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Both apps involve scanning barcodes in a Shopify store — but they solve completely different problems. Scan to Cart works with products you already have. Scan-Z creates products you don't have yet.
| Feature | Scan-Z | Scan to Cart |
|---|---|---|
| Look up unknown products by UPC barcode | ✓ | — |
| Auto-fill product title, description, brand | ✓ | — |
| Live market price comparison (low / avg / high) | ✓ | — |
| Create new product listings from a scan | ✓ | — |
| Phone camera barcode scanning | ✓ | ✓ |
| USB barcode scanner support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scan existing products into a cart / order | — | ✓ |
| Inventory count / stocktake by barcode | — | ✓ |
| Price: $5/month | ✓ | — |
Scan to Cart is designed for merchants who need to quickly add existing products to orders, carts, or stocktake counts by scanning a barcode. If a customer walks up with an item and you want to pull it into a draft order instantly, Scan to Cart is a clean solution for that workflow. It assumes every product you scan already lives in your Shopify catalog.
Scan-Z is for the moment before a product exists in your store. You pick something up at a thrift store, receive it in a warehouse, or find it in a supplier catalog — and you need to know what it is, what it's worth, and get it into Shopify. Scan-Z looks up the product data from the UPC, shows you live market prices, and creates the listing with one click. No prior catalog needed.
If you're regularly sourcing and adding new products to your store — you need Scan-Z. If you're processing orders and counts against products already in your catalog — Scan to Cart is the better fit. Some merchants use both at different stages of their workflow.
Scan any barcode. Get the product data. See the market price. Create the listing. Try free for 3 days.
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