Is Cogsy an alternative to SimplyCost?

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 SimplyCost cost?

$9.99 and $29.99 a month, as shown on its Shopify App Store listing on 8 October 2026. Check the listing for current pricing.

Does SimplyCost keep a history of cost changes?

SimplyCost'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 SimplyCost

Despite the name, SimplyCost is a profit analytics app: a dashboard that combines sales with ad spend, payment and transaction fees, shipping rules and custom expenses. Cogsy has no dashboard and tracks no ad spend. It manages the product cost that a profit calculation starts from.

Updated 8 October 2026

Cost data and audit apps. Facts about SimplyCost 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	SimplyCost
Finds variants with no cost	Yes	Not mentioned
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	YesAs order-level and store-level expenses
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	Not mentioned
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	Yes

Choose SimplyCost if

You want a profit dashboard and reports.
You want ad spend from the major ad platforms included.
You want shipping and handling costs by zone, weight or order value.

Choose Cogsy if

Your problem is the product costs themselves: missing, out of date or from several suppliers.
You want a dated history of cost changes.
You sell bundles.

Using both

Use Cogsy to keep each variant's cost right in Shopify, and a profit app such as SimplyCost for the dashboard above it. Check in SimplyCost's settings where it takes product cost from.

About SimplyCost

A profit analytics app that tracks store profit by combining sales with expenses such as ad spend, payment and transaction fees, shipping and handling costs and custom expenses. It presents the result in a profit dashboard and reports.

Listed as: SimplyCost ‑ Profit Analytics
Made by: Zapfor Apps
Price: $9.99 and $29.99 a month
Free trial: 14-day free trial
App Store rating: 4.8 from 71 reviews
On the App Store since: December 2, 2016
Built for Shopify badge: No

What SimplyCost does that Cogsy does not

Ad spend integrations with six ad platforms
Payment gateway and Shopify transaction fees
Shipping and handling cost rules by zone, weight, quantity or order value
Recurring and one-off business expenses
Long-standing listing (launched 2016) with 71 reviews at 4.8

SimplyCost 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 SimplyCost?: 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 SimplyCost together?: Use Cogsy to keep each variant's cost right in Shopify, and a profit app such as SimplyCost for the dashboard above it. Check in SimplyCost's settings where it takes product cost from.
How much does SimplyCost cost?: $9.99 and $29.99 a month, as shown on its Shopify App Store listing on 8 October 2026. Check the listing for current pricing.
Does SimplyCost keep a history of cost changes?: SimplyCost'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.

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Feature
Dated cost history
Every cost has a date it applies from. A change is a new row, never an overwrite.
Feature
More than one supplier
Keep a cost from each supplier, from Shopify and from your imports side by side, and choose which one is active.