The best Shopify COD fee apps in 2026 — with every app's weaknesses, including ours
Updated · ACOD (E-TRADE PARTNER)
Six apps can meaningfully charge a Cash on Delivery fee on Shopify in 2026: ACOD (ours — fee via linked shipping rate, deepest availability rules, no free plan), Releasit COD Fee (broadest toolkit, real free plan, priciest paid tiers), COD King (verification-first with usage-based SMS costs), Partialy (partial-deposit specialist with a fee feature), EasyCOD (bare-bones fee app), and Snap COD (free, but with public complaints about its fee architecture). The honest comparison — weaknesses included — is below.
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We develop ACOD, one of the apps below. Instead of pretending neutrality, we've done the opposite of the usual vendor listicle: every entry, including ours, gets a real weaknesses row sourced from public listings, pricing pages, and reviews as of July 2026. Verify current numbers on each listing — pricing and features change.
The comparison table
| App | Rating | Fee mechanism | Pricing | Free plan? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACOD: Cash On Delivery COD Fee | 4.9 ★ (107) | Shipping rate two-way linked to the COD payment method | $4.99–9.99/mo flat by Shopify plan; yearly ~20% off | 7-day trial; dev stores free; no free tier for live stores |
| Releasit COD Fee | 4.8 ★ (588) | Conditional COD fee (fixed or %) + OTP + partial payments | Premium $9.99/mo, Enterprise $29.99/mo; annual −25% | Yes — 60 COD orders/month |
| COD King ‑ Part COD & OTP Verify | 4.9 ★ (927) | Fee feature within an OTP/partial-payment verification suite | Usage-based: per-SMS by country + promo $0.01/mo plans (list $7.9–$59) + % on partial payments | Free to install; pay per use |
| Partialy: Partial COD Fee | 4.8 ★ (67) | Partial deposit collection with COD fee elements | Free → $10 → $24 → $49/mo | Yes — 25 orders/mo, until $100 app-attributed revenue |
| EasyCOD ‑ Cash On Delivery Fee | 4.6 ★ (6) | COD fee + hide/block rules | $5.95/mo (fee only) or $9.95/mo (fee + hiding) | No — 7-day trial |
| Snap COD (WizzCommerce) | 3.2 ★ (5) | Fee via added shipping method + limit rules | Free | Entirely free |
1. ACOD — the fee-and-rules specialist (ours)
ACOD charges the fee through a dedicated COD shipping rate that it two-way links to the Cash on Delivery payment method — pick COD, the fee applies; pick prepaid, the COD rate disappears. That architecture is what enables multiple pay-on-delivery options with different fees and couriers, per-zone fee amounts, and clean taxes/refunds. Availability rules go deep: country, state, city, postal codes with prefix matching, order value and weight, products, collections, SKUs, product tags, customer tags, B2B detection, discount presence — plus a testing mode. Built for Shopify certified.
ACOD's honest weaknesses
No free plan for live stores (trial only) — if you're tiny, a free tier elsewhere may serve you better today. No OTP, no partial payments, no order forms, no fraud scoring — pair it with a verification app if fake orders are your main issue. The fee is a fixed amount per rate (not a percentage), and it appears within the shipping line rather than as a separate invoice line — trade-offs explained here. Listing currently in English only.
2. Releasit COD Fee — the incumbent toolkit
The biggest name in the fee niche, with a genuinely good free plan (60 COD orders/month including WhatsApp OTP and partial payments), conditional fee rules, a 19-language listing, and years of track record. If you want one app that does fees plus verification plus deposits — or you want to start free — start here.
Weaknesses
Paid tiers are the priciest in the fee niche ($9.99–$29.99/mo) — you're paying for toolkit breadth whether or not you use it. The two-way per-shipping-rate fee link (multiple pay-on-delivery variants, each with its own fee) isn't its focus. Being part of a large app portfolio (Shop Circle) means the roadmap competes with many sibling apps.
