Candy Rack alternatives (2026): 7 Shopify upsell and cart apps compared by what they cost at 300 orders
Seven Candy Rack alternatives for Shopify upsells, split by whether you need post-purchase and checkout offers, with every app's bill at 300 orders a month and Candy Rack's full tier ladder. Prices checked October 2026.
Short answer
The best Candy Rack alternatives depend on where your offers run. For product page and cart upsells, Section Store Plus at a flat $15 a month, Kaching CartDrawer and Essent Cart Drawer from $8.99, or iCart from $9. For post-purchase and checkout offers too, Zipify OCU or LimeSpot. Candy Rack costs $29.99 to $59.99 a month up to 500 orders.
- Candy Rack costs $29.99 for 0 to 50 orders, $39.99 to 200, $59.99 to 500, then $79.99 to $399.99 on digismoothie.com. Every plan has the same features.
- At 300 orders a month, Candy Rack is $59.99 and the cart drawers are $15 (Section Store Plus) to $29 (iCart).
- Only Zipify OCU and LimeSpot match Candy Rack's post-purchase and checkout placements. The cart drawer apps stop at the cart.
- Candy Rack's product page offers can carry a discount. Section Store's Upsell and Addons blocks can't.
- Check Candy Rack's revenue by placement first. If most comes before checkout, a $15 cart drawer covers it.
The best Candy Rack alternatives depend on where your offers run. For product page and cart upsells, Section Store Plus at a flat $15 a month, Kaching CartDrawer and Essent Cart Drawer from $8.99, or iCart from $9. For post-purchase and checkout offers too, Zipify OCU or LimeSpot. Candy Rack costs $29.99 to $59.99 a month up to 500 orders. We make Section Store, so this guide says where each rival beats it. Section Store is a Shopify app with theme sections, bundles, a cart drawer and AI Pages. Section Store Plus is its $15 monthly plan.
Which Candy Rack alternative is best?
Section Store Plus is the best Candy Rack alternative for a store whose upsells live on the product page and in the cart. Zipify OCU is the best pick when post-purchase offers earn real money for you. Essent Cart Drawer wins under 100 orders on price. No app on this list matches all eight Candy Rack placements at a lower price, so pick by the placements you use.
Product page and cart upsells at one flat price
Section Store Plus
$15 a month at any revenue. Upsell and add-on blocks on the product page, a slide-out cart with a reward bar and upsells, bundles, quantity breaks and A/B tests.
Post-purchase and thank-you page offers
Zipify OCU
Every placement Candy Rack has, priced by the upsell revenue it earns. $9.95 up to $200 a month, then $25 to $99 up to $2,500.
The lowest bill under 100 orders
Essent Cart Drawer
Free for 30 orders a month, $8.99 for 99, with every feature on every plan. 1,121 reviews at 5.0.
Bundles and quantity breaks for free
Bundler
Free plan with no order cap for volume discounts and Buy X get Y. Mix and match is $9.99. No cart drawer and no post-purchase offers.
What does Candy Rack cost?
Candy Rack costs $29.99 a month for 0 to 50 online store orders, $39.99 for 51 to 200 and $59.99 for 201 to 500. Those are the three plan cards on its Shopify App Store listing on October 23, 2026. The tiers keep climbing on digismoothie.com: $79.99 to 1,000 orders, $99.99 to 2,000, $199.99 to 3,000, $299.99 to 5,000 and $399.99 above that. Every plan has the same features. The price moves with your store's total orders from the last 30 days, not with upsell orders.
| Plan | Store orders a month | Monthly price | Yearly price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lite | 0 to 50 | $29.99 | $299.90 |
| Starter | 51 to 200 | $39.99 | $399.90 |
| Growth | 201 to 500 | $59.99 | $599.90 |
| Scale | 501 to 1,000 | $79.99 | $799.90 |
| Advanced | 1,001 to 2,000 | $99.99 | $999.90 |
| Pro | 2,001 to 3,000 | $199.99 | $1,999.90 |
| Premium | 3,001 to 5,000 | $299.99 | $2,999.90 |
| Elite | 5,000 and up | $399.99 | $3,999.90 |
| Enterprise | 10,000 and up | Per quote | Per quote |
What every Candy Rack plan includes. Offers in eight placements. On the product page: volume bundles, an embedded offer and an add-to-cart pop-up. After it: the built-in slide cart, a checkout pop-up on the cart page, an embedded checkout offer on Shopify Plus, the post-purchase page, and the thank-you and order status pages. AI picks from Candy Rack AI, Google Gemini or Shopify's recommendations. Unlimited upsell orders, an 8-day trial and a 60-day money-back guarantee. The vendor page lists eight placements, the App Store bullet says seven.
