Side-by-side comparison

Caravel Track vs AfterShip Tracking

Both apps give your customers a tracking page. AfterShip sends delivery emails from Essentials. Caravel Track can trigger Shopify's own "out for delivery" and "delivered" emails, with no email account, once it has live carrier status; its other notification emails need your own email account. AfterShip has a long track record, SMS and AI delivery estimates; Caravel Track has no per-shipment charges and uses official carrier APIs with your own credentials.

Information checked on 31 Oct 2026AfterShip Tracking: 4.6/5 from 1,513 reviews on the Shopify App Store (31 Oct 2026)[1]

Where Caravel Track may suit you

  • Unlimited at $4.99 per 30 days with no per-shipment charge (notice from 20,000 new shipments or 10,000 emails a month)
  • Official carrier APIs (DHL, UPS, FedEx, GLS, PostNL and others) with your own credentials, with no per-lookup charge from us
  • European Portuguese in the admin

Where AfterShip Tracking is stronger

  • Launched in 2012 and marked "Built for Shopify"
  • Live tracking on the free plan (50 shipments a month)
  • SMS notifications, AI delivery estimates, product recommendations, API and webhooks
  • 1,513 public reviews averaging 4.6/5

Status

Caravel Track is not yet published in the Shopify App Store: it has no public reviews yet. Features listed here are the ones in the app's code today. In our test store, the order timeline shows Shopify sending its own "out for delivery" and "delivered" emails when those events were written by a test script to shipments created with customer notification on; the full path from a live carrier status to that email has not yet run. Emails through your own account, delivery analytics and connecting your own carrier credentials have so far been tested only with simulated data, not in a live store.

Feature by feature

Only features we could verify: on our side in the app's code, on theirs on their public pages (numbers in brackets point to the sources below). Plans differ, so check which plan includes each feature.

YesPartly / with conditionsNoNot stated on the pages we checked
FeatureCaravel TrackAfterShip Tracking
Free plan[1]Caravel Track100 shipments a month, Shopify fulfilment statuses only (no live carrier data)AfterShip Tracking50 shipments a month, with live tracking
Cheapest paid plan[1]Caravel TrackUnlimited $4.99 / 30 days, all supported carriers — plus your own carrier-API or tracking-service account and email accountAfterShip TrackingEssentials $11 / month, 100 shipments included
Charges above the plan's allowance[1]Caravel TrackNone: no per-shipment charge; fair-use notice from 20,000 new shipments or 10,000 notification emails a month; nothing stopsAfterShip Tracking$0.08 (Essentials) or $0.12 (Premium) per extra shipment
Live carrier data without an account elsewhere[2]Caravel TrackPartly / with conditionsFor live carrier data: your own credentials for one of 9 official carrier APIs (e.g. DHL, UPS, FedEx, GLS), the Nova Poshta API without a key, or your own 17TRACK/TrackingMore account, paid to that service. Shopify's own "out for delivery" and "delivered" emails need no email account; other notification emails need your own Postmark or Resend account, or your own SMTP server.AfterShip TrackingPartly / with conditionsPartnered carriers need no account; others need your API key or extra setup; Royal Mail only on Premium and Enterprise
Carriers[1][9][10]Caravel Track1,006 carriers in 161 countries recognised; live data depends on the API or service you connectAfterShip Tracking"1,100+ carriers" in the Shopify listing; AfterShip's other pages say from 1,000+ to 2,000+
Tracking page in your store[1][3][4]Caravel TrackYesTheme block, served on your store's domainAfterShip TrackingYesBranded page, inside your Shopify store on all plans; on your own domain from Premium
Email notifications[1]Caravel TrackPartly / with conditionsUnlimited plan, with live carrier status and a shipment created with customer notification on: Shopify's own "out for delivery" and "delivered" emails, with no email account. Other notification emails: through your own email account; notice from 10,000 a monthAfterShip TrackingYesFrom Essentials
SMS notifications[1][8][10]Caravel TrackNoAfterShip TrackingYesFrom Essentials; each SMS is paid separately, by destination and number of segments
Estimated delivery date[1][7]Caravel TrackPartly / with conditionsShows the carrier's estimate when Shopify has one; no own predictionAfterShip TrackingYesCarrier estimate and your own rules (all plans); AI-powered estimate (Premium)
Delivery analytics[1]Caravel TrackPartly / with conditionsUnlimited plan: average delivery times by carrier and countryAfterShip TrackingYesTracking dashboard (Free), status reports (Essentials), full analytics suite (Premium)
Product recommendations on the tracking page[1]Caravel TrackNoAfterShip TrackingYesAI product recommendations (Premium)
Languages of the app[1][5]Caravel Track6: English, European Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, ItalianAfterShip Tracking5 in the app listing (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian); tracking page in over 34 languages from Essentials
Free trial on paid plans[1]Caravel TrackYes14 daysAfterShip TrackingYes7 days; first month $1
Public reviews in the store[1]Caravel TrackNone yet — not publishedAfterShip Tracking4.6/5 · 1,513 reviews

