1,120 | 3,042(ahead) |
| Net store change, 28 days | −6 | +48 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 17 | 109(ahead) |
| Big-brand share | 10% | 17% |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Home & Garden, Services | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | United States, Australia, United Kingdom | Italy, India, Spain |
Reviews
| Measure | Deposit & Partial Payment Depo | Releasit COD Fee |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.5 ★ | 4.9 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 100 | 614(ahead) |
| New reviews, 28 days | 2 | 8(ahead) |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 40% |
Pricing
| Measure | Deposit & Partial Payment Depo | Releasit COD Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month(ahead) | $9.99/month |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Deposit & Partial Payment Depo | Releasit COD Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #22 | #5 |
| Shopify App Charts | #5 in Subscriptions | #3 in Pay later |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Launched | Dec 23, 2020 | Jul 9, 2021 |
| Languages | 5 | 18 |
| Developer | Sidepanda Services LLP | Releasit |
FAQ
Deposit & Partial Payment Depo and Releasit COD Fee: common questions
- Which is more popular, Deposit & Partial Payment Depo or Releasit COD Fee?
- Releasit COD Fee is detected on 2.7× as many Shopify stores as Deposit & Partial Payment Depo: 3,042 vs 1,120 as of Nov 11, 2026.
- Is Deposit & Partial Payment Depo or Releasit COD Fee cheaper?
- Only Releasit COD Fee lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Deposit & Partial Payment Depo and $9.99/month for Releasit COD Fee. 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, Deposit & Partial Payment Depo or Releasit COD Fee?
- On the Shopify App Store: Deposit & Partial Payment Depo 4.5 from 100 reviews and Releasit COD Fee 4.9 from 614 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Deposit & Partial Payment Depo lists 19 the others don’t mention, such as Curated subscriptions, Custom pricing, Custom subscriptions, Digital products. Releasit COD Fee lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Custom fees, Custom messages, Fraud prevention, Multi-language. 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 Nov 11, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
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Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Nov 11, 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.