The gap that sends people looking for alternatives is the floor. A store with 40 orders a month pays $29.99 for Candy Rack before it earns an upsell. The same store pays $0 for Essent Cart Drawer, $9 for iCart or $15 for Section Store Plus. At 300 orders the gap widens to $59.99 against $15 to $29.
Do you need post-purchase and checkout offers?
You need a post-purchase upsell app only if you run offers after payment or inside checkout, and those offers earn more than the app costs. A post-purchase upsell is an offer shown after the shopper pays and before the thank-you page, accepted with one click. Candy Rack's strongest placements are the ones after the cart: the one-click post-purchase page, the checkout block on Shopify Plus and the thank-you page. A cart drawer app can't replace those. It can replace everything before them.
Count your Candy Rack revenue by placement in its analytics dashboard before you switch. The split tells you which list below to shop from.
- Most upsell revenue comes after the cart: stay with a full-funnel app. Zipify OCU covers the product page, cart drawer, checkout on Shopify Plus, post-purchase and thank-you page. LimeSpot covers product page, cart, checkout extension and post-purchase offers, and adds site-wide recommendations.
- Most upsell revenue comes from the product page and the cart: a cart drawer app covers it. Section Store Plus, Kaching CartDrawer, Essent Cart Drawer and iCart each put upsells in a slide-out cart. Section Store Plus and iCart also put offers on the product page.
- You use Candy Rack mostly for volume bundles: Bundler does quantity breaks and Buy X get Y free. Section Store Plus includes volume discounts, Buy X get Y, mix and match and complete-the-bundle in its $15.
Post-purchase offers are the one Candy Rack feature with no cheap substitute on this list. At 300 orders, Candy Rack's $59.99 and Section Store Plus's $15 are $45 apart. If post-purchase offers earn you less than that, you are paying for a placement that doesn't pay you back.
How do the 7 Candy Rack alternatives compare?
Four of the seven are cart drawers with upsells, two are upsell engines that reach post-purchase, and one is a bundle app. Only Zipify OCU and LimeSpot cover every placement Candy Rack covers. Ratings and features come from each App Store listing on October 23, 2026.
| App | Rating | Product page upsells | Cart drawer | Post-purchase | Checkout offers | Bundles | Price basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candy Rack | 4.9 (265) | Yes | Yes, built in | Yes | Yes, Shopify Plus | Volume bundles | Orders |
| Section Store Plus | 4.9 (2,985) | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Flat $15 |
| Kaching CartDrawer | 5.0 (1,543) | Not listed | Yes | No | No | Separate app | Orders |
| Essent Cart Drawer | 5.0 (1,121) | Not listed | Yes | No | No | Not listed | Orders |
| iCart | 4.7 (451) | Tag only | Yes | No | Tag only | Yes | Orders |
| Zipify OCU | 4.6 (569) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, Shopify Plus | Not listed | Upsell revenue |
| LimeSpot | 4.6 (504) | Yes | No | Yes | Checkout extension | Yes | Orders, then revenue |
| Bundler | 4.9 (2,746) | Yes | No | Funnels on Premium | No | Yes | Flat $0 to $19.99 |
"Yes" and "Not listed" follow each listing's description and plan cards. "Tag only" means the feature appears in the listing's category tags but not in its description. Section Store's cart upsells use Shopify's own product recommendations or manual rules you set, not a separate AI engine.
What do they cost at 300 orders a month?
At 300 orders a month, Candy Rack costs $59.99 and the cart drawers cost $15 to $29. Section Store Plus is $15, Essent Cart Drawer is $23.99, Kaching CartDrawer is $24.99 and iCart is $29. Zipify OCU charges by upsell revenue instead, $25 to $99 in its middle band.
| App | Plan at 300 orders | Monthly cost | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candy Rack | Growth, 201 to 500 orders | $59.99 | Store orders. $29.99 for 0 to 50, $39.99 for 51 to 200, $79.99 for 501 to 1,000 |
| Section Store Plus | Plus | $15 | Nothing. Same price at any order count |
| Essent Cart Drawer | Essential 3, up to 499 orders | $23.99 | Orders. Free for 30, $8.99 for 99, $13.99 for 199 |
| Kaching CartDrawer | 499 orders a month | $24.99 | Orders. $9.99 for 99, $14.99 for 199 |
| iCart | 201 to 500 orders | $29 | Orders. $9 for 0 to 100, $19 for 101 to 200 |
| Zipify OCU | Depends on upsell revenue | $25 to $99 for $200 to $2,500 of upsell revenue | Upsell revenue the app earns, never past $999 |
| LimeSpot Turbo | Not listed above 250 orders | $19.99 covers up to 250 orders | Orders on Turbo, store revenue on Max ($50 and up) |
| Bundler | Free, or Premium | $0, or $9.99 for mix and match | Features, not orders. Bundles only |
Over a year at 300 orders, Candy Rack bills $719.88 on monthly billing or $599.90 paid yearly. Section Store Plus bills $180. The $420 to $540 difference is the budget your post-purchase offers need to clear before Candy Rack is the cheaper choice. Prices above 500 orders aren't shown on the iCart and Kaching listings, so check them if you ship more.