Plans and prices

Each side as published, in the currency and billing period each company uses. We do not convert currencies.

Caravel Track

Free

$0

Tracking page with Shopify statuses, 100 shipments per month

Unlimited

$4.99 / 30 days

All supported carriers, unlimited shipments and tracking pages, notifications, analytics, custom templates, re-check of your connected service up to hourly (every 4 hours by default; without one, it only re-reads Shopify's status). Fair use, notice only: from 10,000 notification emails a month (through your own email account) and from 20,000 new shipments a month

Prices in US dollars, billed by Shopify every 30 days once the app is published. The apps are not published yet. Shopify shows the amount in your currency; taxes may apply.

Total cost on our side = plan + what your tracking service (17TRACK or TrackingMore, if you use one) and your email delivery service (Postmark, Resend or your own SMTP server, for the notifications that need one) charge you. We charge nothing per lookup; the official carrier APIs need your own credentials and are subject to each carrier's terms.

AfterShip Tracking

Free

Free

50 shipments/month; free first import: up to 500 shipments per the listing, 200 per its help centre; branded tracking page; carrier estimated delivery date[1][6]

Essentials

$11 / month

100 shipments/month included; $0.08 per extra shipment; email & SMS notifications; $1 for the first month; or $108/year[1]

Premium

$70 / month

500 shipments/month included; $0.12 per extra shipment; tracking page on your domain, AI EDD, API & webhooks; $1 for the first month; or $708/year[1]

As published on the pages listed below on 31 Oct 2026; taxes may apply. Prices can change — check their current page before deciding.

Sources

  1. AfterShip Order Tracking — Shopify App Store — https://apps.shopify.com/aftership · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  2. AfterShip Help Center — How to connect carrier accounts — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441457-how-to-connect-carrier-accounts · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  3. AfterShip Help Center — Add tracking page on Shopify store using proxy URL — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441528-add-tracking-page-on-shopify-store-and-notifications-using-proxy-url · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  4. AfterShip Help Center — Set up a custom domain — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441555-set-up-a-custom-domain-for-the-branded-tracking-page · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  5. AfterShip Help Center — Tracking page content in multiple languages — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441493-enable-and-customize-tracking-page-content-in-multiple-languages · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  6. AfterShip Help Center — Free shipment import for your first app connection — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15921029-free-shipment-import-for-your-first-app-connection · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  7. AfterShip Help Center — Custom post-purchase estimated delivery dates — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441640-enable-custom-post-purchase-estimated-delivery-dates · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  8. AfterShip Help Center — Message segments and SMS credit costs — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441720-learn-more-about-message-segments-sms-character-counts-and-credit-costs · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  9. AfterShip Help Center — Getting started with AfterShip Tracking — https://support.aftership.com/en/tracking/articles/15441351-getting-started-with-aftership-tracking · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 12:44 UTC (copy kept)
  10. AfterShip pricing page — Wayback Machine copy of 27/09/2026 — https://web.archive.org/web/20260927205640/https://www.aftership.com/pricing/tracking · read on 31 Oct 2026 at 11:51 UTC (copy kept)
  11. Caravel Track: the app's code (commit e3655b3) and the prices on this website, checked on 31 Oct 2026.

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