Can You Run Quantity Breaks on Shopify for Free? Every Option Compared
Short answer: partly. Shopify's own automatic discounts cost nothing extra but never show a tier table on the product page. A few apps have free or capped tiers that do. And some apps — including ours — are paid, with a free trial. This guide lays out all three routes, what each one really costs, and the point where paying beats "free".
Last updated September 19, 2026 · Prices checked against live Shopify App Store listings
- Shopify native discounts
- Pumper free tier
- P: Quantity Breaks free offer
- Kaching dev-store plan
- Pareto free tier
- Oxify 14-day trial
Included with Shopify, but checkout-only: no tier table on the product page.
Capped by bundle revenue, offer count, or features. Kaching is free on dev stores only.
Quick answer: Can you run quantity breaks on Shopify for free?
Yes, with limits. Shopify's native automatic discounts can apply a buy-more-save-more rule at no extra cost, but the discount only appears at cart and checkout. To show a tiered price table on the product page for $0, you need an app with a free tier — and every free tier we found is capped by revenue, offer count, or store type.
- Shopify native: free, checkout-only, one rule per tier.
- Pumper: free up to $300/month in bundle revenue.
- P: Quantity Breaks: free for 1 offer.
- Kaching Bundles: free on development stores only; live stores from $14.99/month.
- Pareto: limited free tier; paid plans from $19.99/month.
- Oxify: not free — $14.99/month or $129.99/year after a 14-day free trial, no revenue cap.
Shopify's native discounts: free, but checkout-only
Shopify does not have a dedicated quantity-breaks feature for the retail storefront, but you can approximate one with the discounts already in your admin. Go to Discounts → Create discount → Amount off products, choose Automatic discount, and set a minimum quantity. There is no app to install and nothing extra to pay.
The limits are what push most stores toward an app:
- Invisible on the product page. The discount appears only once items are in the cart, so shoppers do not see "Buy 3, save 20%" when they are deciding how many to add.
- One rule per tier. A three-tier offer is three separate automatic discounts, recreated per product or collection.
- A store-wide cap. Shopify allows 25 active automatic discounts per store, and app-based discounts count toward it.
- No stacking by default. Only one automatic discount applies per cart unless you configure Combinations.
Shopify's B2B volume pricing, now on all paid plans, supports proper price breaks — but it applies to B2B catalogs, not your retail storefront. For a small catalog with one or two offers and a strict $0 budget, native discounts are a reasonable start. The step-by-step version is in our guide on how to set up quantity breaks on Shopify.
Quantity break apps with free or capped tiers
If you want the tier table on the product page without paying, these are the realistic choices. Each one is genuinely usable for free — until you hit its limit.
| App | Free option | Where the free tier stops |
|---|---|---|
| Pumper | Free plan | Up to $300/month in bundle revenue. Past that, you move to a paid plan. |
| P: Quantity Breaks | Free plan | One offer. A second product or offer means upgrading. |
| Kaching Bundles | Development stores only | Not free on a live store. Starter is $14.99/month up to $1,000 extra revenue, then Scale $29.99 and Pro $59.99. |
| Pareto | Limited free tier | Paid plans from $19.99/month. B2B and wholesale focus. |
| Oxify | 14-day free trial (no free plan) | $14.99/month or $129.99/year after the trial. One plan, every feature, no revenue or order cap. |
So, is Kaching Bundles free? Only for testing on a development store. For a head-to-head on pricing tiers, read Oxify vs Kaching and Oxify vs Pareto, or the wider roundup of the best quantity break apps for Shopify.
How much does Oxify cost?
Oxify Quantity Breaks & BYOB is $14.99/month (or $129.99/year) with a 14-day free trial — one plan with every feature included and no revenue or order cap. Rated 4.9★ on the Shopify App Store.
We are the team behind Oxify, so weigh this section accordingly. It is not free and we would rather say so here than have you find out at the end of a trial. What the single plan covers:
- Quantity breaks and volume discounts. A tiered pricing table on the product page, per-unit savings, and a "best value" badge.
