Feature Comparison · 2026

Agentis vs Zonos

Quick Verdict

Zonos is a international duty, tax, and landed cost calculation 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.

By Herzel MishelFounder, AgentisLast reviewed September 9, 2026

The Core Difference

Zonos excels at international duty, tax, and landed cost calculation. 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	Zonos
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 Zonos

Choose Zonos if your primary challenge is international shipping economics: duty calculation, HS code mapping, DDP fulfillment, and the cross-border de minimis transition. Zonos is best-in-class for that domain. For domestic margin governance and overall checkout enforcement, Agentis is the complementary layer. Many mid-market merchants run Zonos for international and Agentis for the rest of their checkout governance.

Zonos Strengths

Excellent international duty and tax calculation with country-specific HS code intelligence
Accurate landed cost display at checkout for international customers, supporting DDP fulfillment
Strong support for the post-2025 tariff environment including reciprocal tariffs and Section 321/de minimis changes
Established Shopify Plus integration with checkout extensibility hooks

Honest Assessment

Where Zonos falls short for margin protection

Focused on international shipping economics; does not address domestic margin governance or discount stacking
No COGS or margin enforcement; calculates landed cost but does not block below-floor orders
Reporting centers on customs and duty metrics, not overall profitability
Domestic Shopify orders do not benefit from Zonos (adjacent tool, not replacement)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Agentis and Zonos?

Zonos calculates international duty, tax, and landed cost so customers see accurate delivered prices at checkout. Agentis enforces margin floors on every order, domestic and international, using live COGS from NetSuite, freight zone data, and FX rates. The two are complementary: Zonos answers 'what does this cost the customer to land' and Agentis answers 'is this order acceptable for us to ship at our margin policy.' Zonos's strengths are excellent international duty and tax calculation with country-specific HS code intelligence, accurate landed cost display supporting DDP fulfillment, strong support for the post-2025 tariff environment, and an established Shopify Plus integration with checkout extensibility hooks. Its limitations are that it does not address domestic margin governance or discount stacking, does not block below-floor orders, and reports on customs and duty metrics rather than overall profitability. A merchant whose main challenge is international shipping economics should start with Zonos; one that needs enforcement on every cart, domestic included, should add Agentis alongside it.

Does Agentis handle international duty calculation?

Agentis includes landed-cost-aware margin floors that can incorporate duty data from sources like Zonos, Avalara, or your ERP. Agentis is not a primary duty-calculation engine; for sophisticated international duty/HS-code mapping, pair Agentis with Zonos. The two together give you accurate customer-facing duty plus margin enforcement on the resulting order economics. Zonos's country-specific HS code intelligence and DDP landed cost display are the specialist capabilities here, and its established Shopify Plus integration with checkout extensibility hooks means it fits into the same checkout. What Zonos does not do is block a below-floor order: it calculates what the customer pays to land the goods, not whether that order is acceptable under your margin policy. Domestic orders also see no benefit from Zonos, since it is focused on international shipping economics. A merchant shipping internationally should treat duty calculation and margin enforcement as two separate jobs and pick a tool for each.

How are Zonos and Agentis affected by the 2025 de minimis repeal?

Both tools become more relevant in the post-de-minimis world. Zonos handles the new duty calculation requirements on previously-exempt shipments. Agentis enforces the new margin reality: many SKUs that were profitable under de minimis now fall below floor with the duty stack added, and Agentis is the layer that prevents those orders from confirming below margin during the transition. Stores running both tools through the de minimis repeal lose much less margin than stores running either alone. Zonos's strong support for the post-2025 tariff environment, including reciprocal tariffs and Section 321 changes, is exactly the capability this transition calls for on the customer-facing side. Agentis covers the side Zonos does not: it does not address domestic margin governance and does not block below-floor orders. Merchants should review which international SKUs still clear their floor once duty is included and decide whether to reprice, restrict, or enforce at checkout.

Can I use Zonos and Agentis together on Shopify Plus?

Yes. Both integrate with Shopify Plus checkout extensibility. Zonos sits at the duty-calculation layer (showing the customer the landed cost), Agentis sits at the margin-decision layer (deciding whether to confirm the order based on resulting margin). Order of operations is straightforward: Zonos populates duty data, Agentis evaluates margin including the duty cost, and the order confirms or is adjusted accordingly. Zonos remains focused on international shipping economics, so it does not address domestic margin governance or discount stacking and does not block below-floor orders on its own. Agentis is the complementary layer for the rest of your checkout governance, covering domestic orders that see no benefit from Zonos. Many mid-market merchants run Zonos for international and Agentis for everything else. Plan the stack around that split: duty accuracy from Zonos, margin decisions from Agentis, and no overlap between them.