Margin Intelligence
App & Tooling Costs
What the app-store subscription stack costs relative to what it saves, synthesized from published app pricing against the margin leak it's meant to close.
Is a fraud-prevention app worth it for your store?
Agentis analysis of published Shopify App Store pricing shows lightweight fraud-prevention tools range from $4.95/mo (FraudBlock) to $249.95/mo (FraudLabs Pro) depending on order volume. Enterprise platforms like Signifyd and Riskified publish no price at all. They quote custom rates instead.
Does a flat-rate or volume-tiered returns app cost less at your return volume?
Agentis analysis of Return Prime's published Shopify App Store pricing shows the free tier's $0.49 per-return overage fee crosses the $19.99 Grow plan's flat monthly cost at 46 returns a month. Below that volume the free plan is cheaper; above it, staying on the free plan to avoid a monthly fee actually costs more than upgrading.
Does an upsell app's subscription cost scale with what it actually generates?
Agentis analysis of ReConvert's own published Shopify App Store pricing shows each tier's monthly cost lands within a tenth of a percent of exactly 10% of that tier's upsell-revenue threshold: $4.99 on $50, $9.99 on $100, $19.99 on $200. An app that looks like a flat monthly fee is actually priced as a consistent 10% cut of the upsell revenue it's built to generate.