Agentis vs Checkout Blocks
By Herzel MishelFounder, AgentisLast reviewed
Quick Verdict
Checkout Blocks is a no-code checkout ui customization, upsells, and content blocks via shopify checkout extensibility tool. Agentis is the only platform that enforces profit floors in real-time at Shopify Plus checkout, evaluating live COGS, freight zones, and FX rates in under 10ms before an order is confirmed. They solve fundamentally different problems.
The Core Difference
Checkout Blocks excels at no-code checkout ui customization, upsells, and content blocks via shopify checkout extensibility. It gives you visibility into what happened after orders are placed, helping you understand trends and make better decisions over time.
Agentis operates at a different layer entirely. Every checkout on your Shopify Plus store is evaluated against your live profit floor, pulling real COGS from NetSuite, applying freight zone costs, and adjusting for live FX rates, in under 10ms. Orders that fall below your margin threshold are blocked or modified before they're confirmed.
The result: you stop losing money on every unprofitable order, not just understand that you lost it.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | Agentis | Checkout Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Real-time checkout enforcement | ||
| COGS tracking | ||
| Margin alerts | ||
| Shopify Plus integration | ||
| NetSuite / ERP integration | ||
| Freight zone modeling | ||
| FX rate adjustment | ||
| Checkout order blocking | ||
| Profit dashboard | ||
| Ad attribution | ||
| LTV analytics |
Why choose Agentis
- Blocks below-margin orders before they are confirmed. No post-purchase regret.
- Syncs live COGS from Oracle NetSuite via Celigo in real-time
- Applies freight zone cost modeling per shipment destination
- Adjusts for live FX rates on international orders automatically
- Evaluates every checkout in under 10ms with zero customer friction
- Purpose-built for Shopify Plus mid-market merchants ($1M–$50M GMV)
When to choose Checkout Blocks
Choose Checkout Blocks if you want no-code control over the checkout experience on Shopify Plus — custom content and fields, upsells and order bumps, and tidy delivery/payment method labels — and as a first-party, free-for-Plus app it is an easy addition. It is complementary to Agentis, not a competitor. Checkout Blocks decorates the cart; Agentis decides whether the cart is profitable. Its economic controls stop at static order-value limits and discounts you configure by hand, with no view of live cost. Agentis governs checkout economics — reading live NetSuite COGS, freight, and FX to block below-floor orders, MAP violations, and coupon-stacking in real time. The two coexist cleanly: one shapes how checkout looks, the other guarantees the order is worth fulfilling.
Checkout Blocks Strengths
- Now a first-party Shopify app and free for Shopify Plus merchants (it was $99/mo before Shopify acquired it from Gadget in June 2024)
- Drag-and-drop content blocks, custom fields, and AI upsells / order bumps across the checkout, Thank You, and Order Status pages
- Hide, rename, and reorder delivery and payment methods, and set minimum/maximum order-value limits without code
- Integrates with Translate & Adapt, and supports custom order and shipping discounts (advanced features gated to Shopify Plus)
Honest Assessment
Where Checkout Blocks falls short for margin protection
- Controls what displays at checkout — content, fields, upsells, method labels and order — not whether an order clears a profit floor
- Its only economic levers are static order-value limits and manually configured discounts; it is blind to live unit economics
- No COGS, freight, or FX awareness, and no NetSuite integration — it cannot compute per-order margin
- No real-time margin enforcement: a checkout it has decorated can still confirm below margin, and Checkout Blocks never sees the cost side
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Checkout Blocks the same as Agentis?
No. Checkout Blocks is a no-code checkout UI and upsell builder — a first-party Shopify app, free for Plus merchants — that controls what displays at checkout: content, custom fields, upsells, and delivery/payment method labels and order. Agentis governs checkout economics, reading live NetSuite COGS, freight, and FX to block orders below your profit floor. One decorates the cart; the other decides if the cart is profitable.
Should I use Checkout Blocks or Agentis?
Use Checkout Blocks if you want to customize how the checkout, Thank You, and Order Status pages look and behave — content, fields, upsells, and method customization — with no code; since it is free for Shopify Plus, it is easy to add. Use Agentis if you need to guarantee each order clears a margin floor after real costs and discounts. Their jobs do not overlap, so many Plus merchants run both.
Does Checkout Blocks enforce a profit floor?
No. Its only economic levers are static minimum/maximum order-value limits and manually configured discounts; it has no COGS, freight, or FX awareness and no ERP integration, so it cannot tell whether an order is actually profitable. A checkout it has styled can still confirm below margin. Agentis adds that missing layer, evaluating live unit economics on every order at checkout.
Did Checkout Blocks used to cost $99/mo?
Before Shopify acquired it from Gadget in June 2024 it was a paid third-party app (about $99/mo). It is now a first-party Shopify app and free for Shopify Plus merchants, with advanced features gated to Plus. Note that any “$19/mo Checkout Blocks” you may see refers to an unrelated third-party clone, not this app.
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