ACOD vs Releasit COD Fee: the fee-layer comparison, honestly
Updated · ACOD (E-TRADE PARTNER)
Releasit COD Fee is the category incumbent: a broad COD toolkit with a real free plan (60 COD orders/month), WhatsApp OTP, and partial payments, at $9.99–29.99/month for paid tiers. ACOD is the specialist: COD fees charged through shipping rates that are linked to the COD payment method — enabling multiple pay-on-delivery options with different fees — plus deep show/hide rules, at a lower flat price ($4.99–9.99/month). Small stores that want a free tier or OTP should look at Releasit first; stores that need the shipping-method link, prefix-level location rules, or the lowest flat price for a pure fee-and-rules job should look at ACOD.
Who is writing this
We are E-TRADE PARTNER, the developer of ACOD. Releasit COD Fee is a good app and the biggest name in this niche — this page exists because merchants ask us for the differences, and we'd rather answer with facts than adjectives. Everything below about Releasit comes from its public App Store listing and site as of July 2026; check both listings for current details.
At a glance
| ACOD: Cash On Delivery COD Fee | Releasit COD Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | E-TRADE PARTNER (Warsaw, Poland) | Releasit (part of the Shop Circle portfolio, London) |
| App Store rating | 4.9 ★ (107 reviews) | 4.8 ★ (588 reviews) |
| Pricing | $4.99/mo (Basic), $6.99 (Grow/Advanced), $9.99 (Plus) — flat, yearly ~20% off, 7-day trial, dev stores free | Free plan: 60 COD orders/month; Premium $9.99/mo; Enterprise $29.99/mo; annual −25% |
| COD fee mechanism | Dedicated COD shipping rate two-way linked to the COD payment method | COD fee with conditional rules (fixed or percentage per its listing) |
| OTP verification | No | Yes — WhatsApp OTP, included from the free plan |
| Partial / advance payments | No | Yes |
| Link COD to specific shipping methods | Yes — core feature; supports several pay-on-delivery rates with different fees/couriers | Payment–shipping visibility rules exist; the two-way per-rate link with per-rate fees is not its focus |
| Location rules | Country, state, city, postal codes with prefix matching, address; plus order value/weight, products, collections, SKUs, product & customer tags, B2B detection, discount presence | Conditional COD rules by location, products, and order conditions |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Listing languages | English (translations in progress) | 19 languages |
| Checkout technology | Native Shopify Functions — all plans | Native checkout integration — all plans |
Where Releasit is genuinely stronger
- The free plan. 60 COD orders/month free, including OTP and partial payments, is the best entry offer in the category. If you're a small store or just validating COD, start there — it costs nothing to find out if it covers you. ACOD has a 7-day trial but no free tier for live stores.
- Breadth. OTP, partial payments, and fees in one app means one bill and one support contact if you need all three.
- Track record and ecosystem. Four more years of reviews, a 19-language listing, a large help center, and Shop Circle's resources behind it.
Where ACOD is stronger
- The shipping-method link. ACOD's two-way link between the COD payment method and specific shipping rates is what lets a store run two pay-on-delivery options with different fees and different couriers — a real merchant request that comes up unresolved in Shopify's community forums, where no toolkit app has demonstrated it cleanly.
- Cheaper paid tiers for the fee-and-rules job. If you're past a free tier's limits and don't use OTP or partial payments, ACOD's $4.99–6.99 undercuts Releasit's $9.99 Premium for the overlapping capability set.
- Rule granularity. Prefix-level postal rules (every pin code starting with “7”), SKU and product-tag conditions, B2B/company detection, order-weight limits with unit conversion, and a testing mode that shows the setup only to test@example.com checkouts.
- Focus. One job, done deeply, with a UI that only contains that job. Toolkits are genuinely better for some stores — but if you know you need fees and rules, a specialist is faster to set up and harder to misconfigure.
How to choose in 30 seconds
- Under ~60 COD orders/month, or you want OTP/partial payments: start with Releasit's free plan. Genuinely.
- Need COD tied to specific couriers/rates, or multiple pay-on-delivery options: ACOD — this is our specialty and the reason many of our merchants switched.
- High COD volume, fee-and-rules only, cost-sensitive: ACOD's flat $4.99–6.99 is the value pick.
- Not sure: both have trials/free tiers; the honest advice is to test your exact checkout flow on both — setup takes minutes on either.
The specialist for COD fees and rules
ACOD links fees to shipping methods, hides COD by pin-code prefix, order value, products and tags — flat pricing from $4.99/month, Built for Shopify.
Install ACOD on Shopify — 7-day free trialFrequently asked questions
›Is ACOD cheaper than Releasit COD Fee?
For paid plans, yes: ACOD is $4.99–9.99/month flat vs Releasit's $9.99 Premium and $29.99 Enterprise. But Releasit has a free plan covering 60 COD orders/month, which ACOD doesn't — for very small stores Releasit can be cheaper (free).
›Does ACOD have OTP or partial payments like Releasit?
No. ACOD is deliberately a COD fee and availability-rules specialist. If OTP verification or advance deposits are requirements, Releasit COD Fee or a dedicated verification app fits better — and can run alongside ACOD.
›What can ACOD do that Releasit COD Fee can't?
ACOD's distinguishing capability is the two-way link between the COD payment method and specific shipping rates — which enables several pay-on-delivery options with different fees and couriers on one store, plus per-zone fee amounts. Its location rules also support postal-code prefix matching for region-level control.
›Can I migrate from Releasit COD Fee to ACOD?
Yes — there's no data to migrate; you recreate your fee and rules in ACOD (typically minutes). Run ACOD's testing mode in parallel before uninstalling Releasit so checkout behavior never has a gap.