Short answer: pick Giftship if you want gift options in your cart (notes, wrap, dates, a box builder) and multi-address shipping at a low monthly price. Pick Seed if the company wants to hand out printed codes and let each person choose a gift and type their own address.
Both prices below were verified 2026-10-15. Giftship prices come from its App Store listing. Its developer is Gist.
Price and features, verified 2026-10-15
| Seed | Giftship | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Corporate $249/mo or $1,999/yr, 7-day free trial | Micro $29.99/mo, Essential $59.99/mo, Plus $149.99/mo, Enterprise $399.99/mo, plus small per-order charges above 200, 500, 1,000 and 2,500 orders |
| Free plan or trial | 7-day free trial, no free plan | No free plan; 7-day free trial on each paid plan |
| Model | One shared link plus printed one-time codes (format KRMH-7P2X) | Gift options in the cart, multi-address shipping, box builder, digital gift messages |
| Who enters addresses | The recipient types their own address | The shopper enters the recipients' addresses |
| Recipient picks the gift | Yes: one gift from a curated set, no prices shown | The shopper builds the gift, or uses the box builder |
| Gift codes | Yes, one-time, dies on use | Not mentioned in the listing |
| Languages | Every recipient string is translatable | English |
| App Store reviews | 5.0 on 3 reviews (we say so plainly) | 4.8 on 269 reviews |
How each one works
Seed works from the recipient's side. The buyer company hands out printed cards, and each card carries one code like KRMH-7P2X. Every recipient opens one permanent shared link, enters the code, picks one gift from a curated set with no prices shown, and types their own address. A real $0 order lands in the merchant's Shopify admin, and the code dies on use. Budgets and gift levels are set per company, codes are tracked with a CSV export, and codes can auto-mint from a paid Shopify order. A Danish gift retailer, OnlyByGrace, runs the whole flow in Danish.
Giftship is a gift-options app. It adds gift notes, gift wrap, date pickers and upsells to the product page and cart (checkout needs Shopify Plus), ships one order to several recipients, offers a step-by-step box builder, and sends digital gift messages by email or SMS. Multi-address shipping and the Box Builder are add-ons on Micro and included from Essential up. The buyer runs the checkout; recipients do not choose.
When to pick Giftship
- The buyer is a person at a checkout who knows the recipients and their addresses.
- You want gift wrap, notes, dates and a box builder inside the normal store experience.
- You want the lowest entry price: Micro is $29.99 a month.
- You want a bigger review base: 269 reviews at 4.8.
When to pick Seed
- A company is buying for staff or clients, and the buyer will not collect addresses.
- Recipients should pick one gift each from a curated set with no prices shown.
- You want printed one-time codes, a permanent shared link, budgets per company and a code CSV.
- Codes should auto-mint from a paid Shopify order.
- You need every recipient-facing word in another language.
What Seed does not do
- Seed does not take an address list from the buyer. The recipient types their own address, so it does not fit a buyer who already has every address in a spreadsheet.
- Seed has no multi-address checkout where one shopper pays and ships to many people in one cart.
- Seed has 3 App Store reviews. That is a small sample next to the review counts above.
Where to go next
Related: Seed corporate gifting, best corporate gifting apps for Shopify, and the OnlyByGrace case study. For the whole market on one page, read best corporate gifting apps for Shopify. Seed's Corporate plan is $249 per month or $1,999 per year, with a 7-day free trial and unlimited gift orders (source: Seed pricing, verified 2026-10-15).
Frequently asked questions
How much does Giftship cost?
Giftship lists four plans: Micro $29.99, Essential $59.99, Plus $149.99 and Enterprise $399.99 per month, each with a 7-day free trial (verified 2026-10-15).
Can Giftship ship one order to many people?
Yes. Its listing describes shipping to multiple recipients in one order. Multi-address shipping is an add-on on Micro and included from Essential.
Does Giftship let recipients choose their gift?
Its listing does not describe a recipient-choice flow. The shopper builds the gift. In Seed each recipient chooses one gift from a curated set.
How much does Seed cost compared with Giftship?
Seed's Corporate plan is $249 per month or $1,999 per year with a 7-day free trial and unlimited gift orders (verified 2026-10-15). See the table above for Giftship's published prices.