The 7 Candy Rack alternatives, one by one
1. Section Store Plus
Section Store Plus is $15 a month at any revenue, with a 14-day trial. On the product page it adds an Upsell block with merchant-picked products, an Addons block with a switch, checkbox or radio, and a sticky add to cart. The cart drawer replaces your theme's drawer and opens on every add to cart. Its blocks include a reward bar with free shipping, discount and free gift tiers, and product upsells from Shopify's recommendations or your own rules. Order add-ons such as shipping protection, a discount code field and trust badges round it out. The same plan includes bundles, quantity breaks, A/B tests on the cart and bundles, and AI Pages. The cart's discounts run through one Shopify Function, so they use one of your 25 automatic discount slots.
Where Candy Rack beats it: Candy Rack runs post-purchase, checkout and thank-you page offers. Its product page offers can carry a discount, while Section Store's Upsell and Addons blocks can't. Only its bundle checkbox upsells take a discount. Candy Rack lets you pick an AI engine, has a 60-day money-back guarantee and an analytics dashboard. Section Store reports results only inside A/B tests.
2. Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell
Kaching CartDrawer is $9.99 a month for 99 orders, $14.99 for 199 and $24.99 for 499. It has trust badges, an urgency timer, a free shipping and free gift bar, an upsell carousel and a shipping protection toggle. 1,543 reviews at 5.0, launched December 2024. Its listing describes no product page offers, and bundles are a separate Kaching app on its own bill. Candy Rack beats it on placements. Kaching beats Candy Rack on price up to 499 orders.
3. Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell
Essent Cart Drawer was listed as Essential Cart Drawer until recently. It is free for 30 orders a month, then $8.99 for 99, $13.99 for 199 and $23.99 for 499. Every plan has every feature: slide cart, upsells, reward bar, sticky add to cart bar, countdown timer, markets and translations. 1,121 reviews at 5.0, launched March 2025. Five more plans run above 499 orders, unpriced on the listing. It has the lowest bill on this list under 100 orders and no post-purchase offers.
4. iCart Cart Drawer Cart Upsell
iCart is $9 for 0 to 100 orders, $19 for 101 to 200 and $29 for 201 to 500, all features included. It offers a drawer, a cart popup and a full cart page, a multi-tier progress bar, AI cart upsells, product bundles, volume discounts and BOGO. 451 reviews at 4.7, launched 2020. It is the closest cart drawer to Candy Rack's volume bundles. Our iCart alternatives guide compares it against the other carts.
5. One Click Upsell by Zipify (OCU)
Zipify OCU is the closest match to Candy Rack's placement list. It covers the product page offer widget, pre-purchase and cart drawer upsells, in-checkout upsells on Shopify Plus, one-click post-purchase upsells and thank-you page offers, with A/B testing built in. It prices by the upsell revenue it earns: $9.95 up to $200 a month, $25 to $99 for $200 to $2,500, then from $149 and never past $999. 569 reviews at 4.6, with a 30-day trial. Candy Rack beats it on rating and on a fixed bill. OCU beats Candy Rack when upsells earn little, since a slow month costs $9.95.
6. LimeSpot AI Bundles & Upsells
LimeSpot is a recommendations engine with upsell offers from the home page to post-purchase. Turbo is free for 10 orders a month, then $9.99 and up by orders, with $19.99 covering up to 250. Max starts at $50 and rises with store revenue, adding segmentation, A/B/n testing and smart collections. 504 reviews at 4.6, listed since 2015. Turbo isn't compatible with Shopify Plus, per the listing. It has no cart drawer of its own, so pair it with your theme's cart or a drawer app.
7. Bundler
Bundler covers one Candy Rack feature, volume bundles, and does it free. The free plan has no order cap and includes quantity breaks, Buy X get Y and product page upsells. Premium is $9.99 for mix and match and funnel upsells, Executive $19.99 for analytics. 2,746 reviews at 4.9. It has no cart drawer and no post-purchase page. Our bundle apps comparison covers it in full, and how to increase average order value covers where bundles and upsells each fit.
How do you switch from Candy Rack to a cart drawer app?
