Feature Comparison · 2026

Agentis vs Checkout Boost

Quick Verdict

Checkout Boost is a checkout-page upsells, conditional discount rules, and content customization tool. Agentis works after an order is placed and before it ships: within 60 seconds it computes the order's true net margin from NetSuite COGS, freight, fees, and FX, then flags it or holds it before fulfillment under rules you approve. They solve different problems and often run side by side.

By Herzel MishelFounder, AgentisLast reviewed October 2, 2026

The Core Difference

Checkout Boost excels at checkout-page upsells, conditional discount rules, and content customization. That is its job, and the strengths and limitations below are judged on margin protection only, not on everything the product does.

Agentis sits at a specific point in the order lifecycle: between order placed and order shipped. Within 60 seconds of each order on your Shopify, Shopify Plus, or SHOPLINE store, it computes true net margin using live COGS from Oracle NetSuite plus freight, fees, and FX. Orders below your margin floor are flagged with the leak and a recommended fix, or automatically held before fulfillment under rules you approve, and every decision is logged to the Evidence Ledger.

The result: you catch a below-margin order while it can still be fixed, instead of finding it at month-end close.

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature	Agentis	Checkout Boost
True net margin on every order (COGS, freight, fees, FX)
COGS tracking
Margin alerts
Shopify Plus integration
NetSuite / ERP integration
Freight cost modeling
FX rate adjustment
Holds below-margin orders before they ship
Profit dashboard
Ad attribution
LTV analytics

Why choose Agentis

Computes true net margin on every order within 60 seconds of it being placed
Holds below-margin orders before fulfillment under rules you approve, or flags them with a recommended fix
Uses live COGS from Oracle NetSuite (commonly via Celigo)
Includes freight, payment fees, and FX in each order's margin
Works after the order is placed, so the shopper's checkout is untouched
Works with Shopify, Shopify Plus, and SHOPLINE, and logs every decision to an Evidence Ledger

When to choose Checkout Boost

Choose Checkout Boost if you want to add upsells, conditional offers, and custom content or trust elements to your Shopify checkout without writing code, and you want an AI-assisted way to configure discount and Buy X Get Y rules by cart condition. It is complementary to Agentis, not a competitor. Checkout Boost acts in checkout, deciding what offers and content the customer sees and which discount rules trigger; Agentis acts after the order is placed and before it ships, checking whether the resulting order, once every discount, shipping cost, fee, and FX conversion is accounted for, still clears your profit floor. A Checkout Boost rule that looks reasonable in isolation can still combine with other active promotions to ship an order at a loss, which is exactly the order Agentis flags or holds before fulfillment.

Checkout Boost Strengths

60+ smart conditions (cart value, product tags, collections, customer segments, geography) for showing offers, discounts, and content at checkout
Automates discount codes, Buy X Get Y deals, and free-gift rules through an AI-assisted discount-rule builder
Adds trust badges, custom fields, surveys, and banners to the checkout without code
Free plan available; built on Shopify's native Checkout Extensibility framework rather than legacy Scripts

Honest Assessment

Where Checkout Boost falls short for margin protection

Customizes what displays and which discount rules trigger at checkout; it does not evaluate order-level profitability
No COGS, freight, or FX awareness, and no ERP integration — it cannot compute whether a given order, once its own rules apply, is profitable
No per-order margin floor: an order it has upsold and discounted can still go through below cost
Its automated discount and BXGY rules can themselves compound with other active promotions in ways it has no visibility into

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Checkout Boost the same as Agentis?

No. Checkout Boost is a no-code checkout customizer (upsells, conditional offers, discount and Buy X Get Y rules, and custom content) built on Shopify's Checkout Extensibility framework. Agentis works after the order is placed: it computes whether the resulting order, after every discount and cost is accounted for, is profitable, and flags or holds the ones that aren't before they ship. One shapes the offer in checkout; the other checks the economics of what came out of it. Checkout Boost's strengths are 60+ smart conditions covering cart value, product tags, collections, customer segments, and geography, an AI-assisted builder for discount codes, Buy X Get Y deals, and free-gift rules, and no-code trust badges, custom fields, surveys, and banners. Its limitations are that it has no COGS, freight, or FX awareness and no ERP integration, so it cannot compute whether an order is profitable once its own rules apply. Decide whether the goal is a richer checkout offer or a check on the economics of what ships, since those are different purchases.

Should I use Checkout Boost or Agentis?

They don't overlap, so they can be used together. Use Checkout Boost if you want upsells, conditional offers, and custom discount or BXGY rules at checkout without code. Use Agentis if you need each resulting order checked against a real profit floor, accounting for live COGS, freight, fees, and FX, regardless of which discount rules triggered it, with below-floor orders flagged or held before they ship. Checkout Boost is built on Shopify's native Checkout Extensibility framework rather than legacy Scripts, and its 60+ smart conditions make it a flexible tool for the offer layer. The caution is that its automated discount and BXGY rules can compound with other active promotions in ways it has no visibility into, and an order it has upsold and discounted can still go through below cost. Map every active promotion alongside your Checkout Boost rules and decide what, if anything, checks the combined result against cost before fulfillment.

Does Checkout Boost check whether an order is profitable?

No. It has no COGS, freight, or FX awareness and does not evaluate order-level margin. Its automated discount and Buy X Get Y rules can themselves stack with other active promotions in ways it has no visibility into. Agentis is the layer that checks the final, fully discounted order after it is placed, computing its true net margin within 60 seconds and flagging or holding it before it ships if it falls below your floor. This is a scope question rather than a quality question: Checkout Boost is designed to decide what offers and content the customer sees and which discount rules trigger, using conditions like cart value, product tags, and customer segments. None of those conditions include cost, and there is no ERP integration to supply it. An upsell that adds a low-margin item, or a Buy X Get Y rule that overlaps a sitewide sale, can leave an order unprofitable without the app registering it. Assume that any tool without cost data cannot answer the profitability question, however sophisticated its rules.

Can Checkout Boost and Agentis run together?

Yes. Checkout Boost configures the upsells, offers, and discount rules a customer sees in checkout; Agentis checks the order that results from whatever rules and discounts actually applied, after it is placed and before it ships, against your profit floor. Since Checkout Boost's own automated rules can combine with other promotions, running Agentis alongside it is how you catch the combinations Checkout Boost has no visibility into. Checkout Boost keeps its role at the offer layer, including trust badges, custom fields, surveys, and banners, along with the 60+ conditions that decide when offers appear. Agentis does not create offers or content; it only evaluates the placed order, with discounts, shipping, live COGS, fees, and FX included, and flags or holds it before fulfillment if needed. Neither tool needs the other to function, but merchants running automated discount rules alongside other promotions are the profile where the pairing pays off. If discounts are rare, the offer layer alone may be sufficient.