3. COD King — verification first, fee second
The volume leader by reviews (927), built around SMS/WhatsApp OTP verification and partial advance payments for the Indian market, with a COD fee feature alongside. If fake orders are bleeding you and you want managed messaging infrastructure, it's the strongest verification option in this list. Full comparison: ACOD vs COD King.
Weaknesses
Costs scale with volume: per-SMS charges (e.g. ₹1 in India, ~$0.19 in Italy/Spain) plus 0.8–1% on partial payments — the promotional $0.01/mo plans are an anchor, not the real cost. Listing is English-only, reviews are heavily concentrated in one geography, and the fee feature is a side dish to the verification suite.
4. Partialy — the deposit specialist
The fastest-growing newcomer (launched June 2025), focused on collecting partial deposits on COD orders — a strong RTO lever for high-ticket items — with a well-designed free tier that stays free until the app has demonstrably earned you $100. Fourteen listing languages from day one.
Weaknesses
It's a deposit app first — if you want a classic COD fee with location/product rules, that's not its center of gravity. The checkout widget shows “Partialy” branding unless you pay for the $49/mo tier. Young app: 12 months of track record, no help site of its own yet.
5. EasyCOD — the bare-bones option
A simple fee-plus-hiding app on Shopify Functions with listing translations into French, Spanish and Italian, and WhatsApp support promised in French — a reasonable minimal pick for francophone markets.
Weaknesses
Six reviews in over two years and none recent, no website or documentation to speak of, no free plan — and its most recent public review reports the app switching from free to paid without notice. Capabilities are a subset of the other fee apps at a similar price.
6. Snap COD — free, with caveats
Completely free, which makes it worth a mention: fee, limits, and a fraud-detection angle from a large Vietnamese app studio (WizzCommerce) with a real help center.
Weaknesses
A 3.2★ rating on 5 reviews, with recent 1-star reviews describing the fee being implemented as a duplicate shipping method that confuses checkout, and unresponsive support. Free is only cheap if it works for your store — test thoroughly before relying on it.
How to choose
- Just need a fee + control over where COD appears: ACOD or Releasit. ACOD if you want the shipping-method link, prefix-level location rules, or the lower flat price; Releasit if you want the free tier or OTP in the same app.
- Fake orders are the main problem: COD King (or Releasit's OTP) — verification, not fees, attacks that directly.
- High-ticket COD, want deposits: Partialy.
- Zero budget: Releasit's free tier first; Snap COD only with careful testing.
Try the fee-and-rules specialist
ACOD: linked COD fees, per-zone amounts, and the deepest show/hide rule set in the niche — from $4.99/month, Built for Shopify, 4.9★.
Install ACOD on Shopify — 7-day free trialFrequently asked questions
›What is the best COD fee app for Shopify?
There's no single best — it depends on the job. ACOD leads for fee-plus-availability-rules with linked shipping methods; Releasit COD Fee leads for breadth and its free plan; COD King leads for OTP verification; Partialy leads for partial deposits. The full trade-offs, including each app's weaknesses, are on this page.
›Which Shopify COD fee apps have a free plan?
Releasit COD Fee (60 COD orders/month free), Partialy (free until the app has attributed $100 revenue, 25 orders/month), COD King (free to install, pay per SMS/use), and Snap COD (entirely free). ACOD and EasyCOD offer trials but no free tier for live stores.
›Can Shopify charge a COD fee without an app?
Only partially: you can create an extra shipping rate named “Cash on Delivery” manually, but nothing stops customers from choosing that rate with a prepaid method or choosing a cheap rate with COD payment. Enforcing the fee requires linking the rate to the payment method via Shopify Functions — which is what these apps do.
›Do COD fee apps work on Shopify Basic?
The Functions-based ones do — ACOD, Releasit, and EasyCOD all state support for all plans. Payment and delivery customizations are native Shopify features available from Basic up; no Plus plan or checkout.liquid needed.