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Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026

KlaviyovsDrip Email Automation & Popups

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

Klaviyo

Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS

Build email marketing, SMS, and WhatsApp campaigns powered by AI to grow ecommerce sales.

Rating
4.70
Reviews
3,007
Review growth · 30d
+54 · +1.8%
Pricing
Free to install
Years on Shopify
14
Stores observed
34,345

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

Our read

Ratings
Klaviyo higher (4.70 vs 4.60)
Review growth
Klaviyo faster (+1.8% vs +0.0%)
Review depth
Klaviyo 57.8× more reviews
Adoption
Klaviyo larger (34,345 vs 126)

OngoingAI's data favors Klaviyo on observed Shopify adoption (34,345 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.

DimensionKlaviyoDrip Email Automation & PopupsDifference
Rating4.704.60Klaviyo +0.10
Reviews3,00751Klaviyo 57.8×
Review growth · 30d+54 · +1.8%+0 · +0.0%Klaviyo faster
Listed pricingFree to installFree trial availableNot directly comparable
Years on Shopify147Klaviyo +7y
Stores observed34,345126Klaviyo leads

Which fits your requirements?

Choose by what you actually need.

Choose Klaviyo if…

  • You need push notifications
  • You need exit intent
  • You need bulk editing
  • A higher App Store rating is a priority

Choose Drip Email Automation & Popups if…

  • You need rewards
  • You need targeting
  • You need segmentation

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

Feature differences

88% of listed capabilities overlap.

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

Klaviyo only

5

  • Push notifications
  • Exit intent
  • Bulk editing
  • Import and export
  • Email domains

Drip Email Automation & Popups only

5

  • Rewards
  • Targeting
  • Segmentation
  • Tagging
  • Tracking
Show 35 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
  • Follow-up 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.

Klaviyo

34,345

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 89%

Drip Email Automation & Popups

126

stores observed

Skews Shopify · 62%

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 Klaviyo and Drip Email Automation & Popups.

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 Klaviyo or Drip Email Automation & Popups, follow stack changes, and see when a store installs, removes, or replaces an app.