- BOGO, Buy X Get Y and free gift bundles, auto-applied at checkout with no discount codes.
- Build Your Own Box and mix & match bundles.
- Upsell bundles and combo kits.
- Bundle analytics and A/B testing, so you can see which tiers earn their discount.
- Works with any theme and with cart drawer apps; carries the Built for Shopify badge.
Billed annually, $129.99 works out to about $10.83 a month. The price stays flat whether your store does $2,000 or $200,000 a month.
When paying beats a capped free tier
Free tiers are worth using. The catch is that they are capped by the very thing you are trying to grow, so the bill tends to arrive right when the offers start working. A rough guide:
- Stay free if you have one hero product, one offer, and bundle revenue comfortably under $300/month. Native discounts, P: Quantity Breaks or Pumper's free tier will do the job.
- Pay a flat price once you need offers on several products, expect bundle revenue to pass a free cap, or want BOGO, Build Your Own Box and A/B testing alongside quantity breaks. On rival apps those often sit on $29.99–$59.99 tiers.
- Watch revenue-based pricing. Kaching's $14.99 Starter plan covers up to $1,000 in extra revenue; beyond that the plan steps up. Oxify is the same $14.99 with no revenue cap.
- Treat the trial as a test. Fourteen days is enough to set up three tiers on your best seller and compare units per order against the previous two weeks.
If $0 is a hard requirement, start with native discounts or a capped free tier — that is a perfectly sensible choice. For help choosing tier discounts either way, see the quantity break pricing guide.
Free quantity breaks on Shopify — quick answers
Can you run quantity breaks on Shopify for free?
Partly. Shopify's native automatic discounts (Discounts → Create discount → Amount off products, with a minimum quantity) cost nothing extra but only show at cart and checkout. For a product-page table at $0, use an app's free tier: Pumper is free up to $300/month in bundle revenue, P: Quantity Breaks is free for one offer, and Pareto has a limited free tier. Kaching's free plan is for development stores only.
Is Oxify free?
No. Oxify Quantity Breaks & BYOB is $14.99/month (or $129.99/year) with a 14-day free trial — one plan with every feature included and no revenue or order cap. Rated 4.9★ on the Shopify App Store.
Is Kaching Bundles free?
Only on development stores. For a live store, Kaching's plans are revenue-capped: Starter is $14.99/month up to $1,000 in extra revenue, then Scale at $29.99/month and Pro at $59.99/month.
When is paying for a quantity breaks app better than a free tier?
When you outgrow the cap. If you need more than one offer, expect more than $300/month in bundle revenue, or want BOGO, Build Your Own Box and A/B testing alongside quantity breaks, a flat $14.99/month plan with no revenue cap usually costs less than climbing a rival's revenue-based tiers.
What happens when the Oxify free trial ends?
After 14 days, the single Awesome plan continues at $14.99/month, or $129.99/year on annual billing (about $10.83/month). The price does not rise with your revenue or order volume. If the app is not a fit, uninstall it during the trial.
Do Shopify's native discounts show quantity breaks on the product page?
No. They apply at cart and checkout only. Each tier is a separate rule, active automatic discounts are capped at 25 per store, and only one automatic discount applies per cart by default.
Does a quantity breaks app need code?
Not with Oxify. It installs in one click and adds the quantity breaks block to your product page through the Shopify theme editor, with no theme code edits.
How do I create quantity breaks on Shopify?
Install an app like Oxify, pick a template, set tiers (Buy 2 save 10%, Buy 3 save 20%, Buy 5 save 30%), assign them to products or collections, and publish. On a $0 budget, create an automatic discount with a minimum quantity in Shopify admin instead — it just won't show a tier table on the product page.
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Quantity breaks, BOGO, Build Your Own Box, mix-and-match bundles, analytics and A/B testing in one plan — $14.99/month after the trial, with no revenue or order cap.
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