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Mechanic

by Lightward

5.0

(129 reviews)

67/100 · SolidBuilt for ShopifyFrom $16/month. Free trial available.
Best suited for stores using Airtable, Email and Flow, which it integrates with and from $16/mo.

355+ Premium workflow automations, integrations, and a complete enterprise-grade automation platform Mechanic is the enterprise-grade workflow automation platform for stores that need reliable, scalable automation. From small businesses to Plus-sized enterprises, Mechanic offers workflow automations that are built to scale. Automate your business with hundreds of battle-tested automations, or create custom automations using Mechanic as a development platform. Install as many automations as you want, no usage limits here! Mechanic automations are powered by Liquid, the language of Shopify. Mechanic is the enterprise-grade workflow automation platform for stores that need reliable, scalable automation. From small businesses to Plus-sized enterprises, Mechanic offers workflow automations that are built to scale. Automate your business with hundreds of battle-tested automations, or create custom automations using Mechanic as a development platform. Install as many automations as you want, no usage limits here! Mechanic automations are powered by Liquid, the language of Shopify. more Automate any business process with 355+ proven, reliable automations. Integrations: Email, Google (Sheets, Docs, Drive), Slack, Airtable, FTP & more Automate your business using Liquid the language you already know. Complete automation platform that replaces custom apps and infrastructure No developer? No problem. Tap into Mechanic’s community of automation experts.

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Who it’s for
Orders - Other
What it moves
Bottom line

fulfilment cost and post-purchase experience

What it costs
From $16/mo

4 tiers

How it’s supported
67/100

Solid · from 128 reviews

What it does

Automate any business process with 355+ proven, reliable automations.

Integrations: Email, Google (Sheets, Docs, Drive), Slack, Airtable, FTP & more

Automate your business using Liquid the language you already know.

Complete automation platform that replaces custom apps and infrastructure

No developer? No problem. Tap into Mechanic’s community of automation experts.

Plan fit
What each step up actually buys you

This developer's plans are separated by features, not by how big your store is — so there is no volume that picks a tier for you. Here is what each one adds over the one below it.

Basic Shopify
$16/month
You start with

Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy

Click "See all pricing options" for info

Suggested price for "Basic Shopify" plan

No additional usage fees

Grow Shopify
$29/month
Adds

Suggested price for "Grow Shopify" plan

No added additional fees

Advanced Shopify
$99/month
Adds

Suggested price for "Advanced Shopify"

Shopify Plus
$199/month
Adds

Suggested price for Shopify Plus

Listed as “From $16/month. Free trial available.”. Plan contents change — confirm on the listing before you install.
Pricing
From $16/month. Free trial available.
Basic Shopify

$16/month

Lowest paid plan
Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy
Click "See all pricing options" for info
Suggested price for "Basic Shopify" plan
No additional usage fees
Grow Shopify

$29/month

Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy
Click "See all pricing options" for info
Suggested price for "Grow Shopify" plan
No added additional fees
Advanced Shopify

$99/month

Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy
Click "See all pricing options" for info
Suggested price for "Advanced Shopify"
No additional usage fees
Shopify Plus

$199/month

Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy
Click "See all pricing options" for info
Suggested price for Shopify Plus
No additional usage fees
Plans as listed on the Shopify App Store. Always confirm current pricing before installing.

67

/ 100
Solid
medium confidence

Scored on 128 merchant reviews we hold for Mechanic, across five checks. Every figure is computed from those reviews — expand any row to see the counts behind it.





Computed from the 128 reviews we hold, with 12-month windows measured to 2026-08. This scores the public review record — it is not a review of the software itself, and a low score often means we hold little evidence rather than poor evidence.
Review history
2018–2026 · 128 reviews read
Reviews per year
201810 reviews
201910 reviews
202014 reviews
202113 reviews
202221 reviews
202320 reviews
202418 reviews
202516 reviews
20266 reviews
What merchants say

5.0

129 reviews
5★99%
4★1%
3★0%
2★0%
1★0%
Developer replies
22%
of reviews get an answer
Reviewed at 12m+
22%
had used it a year when they wrote
From 128 reviews read. Typical reviewer had used the app for 2.5 months. Most merchants review in their first month, so this reflects when people write — not how long they stay.
Recent merchant reviews

The newest 8 of 129. Open one to read it in full, with the developer's reply where there is one.

Eccezionale. E' vero che Shopify Flow può fare cose utili ma Mechanic fornisce una granularità, flessibilità e ampiezza di operazioni di gran lunga superiore. Il punto forte di Mechanic è proprio il fatto che parla la stessa lingua di Shopify ovvero Liquid e si integra perfettamente nel suo ecosistema API. Di sicuro uno strumento immancabile per uno Shopify admin. Il team di Mechanic è sempre stato formidabile nel fornire aiuto e spunti e attraverso la loro community Slack c'è la possibilità di raggiungerli con rapidità, suggerire idee e scambiare consigli con altri utenti. Fortemente raccomandata.

