A Profit Calc alternative for stores that stock what they sell
Profit Calc pulls orders, product costs, shipping, taxes and ad spend into one set of dashboards, and it syncs costs from dropshipping and print-on-demand suppliers such as AliExpress, Printful and CJ. If you stock inventory bought from wholesalers who send price lists, that sync does not help you — CostSentry reads those lists instead.
Side by side
Profit Calc syncs costs from dropship platforms; CostSentry reads the CSV your wholesaler emails you. Which one you need depends on where your products come from.
| CostSentry | Profit Calc | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free for 1 supplier and 1,000 products (weekly) · Starter $19/mo (2 suppliers, 10,000 products, daily + instant alerts, cost write-back) · Pro $49 · Enterprise $99 | Starter $39/mo · Growth $79 · Pro $149 · Unlimited $249; 15-day trial |
| What it watches | Your suppliers' price lists — CSV or XLSX, forwarded by email or uploaded | Orders, costs synced from dropship/POD suppliers, fees, taxes, ad platforms |
| Tells you when a supplier raises a price | Yes — every SKU whose cost went up, with the old and new cost, before you sell at the old margin | Only for connected dropship platforms; not for price lists from wholesalers |
| Margin impact per SKU and a suggested new price | Yes — margin at your current Shopify retail, flag below your margin floor, and the price that holds the margin | Profit per product in dashboards; no suggested price |
| Writes the new cost to Shopify | One click, or automatically on Starter and up | No — costs live in the app |
| Net profit dashboard with ad spend and fees | No — CostSentry watches cost, not the P&L | Yes — profit, ROAS, AOV, refunds, VAT, P&L, multi-currency |
| Alerts | Email and Telegram: instant, daily or weekly digest | Dashboards and reports |
| Billing | Through your Shopify invoice; free plan, no card | Shopify app subscription, 17% off annual |
| Built for | Stores that buy wholesale and receive price lists from suppliers | Dropshipping and print-on-demand stores that advertise |
Which one do you actually need?
- You dropship or use print-on-demand and want costs synced from those platforms
- You want ROAS, refunds and fees in one profit view
- You sell in several currencies and need historical exchange rates
- You buy stock from wholesalers and distributors who send price lists
- You want every cost increase found, priced and written to Shopify
- You want to start free with one supplier
See your real margins first — free
The free Supplier Price Margin Checker takes your Shopify product export and a supplier price list and shows the margin per SKU at your current retail — plus the price you would need to hold your target. Then install CostSentry and let it read every new price list for you.
Open the free checker ↗