How do Copiara and SparkLayer compare feature by feature?
SparkLayer cells come from its Shopify App Store listing and its own site (pricing, quoting, companies and teams, and AI pages), read on October 22, 2026. The Copiara column lists what Copiara publishes. Where it says Not in Copiara, the capability is not part of the app.
The two overlap on quotes, approvals and credit. SparkLayer also lists its own pricing engine, registration forms, a sales rep portal and invoicing, which Copiara does not.
| Capability | SparkLayer | Copiara |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A wholesale ordering layer for the Shopify store you already run: customer-specific pricing, quick ordering, sales rep ordering, registration forms, company accounts and quoting | A B2B Shopify app for wholesale that puts quote negotiation, buyer approvals and credit limits in one app, built on native Shopify B2B |
| Available today | Yes: on the Shopify App Store since 2021, with a free Basic plan. The listing shows 4.8 from 391 reviews. | No: early access, not on the Shopify App Store |
| Customer-specific pricing | Price lists per customer or group, volume breaks and pack sizes; 3 price lists on Basic, unlimited on paid plans | Contract price lists with quantity breaks, pushed from the Copiara admin into Shopify's own catalogs and price lists |
| Registration forms | Forms on every plan: capture, review and approve wholesale applications | Not in Copiara |
| Quoting | Quoting Engine: customers request a quote from their basket and reps negotiate on a message timeline with internal notes and expiry dates, then convert it to an order. Included on the $299 plan, or a $49 a month add-on that needs one sales rep. | A buyer's request (RFQ) goes through negotiation to an accepted quote on one record that keeps every round, with a margin floor checked on the server. Rules you write can accept, counter or decline routine requests. The accepted quote is placed in Shopify with the agreed prices locked. |
| Approvals | A limited user can build an order, but it goes to the company account owner for approval | Approval rules and spending limits for the buying company, set by the merchant in the Copiara admin and cleared before the order is placed |
| Credit limits | A credit limit for each branch of a company, each with its own financials; workflow automations for credit terms on the $149 plan | A credit limit per buying company; live exposure counting orders in approval, approved, or placed and not yet paid; the store warns or refuses at submission |
| Payment terms | Net payment terms on every plan | Reads each location's Shopify payment terms; never sets, pushes or syncs them |
| Invoices and accounting | Downloadable PDF invoices (the $149 plan); Xero and QuickBooks connections (the $299 plan) | Not in Copiara |
| Sales rep ordering | Sales reps place orders for customers: 1 on the $49 plan, 2 on the $149 plan, 5 on the $299 plan, extra reps $39 a month each | Staff can start a quote for a buyer company from the admin (New quote); there is no separate sales rep portal |
| AI | Intelligent Cart builds a basket from emailed or uploaded orders (the $49 plan); an assistant called Sparkie; SparkLayer MCP lets approved AI tools use SparkLayer data and actions | An AI concierge on the merchant's theme that checks the buyer's price and stock and stages an order in chat inside that buyer's company context, without bypassing approvals or inventing price or stock |
| Shopify Sidekick | Not mentioned on the pages read | Ask with @copiara. Sidekick reads Copiara quotes and can stage a counter offer on a quote page, filling the figures and the note. Your staff review and send it. |
| What the plans count | B2B orders a month (5, 50, 100 and 150) and sales reps | Active buyer companies and AI replies a month; quotes, orders and staff seats are unlimited |
| Shopify plan | No requirement shown | No Shopify Plus required |