Best Shopify Bundle Apps for Mix and Match Bundles

How this comparison works

We haven’t tested these apps hands-on. Everything here comes from what vendors publish on their Shopify App Store listings and in their own documentation. A feature appearing in these tables means the vendor says it exists, and doesn’t tell you how well it works.

We don’t give a score or a winner. Vendor statements can’t support a fair ranking, especially from a publisher with a competing product. Instead, we set out what can be confirmed and show which app might suit which need.

Which apps are included

An app qualified if, on the date we checked:

1. It had a live listing on the Shopify App Store.
2. The listing’s own text said customers can choose bundle contents, through mix-and-match, build-your-own or build-a-box.
3. The listing carried the “Build a box” tag.
4. Its first listed category was product bundles rather than subscriptions.

This rule is ours, and you could reasonably draw the line elsewhere. It leaves out some well-known apps. Kaching Bundles has the most reviews of any app we looked at and carries a mix-and-match tag, but its listing focuses on volume discounts. Wide Bundles and Bold Bundles mention mix-and-match but don’t carry the build-a-box tag. Recharge and Skio both offer build-a-box features, and their main product is subscriptions, so consider them if you sell subscription-only boxes.

Shopify’s own free Shopify Bundles app is excluded because it covers fixed bundles and multipacks only. If that’s all you need, try it first. Shopify says it doesn’t support mix-and-match.

Overview

Ratings and review counts are as shown on the listing, and the Built for Shopify column shows whether the badge appeared on it. “Not shown” doesn’t necessarily mean an app failed that programme.

Review counts differ by a factor of more than ten, and the apps have been on the market for very different lengths of time. Rating alone won’t tell you whether one will suit your store.

Pricing

The apps charge in different ways, which makes their headline prices hard to compare.

Here is the monthly cost at three levels of bundle sales, using prices on the listings. Monthly billing is assumed, and the figures exclude any promotions.

A few notes on those figures. Bundler’s mix-and-match features are listed under its $9.99 Premium plan, so that’s the entry price for this use. Easy Bundles’ free and Essential plans aren’t available to stores on Shopify Plus or Advanced. Bristm’s listing currently shows a $1 first-month promotion, and $19.99 is the regular price. Fast Bundle’s own website shows lower discounted prices than its listing. Amplify’s pricing is volume-based, and its listing covers stores up to $30,000 total monthly revenue at the entry price.

Kitenzo’s percentage model costs nothing when you have no sales, but it costs more than flat-fee plans at higher volume. Its usage charges are capped at $10,000 per 30-day billing cycle, and it offers discounted usage to very large merchants on enterprise terms.

What each vendor says about customer choice

These are the vendors’ own words from their listings.

All nine also state support for fixed bundles in some form, and all nine mention volume or tiered discounts.

Subscriptions

Shopify says its bundle features aren’t compatible with subscriptions, so any app offering this is doing something beyond a standard bundle. Read the conditions closely, and confirm them with the vendor.

If subscription boxes are central to your business, Kitenzo is not the most straightforward option on this list, by its own documentation.

Inventory

The word “sync” means different things to different vendors, so we’ve described what each one actually says. See our inventory guide for what these differences mean.

Which might suit you

These pointers follow from what vendors state, and we haven’t tested any of them.

• A low fixed cost for a simple offer. Bundler lists mix-and-match at $9.99 a month, and Appstle’s plans start at $7.99. Check that each one’s mechanism works for your stock and orders.
• A multi-step box builder. Easify and Easy Bundles both centre their listings on this. Check the bundle-sales tiers against your forecast.
• A warehouse or third-party logistics provider. Simple Bundles and Easy Bundles both make specific claims here. Ask for the details and test an order.
• Subscription boxes. Read the subscriptions table above, and also look at subscription-first platforms.
• No monthly fee. Kitenzo charges only a percentage of bundle sales, so a store with few sales pays little. As sales grow, compare that percentage with the flat-fee alternatives.

How to make a decision

1. Write down your exact offer, then remove any app that can’t express it.
2. Work out the cost at your realistic bundle sales, and at double that figure.
3. Ask the questions in our Shopify guide.
4. Install your top two on a development store or trial.
5. Run the test plan on each one, and send a real order through your fulfilment process.

For what a good builder should do, read our bundle builder guide.

If you spot an error, including one that favours Kitenzo, please tell us and we’ll correct it.