Read Candy Rack's analytics by placement first, rebuild the offers that earn on a draft theme, test a checkout, then turn Candy Rack off. Done in that order, shoppers never see two carts and you keep the revenue you had.
- Open Candy Rack's analytics and note extra sales by placement. Write down each live offer: trigger products, offered products, discount, placement.
- Install the new app. In Section Store, add the Upsell or Addons block to the product section for your product page offers.
- Open Cart Drawer, pick a color preset or Brand, and add the Reward bar, Products upsell and Order addon blocks. Enter the same free shipping or gift threshold Candy Rack's rewards bar used.
- Rebuild volume bundles under Bundles as a volume discount with the same tiers.
- Preview on a phone. Add a product, accept an upsell, cross the reward line and run a test order.
- Turn the new drawer on, then disable Candy Rack's app embeds in the theme editor so two carts don't open. Uninstall when the month's reporting is done.
- Check Discounts in your admin. Each app's automatic discount counts toward Shopify's 25 active automatic discounts.
How we compared
On October 23, 2026 we read each app's Shopify App Store listing for its rating, review count, plan cards and feature text. Candy Rack's listing shows three plan cards, so its tiers above 500 orders come from the pricing table on digismoothie.com the same day. Prices are monthly billing in USD at list price. The 300-order comparison uses the plan card that covers 300 online store orders. We didn't install the rival apps. The order in our tables is not a ranking. We make Section Store, and its facts come from our own product.
Sources: Candy Rack on the App Store and digismoothie.com. Section Store, Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell, Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell and iCart Cart Drawer Cart Upsell. One Click Upsell ‑ Zipify OCU, LimeSpot AI Bundles & Upsells and Bundler. For more options see our cart drawer apps guide, our upsell apps comparison and our Rebuy alternatives guide.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Candy Rack for Shopify?
For product page and cart upsells, Section Store Plus at a flat $15 a month, or Essent Cart Drawer and Kaching CartDrawer from $8.99 by orders. For post-purchase and checkout offers too, Zipify OCU priced by upsell revenue, or LimeSpot. For volume bundles alone, Bundler is free. No single app matches all eight Candy Rack placements for less.
How much does Candy Rack cost?
Candy Rack costs $29.99 a month for 0 to 50 store orders, $39.99 for 51 to 200 and $59.99 for 201 to 500. Those are its App Store plans on October 23, 2026. Digismoothie's site lists $79.99 to 1,000 orders, then $99.99, $199.99, $299.99 and $399.99 above 5,000. Yearly billing costs ten months.
Is Candy Rack worth it?
Candy Rack is worth $59.99 a month at 300 orders when its post-purchase, checkout and thank-you page offers earn more than $45 above what a $15 cart drawer app would. Its analytics dashboard shows revenue by placement. If most of it comes from the product page and the cart, a cheaper app covers you.
Does Candy Rack have a free plan?
No. Candy Rack's only free plan is for trial and development stores. Paid plans start at $29.99 a month for 0 to 50 orders, with an 8-day free trial and a 60-day money-back guarantee. Essent Cart Drawer is free for 30 orders a month, Bundler is free for bundles, and LimeSpot Turbo is free for 10 orders.
What is the cheapest Candy Rack alternative?
Essent Cart Drawer is free for 30 orders a month and $8.99 for 99. Kaching CartDrawer is $9.99 for 99 orders. iCart is $9 for up to 100. Above about 200 orders, Section Store Plus at a flat $15 becomes the cheapest cart drawer with upsells, and it adds bundles and AI Pages.
Does Section Store replace Candy Rack?
For the product page and the cart, yes: Upsell and Addons blocks, a slide-out cart with a reward bar, product upsells, order add-ons and A/B tests, plus volume bundles. It doesn't replace Candy Rack's post-purchase, checkout or thank-you page offers. Its recommendations are Shopify's own, not a separate AI engine.
Which Candy Rack alternatives offer post-purchase upsells?
Zipify OCU and LimeSpot. Zipify OCU covers one-click post-purchase, thank-you page and checkout offers on Shopify Plus, priced by upsell revenue from $9.95 a month. LimeSpot Turbo includes checkout extension and post-purchase offers from $9.99. Section Store Plus, Kaching CartDrawer, Essent Cart Drawer and iCart stop at the cart.
Can I run Candy Rack's cart and a new cart drawer at the same time?
Don't. Two drawer apps both try to open on add to cart and can show two carts. Build and preview the new drawer on a draft theme, switch it on, then disable Candy Rack's app embeds in the theme editor on the live theme. Test one add to cart afterwards.
Prices and features checked on October 23, 2026. We update this page when they change.
