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GetSale vs Discounty: which Shopify bulk discount app should you choose?
TL;DR: Hunting for a Discounty alternative — or weighing the two before you commit? Discounty is a broad promotion suite — bulk discounts plus BOGO, free gifts, cart and shipping discounts — priced by volume, with its top listed plan capped at 10,000 discounted variants for $49.90/month. GetSale is a focused bulk discount and sale manager: scheduled sales with automatic price reversion, quantity breaks, countdown timers and banners, market-specific pricing and Shopify Flow support, with unlimited variants and campaigns at $29.99/month. Both carry the Built for Shopify badge and a 4.9 rating. If you want BOGO and free-gift promotions inside the same app, Discounty earns a look. If your priority is running large scheduled sales reliably at a predictable price, GetSale covers it for less.
The one-line difference
Discounty tries to be every promotion type in one app. GetSale concentrates on doing scheduled bulk sales, quantity breaks and sale campaigns extremely well — and removes the variant cap entirely on its top plan.
What Discounty does well
Discounty (4.9 stars across 1,197 reviews on the Shopify App Store at the time of writing) covers an unusually wide promotion surface: automatic discounts and codes, volume pricing, BOGO and Buy X Get Y, free gifts with auto-add, shipping discounts, countdown timers and progress bars, and customer-segment targeting. It's translated into 7 languages and integrates with Fast Bundle and PageFly. For a merchant who wants one app for every promotion mechanic, that breadth is the pitch.
Where the comparison turns
- Cost at scale: Discounty prices by discounted-variant volume — 1,000 variants costs $29.90/month and 10,000 costs $49.90/month on the plans listed on its App Store page. GetSale's Unlimited plan is $29.99/month with no variant or campaign cap. A store discounting a large catalogue pays less on GetSale for more headroom.
- Campaign control: recent Discounty reviews report campaigns that can't be paused once created and price effects persisting after uninstall. GetSale campaigns schedule, revert automatically at the end date, and can be repeated on a schedule (Unlimited plan).
- Markets and currencies: GetSale supports market-specific discounts on its Unlimited plan. Discounty's listing doesn't advertise market or currency-specific pricing.
- Automation: GetSale integrates with Shopify Flow, so sales can be triggered from your existing automation. Discounty integrates with Sidekick and page builders instead.
- Promotion breadth: the honest flip side — GetSale doesn't do BOGO, free gifts or shipping discounts. If those are core to your promotion calendar, Discounty bundles them.
Feature comparison
| Capability | GetSale | Discounty |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited discounted variants | Yes, $29.99/mo | No — top listed plan caps at 10,000 for $49.90/mo |
| Scheduled sales with auto-revert | Yes | Yes |
| Quantity breaks / tiered pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Repeat / recurring sale schedules | Yes (Unlimited) | Not advertised |
| Countdown timers and banners | Yes | Yes (Essential plan and above for timers) |
| Market/currency-specific discounts | Yes (Unlimited) | Not advertised |
| Shopify Flow integration | Yes | No |
| Discount code blocking on sale items | Yes (Unlimited) | Stacking controls on codes |
| BOGO, free gifts, shipping discounts | No | Yes |
| Free plan | 75 variants, 3 campaigns | 10 variants, 3 campaigns |
| Built for Shopify badge | Yes | Yes |
| Rating | 4.9 (314 reviews) | 4.9 (1,197 reviews) |
Pricing
Discounty: free Starter (10 variants), Lite at $9.90/month (150 variants), Essential at $29.90/month (1,000 variants), and the top listed tier at $49.90/month (10,000 variants), with a 3-day trial (App Store listing, checked August 2026). GetSale: free plan with 75 variants and 3 campaigns, Basic at $9.99/month (500 variants), Standard at $19.99/month (1,500 variants), and Unlimited at $29.99/month with no variant or campaign caps, with a 5-day trial (GetSale App Store listing).
Which should you pick?
Choose Discounty if BOGO, free gifts and shipping promotions are central to how you sell and you want them in one app. Choose GetSale if your promotion engine is scheduled sales and quantity breaks: you get unlimited variants for $20/month less than Discounty's 10,000-variant tier, market-specific pricing, repeat schedules and Shopify Flow automation, from a developer running discount campaigns on Shopify since 2019. Also comparing others? See GetSale vs Heartcoding, GetSale vs Rockit, and our full roundup of the best Shopify bulk discount apps.
FAQ
What is the best Discounty alternative for bulk discounts?
For scheduled bulk sales at scale, GetSale is the closest like-for-like alternative: unlimited discounted variants at $29.99/month against Discounty's 10,000-variant cap at $49.90/month, plus market-specific pricing, repeat schedules and Shopify Flow automation. If BOGO and free gifts are what you'd miss, pair GetSale with a dedicated promotions app.
Is GetSale cheaper than Discounty for large catalogues?
Yes. GetSale's Unlimited plan is $29.99/month with no variant cap. Discounty's listed plans cap at 10,000 discounted variants for $49.90/month.
Does Discounty support market-specific discounts?
Its App Store listing doesn't advertise market or currency-specific pricing. GetSale supports market-specific discounts on the Unlimited plan.
Does GetSale do BOGO or free gifts?
No — GetSale focuses on bulk sales, quantity breaks, timers and banners. For BOGO and gift-with-purchase mechanics you'd pair it with a dedicated promotions app.
Do both apps revert prices automatically after a sale?
Both advertise scheduled sales with automatic reversion. GetSale additionally supports repeat schedules, so recurring sales re-run without manual setup.
