OngoingAI

Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026

Drip Email Automation & PopupsvsOmnisend Email Marketing & SMS

Compare Drip Email Automation & Popups and Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS for Shopify email marketing using current ratings, review activity, pricing, features, and OngoingAI-observed adoption.

Drip

Drip Email Automation & Popups

Grow your sales with smarter email marketing, automated workflows, and engaging popups that convert.

Rating
4.60
Reviews
51
Review growth · 30d
+0 · +0.0%
Pricing
Free trial available
Years on Shopify
7
Stores observed
126

Omnisend

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS

Run email marketing & SMS campaigns with AI marketing tools. Collect emails with popups & sell more.

Rating
4.80
Reviews
2,955
Review growth · 30d
+3 · +0.1%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
12
Stores observed
4,846

Our read

Ratings
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS higher (4.80 vs 4.60)
Review growth
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS faster (+0.1% vs +0.0%)
Review depth
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS 56.8× more reviews
Adoption
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS larger (4,846 vs 126)

OngoingAI's data favors Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS on observed Shopify adoption (4,846 vs 126 stores), backed by a larger review base.

Head-to-head

The signals, side by side.

Each row reads straight from the live App Store listing and OngoingAI’s census. The Difference column states the gap — not a buyer recommendation.

DimensionDrip Email Automation & PopupsOmnisend Email Marketing & SMSDifference
Rating4.604.80Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS +0.20
Reviews512,955Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS 56.8×
Review growth · 30d+0 · +0.0%+3 · +0.1%Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS faster
Listed pricingFree trial availableFree to installNot directly comparable
Years on Shopify712Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS +5y
Stores observed1264,846Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS leads

Which fits your requirements?

Choose by what you actually need.

Choose Drip Email Automation & Popups if…

  • You need rewards
  • You need follow-up emails
  • You need targeting

Choose Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS if…

  • You need push notifications
  • You need landing pages
  • You need exit intent
  • A higher App Store rating is a priority

Tied to observable requirements only — listed capabilities, ratings, review growth, adoption and price. It doesn’t assert usability or support quality.

Feature differences

85% of listed capabilities overlap.

These apps cover largely the same ground. The decision material is what each lists that the other doesn’t.

Drip Email Automation & Popups only

6

  • Rewards
  • Follow-up emails
  • Targeting
  • Segmentation
  • Tagging
  • Tracking

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS only

6

  • Push notifications
  • Landing pages
  • Exit intent
  • Translation
  • Import and export
  • Email domains
Show 34 shared capabilities
  • Email marketing
  • Email campaigns
  • SMS campaigns
  • Newsletters
  • Pop-ups
  • Forms
  • Discounts
  • Promotions
  • Upsell emails
  • Cross-sell emails
  • Cart emails
  • Checkout emails
  • Abandoned cart
  • Browse abandonment
  • Welcome emails
  • Price drop emails
  • Back-in-stock emails
  • Win-back emails
  • Product recommendations
  • Drip campaigns
  • Subscriptions
  • Product reviews
  • Custom campaigns
  • Editor tool
  • Templates
  • AI generation
  • Localization
  • Custom code
  • Custom fonts
  • Consent collection
  • Email capture list
  • SMS capture list
  • Triggers and rules
  • Automations

Observed adoption

Who actually runs each, on real stores.

The stores OngoingAI’s weekly census observes running each app, and the platform each skews toward — observed presence, not vendor-reported install totals.

Drip Email Automation & Popups

126

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 62%

Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS

4,846

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 84%

Scope

What this comparison measures.

What it measures

Shopify App Store ratings, review counts and 30-day review growth, listed pricing and capabilities, category data, and OngoingAI-observed storefront adoption for Drip Email Automation & Popups and Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS.

What it doesn’t

Hands-on usability, customer-support quality, deliverability, merchant sentiment from review text, or revenue impact. We draw a sharp line around what we can observe.

Methodology

Where the numbers come from.

Ratings, review counts, pricing, and categories come from the live Shopify App Store listing, refreshed daily. Review growth compares the observed snapshots across the trailing 30-day window. “Stores observed” and the platform split come from OngoingAI’s weekly storefront census — the real stores running each app, not the listing’s claimed totals. Comparison generated Aug 25, 2026.

See who’s switching — as it happens.

Track app adoption on live ecommerce stores. Find merchants running Drip Email Automation & Popups or Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.