Is Cogsy an alternative to Profit Alarm?

For keeping product costs right, yes: both work on the cost of each variant, in different ways. The table on this page shows where they differ.

How much does Profit Alarm cost?

$5 and $19 a month, as shown on its Shopify App Store listing on 8 October 2026. Check the listing for current pricing.

Does Profit Alarm keep a history of cost changes?

Profit Alarm's listing and help pages do not mention one. Cogsy records every cost as a dated row with a source, and a row is never edited or deleted.

Cogsy vs Profit Alarm

Profit Alarm watches orders: it emails you when an order's margin falls below a threshold you set and when products are missing a cost, and writes profit and margin to order metafields. Cogsy works on the costs themselves and sends no notifications. They do different jobs and fit together.

Updated 8 October 2026

Cost data and audit apps. Facts about Profit Alarm are from its Shopify App Store listing and its own help pages as they read on 8 October 2026. A feature marked "not mentioned" may still exist; we only record what the vendor states.

Feature by feature

Capability	Cogsy	Profit Alarm
Finds variants with no cost	Yes	Yes
Costs with dates or a cost history	YesEvery cost has a date it applies from	Not mentioned
A cost per supplier for one variant	YesYou choose which source is in use	Not mentioned
Extra costs on top of the unit cost	YesPer unit or as a percent of price	Not mentioned
Costs bundles from their components	Yes	Not mentioned
Cost import by CSV	YesBy SKU, with a preview	Not mentioned
Bulk cost editing	PartlyBy CSV, or one cost for a product or the whole shop	Not mentioned
Writes cost to Shopify's cost per item	YesWhen you run it; you choose what the figure includes	Not mentioned
Low-margin flags or alerts	PartlyFlags in the app; no notifications	Yes
Spreads freight and duty across a shipment	NoYou enter the per-unit amount	Not mentioned
Purchase orders	No	Not mentioned
Inventory forecasting	No	Not mentioned
Profit by order	No	Yes
Ad spend tracking	No	Not mentioned

Choose Profit Alarm if

You want an email when an order comes in under your margin threshold.
You want profit and margin stored on each order.
You want a low monthly price.

Choose Cogsy if

You need to fix and maintain the costs, not only be told when one is missing.
You want a history of cost changes.
You need extra costs, several suppliers or bundle costing.

Using both

Profit Alarm tells you when an order's margin is low. Cogsy is where you find out why: which cost changed, from what date and from which supplier.

About Profit Alarm

Monitors each order's margin and emails an alert when it falls below a threshold the merchant sets. It also notifies about products missing a cost price and stores profit and margin on order metafields.

Listed as: #ProfitAlarm
Made by: dtails
Price: $5 and $19 a month
Free trial: 30-day free trial
App Store rating: 5.0 from 1 review
On the App Store since: December 15, 2023
Built for Shopify badge: No

What Profit Alarm does that Cogsy does not

Per-order email alarm when margin falls below a set threshold
Writes profit and margin to order metafields
Low entry price ($5/month) with a 30-day trial

Profit Alarm is a trademark of its owner; Cogsy is not affiliated with it. If something here is out of date, write to support@cogsy.app and we will correct it.

Questions

Is Cogsy an alternative to Profit Alarm?: For keeping product costs right, yes: both work on the cost of each variant, in different ways. The table on this page shows where they differ.
Can I use Cogsy and Profit Alarm together?: Profit Alarm tells you when an order's margin is low. Cogsy is where you find out why: which cost changed, from what date and from which supplier.
How much does Profit Alarm cost?: $5 and $19 a month, as shown on its Shopify App Store listing on 8 October 2026. Check the listing for current pricing.
Does Profit Alarm keep a history of cost changes?: Profit Alarm's listing and help pages do not mention one. Cogsy records every cost as a dated row with a source, and a row is never edited or deleted.

Sources

#ProfitAlarm on the Shopify App Store

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