Developer repliedThank you so much for the kind words! Show more

Mechanic is AWESOME. Learning to create the right task for a job using Mechanic has opened up possibilities for my gigantic store with hundreds of thousands of items. I no longer have to listen to Shopify's native AI assistant explain the limitations of various Shopify admin tools and features. I can simply whip up a script on Mechanic to request exactly what information I want to see and what changes I want to make. When Shopify's tools leave me dry, I can always just tell Mechanic to solve it programmatically. You can turn a raw request like "check my whole store for items with a compare-at price between $0 and $15, and then add $5 to that price" into code that does exactly that, and you can customize reporting and etc on the success of that request. Lean on AI LLM's to help you build your tasks. It's worth it!

We’ve replaced several apps with just this one! I've used Mechanic for about a year now. Their huge library of pre-built tasks made it easy to get started auto-tagging customers or orders, scheduling product publishing, sending notifications for big orders. Setup was easy. When I needed something custom (a complex order hold and release workflow), I was easily able to learn enough Liquid to modify an existing task to achieve what I wanted. The documentation is good, and their Slack community is also super helpful. If you've ever thought "I wish Shopify could just do X automatically," this is probably your answer.

Developer repliedThank you so much for the kind words! We are so happy you found us! Show more

Mechanic was the answer to a process issue that has taken us months to solve. We were looking to send customer emails when we add a tag to their order or customer record. The key was the email needed to include order specific fields and customer metafields. We had tried multiple apps over several months and nothing could accomplish this. Then we came across Mechanic. Once it was downloaded and setup for email we were able implement our solution in less then an hour. So easy. This app is wonderful. It has a tremendous library of tasks that can be implemented. We are also using it to schedule sale price changes and reverting back to original price. Highly recommend this app.

Developer repliedThanks so much for sharing this. We love hearing when Mechanic helps unblock something that’s been hard to solve, especially when it clicks quickly and unlocks exactly the flexibility you needed. ❤️❤️ Wishing you lots of success with your business! Show more

Mechanic is our most important app for running our store - it handles all of our workflows on the backend, and helps us automate everything from sales, special events, sending orders to vendors, keeping track of preorder, backorders, inventory, and more. It's incredibly powerful and easy to learn for a developer. The documentation is also great, and there is a community on Slack that is ready to help if you run into anything complicated. The developer is also super responsive when you have questions. Overall, we couldn't be happier with Mechanic! This is the best app on Shopify hands down.

Developer repliedThank you so much for taking the time to write this. It really means a lot. I’m so glad to hear Mechanic plays such an important role in running your store, from events to inventory and everything in between. And I truly appreciate the kind words about our docs, Slack community, and support. That’s a huge part of what we strive for. Thanks again for trusting Mechanic. Show more

I love this app. I got it specifically to sync my blank t-shirt stock across my inventory so that I could offer a bigger range of products without fear of overselling. It has worked brilliantly for that. But also I have found many other uses, my favourite being getting it to check my entire inventory for a specific SKU and based on that add a new SKU in a new size, meaning I could add a new size of shirt to a couple of hundred items with just a few clicks. As well as monthly randomisation of the product order in some of my collections. Not the cheapest app, but the scope when you start to think about what it can do is really quite incredible.

Developer repliedThanks so much for the kind words! It’s amazing to see what you’ve been able to automate and create with Mechanic. Show more

Matt and his team are exceptional. My developers are in love with this app, and have installed it on all of our stores. If you constantly find yourself thinking 'I wish Shopify would do this..' or find any limitation in Shopify, this app solves it. No gimmicks, no 'it's in our roadmap' it just WORKS. 10/10

Developer repliedWOW 🤩 Thank you so much for the kind words! We are so happy you found Mechanic for all of your automation needs! Show more

This is hands down the most incredible app in the app store. Over the years I've used it to automate fulfillment of customized products, support our customer service team with problematic order flagging, build sophisticated data workflows (now that metafields/objects exist), and generally solve so many problems when someone says to me "we need a new app that does X" or "can you source a software that does Y". If you're creative, if you're a systems-minded person...you can almost always leverage Mechanic to solve your complex automation problem on shopify

Developer repliedThank you so much for the kind words! 🤩 🥰 This made our day! Show more

Mechanic FAQ

Answered from this app's own listing and its full review record.

Best suited for stores using Airtable, Email and Flow, which it integrates with and from $16/mo.

Paid plans start at $16/month, and run to $199/month across 4 published tiers. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store and can change — confirm before installing.

Mechanic's plans are separated by features rather than by store size — none of the tiers is capped on a volume you could state up front. Compare what each step adds over the one below it rather than trying to size yourself into a tier.

On our scorecard Mechanic rates 67 out of 100 — solid — read from 128 merchant reviews. The developer has published replies to 28 of 128 reviews. The score reflects what the review record shows, nothing more.

129 merchants have reviewed Mechanic, averaging 5.0 out of 5. We hold the review history from 2018 to 2026, which is what the year-by-year chart on this page is built from.

Quick facts
At a glance
Merchant rating

5.0 / 5 · 129 reviews


Rating, last 12 months

5.00 from 10 reviews


New reviews, last 12 months

10 (was 19)


Developer replies

28 of 128 reviews


Typical reviewer had used it

2.5 months


Pricing

From $16/month. Free trial available.


On the App Store since

May 7, 2018


Review history held

2018 – 2026

Integrates with
Shopify Flow
Shopify Admin
Airtable
Email
Flow
Google Drive
Google Sheets
Webhooks

Categories
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