Giftnote vs Giftship
Giftship is known for gift options and box building in the cart. Giftnote focuses on the recipient: the gift message, the delivery moment and introducing you to the person receiving it.
Giftship has a long history on Shopify and a deep set of in-cart gift options, including its box builder. Giftnote is the better fit for brands that see gifting as a growth channel: gift messages by email and SMS included in the price, recipients captured into Klaviyo and Attentive, and Multi Gift for corporate orders of up to 1,000 recipients, all in one app.
What merchants say
Brands running their gifting on Giftnote
“Having Giftnote was game changing for us this year with our corporate orders. I LOVE the product and am really excited to grow our corporate order program with Giftnote.”
Hill Country Chocolate
Shopify App Store review
“Giftnote is KEY for corporate gifting, offering multi address shipments to your customers, and ecommerce giftcards. Working with Nick and his team has been a wonderful experience.”
On Your 6 Bourbon
Shopify App Store review
“The team has built a fantastic, seamless product end-to-end: effortless backend setup for us, and a clean, intuitive front-end for customers. Gifting flows feel native, checkout is smooth, and support is on point.”
Wonder Waves Coffee
Shopify App Store review
What brands get with Giftnote
Giftship makes the cart more flexible. Giftnote makes the gift itself work harder for your brand.
Klaviyo and Attentive integrations- Recipient profiles built automatically
- Ready-made flows copied into your account
Every gift introduces you to a new customer
Every recipient is added to Klaviyo or Attentive with their gift details, and the gift message invites them to opt in to your marketing. On average, 74% of gift recipients are new to the brand, and about 1 in 10 goes on to buy.
One app for every kind of gift
Gift messages on everyday orders, eGift cards, store credit and Multi Gift for corporate orders all run from the same Shopify app, managed from one dashboard.
Built inside Shopify
Buyers pay in your Shopify checkout, live Shopify shipping rates apply, and every recipient becomes a normal Shopify order that flows to your warehouse or 3PL. Run up to three branded storefronts, each on its own custom domain, for different corporate buyers.
At a glance
How Giftnote and Giftship approach gifting on Shopify
Giftnote
$99/mo
- Gift message by email and SMS, no per-message fee
- Send when the carrier confirms delivery (1,500+ carriers)
- Send when the order ships (on fulfilment)
- Personal message per recipient on multi-address orders
- Delivery tracking for the buyer, per recipient
- Recipients added to Klaviyo
- Klaviyo and Attentive integrations
- Recipient-to-customer conversion reporting
- eGift cards, store credit and cashback in one app
Giftship
$149.99/mo
- Gift message by email and SMS, no per-message feePaid add-on
- Send when the carrier confirms delivery (1,500+ carriers)On fulfilment or set date
- Send when the order ships (on fulfilment)
- Personal message per recipient on multi-address orders
- Delivery tracking for the buyer, per recipientTracking in shipping emails
- Recipients added to KlaviyoKlaviyo listed; not documented
- Klaviyo and Attentive integrationsNot documented
- Recipient-to-customer conversion reportingNot documented
- eGift cards, store credit and cashback in one appSeparate app
Simple, published pricing
Giftnote's Corporate Gifting plan compared with Giftship's Plus plan
Giftnote
Corporate Gifting (Professional)
Giftship
Plus
Save $50.99/month with Giftnote
Works with the tools you already use
Giftnote connects with your Shopify stack, from email and SMS platforms to returns, reviews and fulfilment.
Sync every gift order and recipient into Klaviyo, then trigger branded email and SMS flows the moment a gift is placed, delivered, received or redeemed.
Giftnote's Yotpo Email integration has been retired. Send gift messages through Giftnote's own email builder, or through Klaviyo, Attentive, Iterable, Dotdigital or Ometria.
Embed Giftnote directly in your Rebuy Smart Cart experience. Offer gift options at checkout and drive additional revenue through personalized recommendations.
Let customers gift subscriptions and send personalised messages with every recurring order powered by Recharge.
Empower your support team with full Giftnote order context inside Gorgias so every gift-related ticket is resolved faster.
Power your SMS marketing with gift-related triggers. Send timely notifications when gifts are purchased, shipped, or delivered to recipients.
Collect reviews from gift recipients through Okendo after a Giftnote experience to build authentic social proof.
Handle gift returns cleanly through Loop — allow recipients to directly handle refunds, exchanges, and store credit flow to the right person.
Moving from Giftship to Giftnote
Onboarding is founder-led and free. You can keep your current setup running until Giftnote is tested and live.
Install Giftnote
Install from the Shopify App Store. The free Gift Audit plan shows what share of your orders are gifts. Upgrade to a paid plan when you're ready to send.
Set up with our team
We set up your gift messages, Klaviyo flows and Multi Gift portal, and help you replace your current gift options without disrupting checkout.
Test and go live
Place a test order, check the gift message and recipient flows, then switch over when you're ready.
Frequently asked questions
Automated giftingPaperless & brandedNew revenue streamSee Giftnote with your own products
Book a demo and we'll walk through gifting and Multi Gift on your store. Or install Giftnote free and run a Gift Audit to see what share of your orders are already gifts.