Tab Upsell & Bundles vs Shopify Bundles: when free is enough, and when it isn’t.
Shopify Bundles is Shopify’s free app for fixed bundles and multipacks: each bundle is a new parent product you can sell in the Online Store, Shop and Shopify POS. Tab Upsell & Bundles keeps your products as they are and prices the set with a Shopify discount, so shoppers can choose variants, build a box from groups you set, and get a fixed set’s price even when they add the pieces separately. If you sell bundles in POS or want each bundle as its own product, Shopify Bundles is the better fit.
Side by side
Where they differ.
| Topic | Shopify Bundles | Tab Upsell & Bundles |
|---|---|---|
| How a bundle is made | A new parent bundle product made of component products. Orders list the component SKUs. | No bundle product: your products stay separate cart lines, priced by a Shopify discount. Two cases: a fixed set gets its price whenever the cart holds every piece; a build-a-box bundle or quantity break gets its price only when bought through its own block. |
| Pieces added separately | Shopify’s help center: “The discount won’t apply if you select only the component products.” | A fixed set gets its price whenever the cart holds every piece, and the cart names any missing piece. A build-a-box bundle is priced only when the shopper builds it in the bundle block. |
| Mix and match | Shopify’s help center: “The Shopify Bundles app doesn’t support mix-and-match bundles.” | Build-a-box bundles from groups of up to 100 products, with optional extras at full price. |
| Bundle price | You set the bundle product’s price. When a component’s price changes, the bundle price doesn’t update. | A fixed total, amount off or percentage off, quoted from current variant prices for the exact variants picked. |
| Other currencies | Shopify’s bundle help pages don’t describe a bundle-specific currency setting. | An exact bundle price per currency for up to 20 extra currencies, applied as entered. |
| Where it sells | Online Store, Shop and Shopify POS; Google & YouTube for fixed bundles. | Shopify Online Store themes: product pages, the cart page and compatible cart drawers. |
| Price | Free, made by Shopify. | Free for 50 Online Store orders every 30 days. Paid plans from $49/month with no order limits. |
Tab Upsell & Bundles
Bundles priced exactly as you set them.
- Shoppers pick a variant for each piece and see a fresh bundle price, the regular price and the saving before they add it.
- A fixed set gets its price whenever the cart holds every piece, however they were added; the cart page and compatible drawers name the missing piece and add only that.
- Build-a-box bundles from product groups you choose, with optional extras at full price, and quantity breaks from Buy 1 to Buy 9 inside the product page’s own Add to cart.
- An exact bundle price for each currency you sell in, applied as entered.
- Upsells on product pages, the cart page and compatible cart drawers in the same app, with Discovery listing pairs from your last 90 days of paid orders.
- Upsell and bundle revenue reported separately, tied to Shopify orders and reduced by refunds.
Honestly
When Shopify Bundles is the better choice.
- You sell bundles in Shopify POS or the Shop app, or list them on Google & YouTube.
- You want each bundle to be its own product, with its own page, images and inventory count.
- Your bundles are simple fixed sets or multipacks at one price, and you don’t need upsells or mix-and-match.
- You want to pay nothing, whatever your order volume.
FAQ
Common questions.
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Is Shopify Bundles free?
Yes. Shopify Bundles is made by Shopify and free to install. It supports fixed bundles and multipacks.
Does Shopify Bundles discount items added separately?
No. Shopify’s help center says the discount won’t apply if the shopper selects only the component products; the bundle product itself has to be bought.
Does Tab Upsell & Bundles create bundle products?
No. Your products stay as they are and are added as separate cart lines, so Shopify tracks stock on the real products. The saving is applied as a Shopify discount with your cart discount label.
Can I use Tab Upsell & Bundles in Shopify POS?
No. It works on Shopify Online Store themes only. If you need bundles in POS, use Shopify Bundles for those.
Does Shopify Bundles do mix-and-match?
No. Shopify’s help center says the Shopify Bundles app doesn’t support mix-and-match bundles. Tab Upsell & Bundles has build-a-box bundles with choice pools on every plan.
Tab Upsell & Bundles
Build your first bundle free.
Free for 50 Online Store orders every 30 days. Paid plans from $49/month, with no limits on orders or storefront views.