Pricing
Real cost, not marketing rates.
Each breakdown: tiers with verification date, hidden costs, math at your volume, alternatives. Sourced from vendor pricing pages + third-party verified.
- 2026-06-03·aftership
AfterShip pricing 2026: the $11→$119 Essentials→Pro cliff, Tracking vs Returns split, and feature-creep complaints
AfterShip $11 Essentials → $119 Pro is a 10x cliff with no mid-tier for 100-2,000 shipments. Tracking and Returns bill as separate products. Aug 2025 reviews flag stealth feature moves. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·attentive
Attentive pricing 2026: the $2-3K quarterly minimum, the 6-12 month contract, and what 'custom' actually buys
Attentive hides pricing behind a demo — third-party reports show $2-3K quarterly minimum, $300/mo platform fee, 6-12 month contracts. Realistic ballpark + when it stops penciling. Verified 2026-05-30.
Read - 2026-06-03·gorgias
Gorgias pricing 2026: ticket caps, $0.36 overage, AI Agent double-billing, and when the bill blows up
Gorgias is ticket-priced ($10-$900/mo) — bill compounds via $0.36 overage and AI Agent's $0.90 resolution fee that ALSO counts as a ticket. Real math + alternatives. Verified 2026-05-30.
Read - 2026-06-03·inventory-planner
Inventory Planner pricing 2026: post-Sage 3x hikes, $245/mo floor, real $10K+ annual contracts
Inventory Planner is quote-only — third-party benchmarks cite ~$245/mo entry, but operator-reported annual contracts hit $10K+ post-Sage acquisition. 2024 price reset + Sept 2025 sync outages. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·mailchimp
Mailchimp pricing 2026: the April 13 hike, the unsubscribed-bloat tax, and the $350 Premium cliff
Mailchimp's April 13 hike is 11-13% on legacy accounts, but the silent driver is unsubscribed contacts counting toward the tier — a 20-40% bloat tax. Math, gotchas, alternatives. Verified 2026-05-30.
Read - 2026-06-03·manychat
ManyChat pricing 2026: the March 2 free-tier cut, AI add-on math, real cost of WhatsApp
ManyChat slashed its free plan from 1,000 to 25 active contacts on March 2, 2026. Essentials at $15/mo is the new entry, AI is a separate $29/mo add-on, and WhatsApp adds Meta passthrough fees. Verified 2026-05-30.
Read - 2026-06-03·northbeam
Northbeam pricing 2026: $1,500/mo Starter floor, MMM+ enterprise math, when sub-$1.5M media spend doesn't qualify
Northbeam Starter $1,500/mo for sub-$1.5M annual media spend is the published floor. Professional and Enterprise custom. MMM+ is Enterprise-only add-on. Math for $1M+ ad spend. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·omnisend
Omnisend pricing 2026: contact counting, MCP for free, and the real cost at 10k contacts
Omnisend's $16/mo Standard entry and MCP on Free are the headline. The billable-contacts denominator (subs + non-subs who got automations) silently drives bigger bills. Math at 10k contacts. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·postscript
Postscript pricing 2026: the platform-fee shift, Starter $49 minimum, AI plan math, and Shopify-only depth
Postscript shifted from pure usage-based to platform fee + per-message — Starter $0/mo + $49 min, Growth $100, Pro $500. Operator backlash, AI plan, 4x ROI guarantee math. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·rebuy
Rebuy pricing 2026: package-based math, Platform One $534/mo, the RGR scaling trap
Rebuy's package pricing (Cart, Checkout, Search, Flows) stacks via Build Your Plan from $25/mo. Platform One $534/mo bundles everything; Enterprise $999+ scales by Rebuy revenue. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·recharge
Recharge pricing 2026: hidden $25 tier, the auto-bump trap, transaction stacking, and post-Skio outlook
Recharge's public page hides the $25 Starter tier (new merchants only, up to 50 subs). At Standard $99/mo + 1.49% + $0.19, a 1,000-order store actually pays ~$889/mo. Math + Skio outlook. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·signifyd
Signifyd pricing 2026: the % of approved-orders model, when chargeback math pencils, and the SMB threshold
Signifyd is priced as a percentage of approved order value — varies by vertical, AOV, and volume. Billed only on approved orders. When the chargeback guarantee math works vs Shopify's. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·tidio
Tidio pricing 2026: the 12x cliff Growth→Plus, Lyro AI quota math, and the three-quota trap
Tidio's Growth $59/mo → Plus $749/mo jump is a 12x cliff with no mid-tier. Lyro AI is a separate add-on. Three independent quotas (conversations + Lyro + Flows) bill in parallel. Real math, verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·triple-whale
Triple Whale pricing 2026: the Free tier wins, Starter $179/mo, GMV-scaled enterprise math
Triple Whale Free covers Triple Pixel + 12-month lookback. Paid: $179 Starter / $259 Advanced / $539+ Custom — real cost scales with GMV. Moby 2 AI, attribution concerns, 12-month commit. Verified 2026-06-03.
Read - 2026-06-03·yotpo
Yotpo pricing 2026: post-sunset reality — Reviews + Loyalty only, $278/mo bundle floor, $12K-$30K annual contracts
Yotpo's SMS and Email products are dead (Dec 31, 2025 sunset, ~34% staff cut). What's left: Reviews and Loyalty as separate modules — Reviews $79+/mo, Loyalty $199+/mo. Bundle math at scale, verified 2026-05-30.
Read - 2026-05-27·klaviyo
Klaviyo pricing 2026: the full-stack cost at 25k active profiles
Klaviyo's April 2026 Customer Agent jump from $140 to $200 is the headline, but the active-profiles billing trap from Feb 2025 is the silent driver of bigger bills. Real math, verified 2026-05-26.
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