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Klaviyo vs Shopify Email: which email platform should you use?
Both tools send email to your Shopify customers. Only one is built to turn that list into a retention engine. Here is how to pick without overpaying, and when to switch.
The real choice is not price. It is how much of your email revenue comes from automations, because that is where the two platforms pull apart.
10,000free Shopify Email sends every month
18xflow revenue per recipient vs campaigns
60+pre-built Klaviyo flows vs 15+ Shopify templates
Monthly cost: Shopify Email vs Klaviyo
USD per month at two list sizes
Head to head
Where each platform wins
FactorShopify EmailKlaviyo
Pricing model
10,000 free, then $1 per 1,000
From $45/mo for 1,500 profiles
Automation
15+ mostly single-email templates
60+ multi-step flows with branching
Segmentation
Purchase, location, opt-in
Browsing, engagement, predicted CLV
Setup
Native, auto-branded
350+ integrations, manual branding
The deciding factor
Flows are where the money is
Industry benchmarks show flows earn about $1.94 per recipient against $0.11 for campaigns, and generate roughly 41% of email revenue from about 5% of sends. Abandoned cart, welcome and back-in-stock flows do the heavy lifting. If your platform cannot run them with branching and timing control, you leave that revenue on the table.
01Pick your starting point
1
Start native
Under a few thousand contacts and mostly newsletters? Free sends and zero setup beat a bigger bill.
Shopify Email
Shopify Flow
2
Graduate to flows
Once cart, welcome and winback journeys matter, move to behaviour-based segmentation and multi-step automation.
Klaviyo
GA4
Build your stack
Where to start
Your situationUseWhy
New store, small list
Shopify Email
Free and fast to launch
Email under 15% of revenue
Klaviyo flows
Retention gap to close
Large catalogue, many segments
Klaviyo
Deeper data and attribution
Tight budget, simple needs
Stay on Shopify Email
Pay only for sends
Switch when flows would earn more than the platform costs. Brands that treat email as a retention system average 30 to 40% of store revenue from it, versus 15 to 20% for broadcast-only senders.
Where Glyde fits
We build the flows, not just the account
Migrating platforms is the easy part. Mapping the customer journey, cleaning your data and shipping the first five revenue flows is where results appear. Glyde sets up the full retention stack so email earns its place in your growth system.
The Glyde Growth Framework
01
PositionBrand strategy02
DesignVisual identity03
BuildWebsite & assets04
MarketSEO · Ads · Social05
ScaleSustainable growthReady to turn email into a revenue channel?
Glyde designs and builds Shopify email and retention flows tied to measurable outcomes.
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