Shopify app comparison · updated Aug 25, 2026
Klaviyovs
Drip 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.
| Dimension | Klaviyo | Drip Email Automation & Popups | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.70 | 4.60 | Klaviyo +0.10 |
| Reviews | 3,007 | 51 | Klaviyo 57.8× |
| Review growth · 30d | +54 · +1.8% | +0 · +0.0% | Klaviyo faster |
| Listed pricing | Free to install | Free trial available | Not directly comparable |
| Years on Shopify | 14 | 7 | Klaviyo +7y |
| Stores observed | 34,345 | 126 | Klaviyo 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.