Mantle alternatives: what replaces each part of Mantle

Mantle ran seven products for Shopify app developers: billing, analytics, usage events, flows, email, a helpdesk and affiliates, plus the SASI App Store index. In June 2026 it announced a full shutdown. Every product except billing stopped on August 14, 2026, and billing ended on September 30, 2026.

No single tool replaces all of it. Most teams now use one tool per job: Shopify for billing, an analytics tool for revenue and App Store data, an affiliate platform, and general email and helpdesk software. This page lists the options for each part, with what each one covers and what it costs.

Mantle replacements at a glance

Prices and features come from each vendor's public website, checked on October 17, 2026.

Billing: Shopify App Pricing or the Billing API

Billing is the part to sort out first, because it touches revenue. Mantle billing was built on top of Shopify's Billing API, so your merchants' subscriptions live on Shopify, not in Mantle. Mantle's billing guide gives two routes:

1. Shopify App Pricing (formerly Managed Pricing). You define plans in the Partner Dashboard and Shopify hosts the plan selection page. This is the route Mantle recommends, and Shopify handles the move with its own migration tooling.
2. Your own code on the Billing API. More work, but it keeps custom logic. Mantle notes that App Pricing may not support its Flex Billing model, so apps that used Flex Billing may need this route.

None of the analytics tools on this page bills merchants, Ranksy included. Whichever route you pick, charges billed through Shopify show up in the Partner API, which is where every analytics tool below reads revenue.

Analytics: revenue, churn and installs

Every tool in this group connects to the Shopify Partner API, so your revenue, install and trial history comes back from Shopify rather than from a Mantle export. The differences are in what they join that revenue to and how they charge.

If you want the cheapest replacement for a small app, Prys, Fusion Metrics, SaaS Insights and AppStorePulse all have free tiers. Prys and Fusion Metrics price by your MRR, so the bill rises as the app grows. Fusion Metrics also reads Stripe billing and Mantle's Flex Billing data, which matters if part of your revenue never went through Shopify.

If you want to know which searches bring paying merchants, you need a tool that joins App Store traffic to Partner API revenue. Ranksy and Prys both do this from your App Store events in BigQuery. Ranksy's price depends on how many apps you track, not on your revenue.

SASI and App Store data

SASI was Mantle's free index of the Shopify App Store: top movers, top reviewed apps, rankings and listing history. Mantle's wind-down FAQ says SASI is winding down too and points users to Fusion Metrics and App Store Pulse. The SASI site was still loading on October 17, 2026, but it is no longer something to build a workflow on.

For keyword and category rank tracking, the options are:

• AppStorePulse. Daily keyword rankings with volume and difficulty, plus market research tools such as Niche Explorer. 3, 20 or 100 keywords per app on Free, Starter and Pro.
• Letsmetrix. Rankings, competitors and reviews, with a free plan.
• Rankbase. Keyword rankings and install-click analytics from GA4. $49/mo for 5 apps, 14-day trial.
• AppJubilee. App Store optimization and listing change tracking. From $29/mo.
• Ranksy. Daily keyword and category rankings with unlimited keywords per app, organic and sponsored positions shown separately, and competitor listing changes.

One thing no tool gives you back is SASI's history for your keywords. Ranking history in a new tool generally starts from the day you add the keyword, so add your full keyword list early.

Customer records

Mantle kept a record for every merchant who installed your app. Three of the tools above have a close equivalent:

• Ranksy keeps one record per store install with subscription, revenue, a health score, notes, tags and the keyword and source that brought the merchant in. Rules turn events such as a trial ending or a health drop into tasks for your team.
• Prys shows who installs, pays and churns, segmented by plan, source and keyword.
• Elevate by Marmeto shows a customer timeline next to its revenue analytics.

Affiliates

Mantle's affiliate cutoff was August 14, 2026, with a final payout due before it. The platforms that took over Shopify app affiliate programs:

• PartnerJam. Built for Shopify app affiliates, with attribution that does not depend on cookies. $49.99 or $99.99 a month, 30-day trial.
• Shoffi, PartnerDock, Affilitrak and Orbit. The four Mantle named on its affiliate wind-down page. Orbit is the affiliate product behind Elevate by Marmeto, which also offers a Mantle affiliate import.
• Ranksy. Affiliate programs for your apps, with an affiliate portal and payout records. Ranksy switches programs on per team, on request.

Flows, email and helpdesk

These are the parts with the fewest Shopify-specific replacements.

• Email and flows. Prys includes email flows on its Premium plan. Otherwise a general lifecycle email tool such as Customer.io does the job, fed with install and subscription events from your app. Ranksy does not send email to your merchants. Its automations create tasks and tags inside Ranksy, and install and uninstall alerts go to Slack or Google Chat.
• Helpdesk. Mantle suggested pulling your ticket history through its API before the cutoff. A general helpdesk such as Zendesk is the usual replacement.

Where Ranksy fits

Ranksy replaces Mantle's analytics and customer records, and adds things Mantle did not have: revenue attributed to each App Store keyword and traffic source, organic and sponsored rank tracking, App Store ads analysis, Meta CAPI attribution and an MCP server on every plan. It does not replace Mantle's billing, email or helpdesk.

Setup takes two connections. The Shopify Partner API brings back your revenue, install and trial history. Your App Store events in BigQuery turn on keyword and source attribution. You don't need a Mantle export. The Mantle migration page walks through the steps.

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FAQ

Is Mantle shutting down?

Yes. Mantle announced a complete shutdown in June 2026. Analytics, affiliates, usage events, flows, email and the helpdesk stopped on August 14, 2026. Mantle billing, and the rest of the account with it, ran until September 30, 2026.

What is the best Mantle alternative?

It depends on which Mantle products you used. For billing, Mantle recommends Shopify App Pricing. For analytics, the main options are Ranksy, Prys, Fusion Metrics, AppStorePulse and SaaS Insights. For affiliates, PartnerJam, Shoffi, PartnerDock, Affilitrak and Orbit. No single tool replaces every Mantle product.

What replaces Mantle billing?

Shopify App Pricing, which Mantle recommends, or your own code on the Shopify Billing API. Mantle notes that App Pricing may not support its Flex Billing model. None of the analytics tools on this page manages billing for your app.

What replaces SASI?

Mantle's FAQ points SASI users to Fusion Metrics and App Store Pulse. Letsmetrix, Rankbase, AppJubilee and Ranksy also track Shopify App Store keyword and category rankings.

Can I get my analytics history back without a Mantle export?

Yes, for anything that comes from Shopify. Revenue, installs, trials and subscriptions live in the Shopify Partner API, and tools such as Ranksy and Prys rebuild that history when you connect it. Data that only existed in Mantle, such as SASI history for your keywords, does not come back.

Sources

Checked on 2026-10-17.

• Mantle wind-down dates per product: https://docs.heymantle.com/wind-down-products
• Mantle wind-down FAQ, SASI and its recommended replacements: https://docs.heymantle.com/migrating-off-mantle/wind-down-faq
• Mantle billing wind-down, App Pricing and Flex Billing: https://docs.heymantle.com/wind-down-billing
• Mantle affiliate wind-down and named platforms: https://docs.heymantle.com/migrating-off-mantle/wind-down-affiliates
• Shopify App Pricing: https://shopify.dev/changelog/shopify-app-pricing-charge-for-usage-recurring-subscriptions-or-both
• Prys pricing and Mantle page: https://prys.io/pricing, https://prys.io/mantle-alternative
• Fusion Metrics: https://fusionmetrics.com
• AppStorePulse pricing: https://www.appstorepulse.com/pricing
• Letsmetrix pricing: https://letsmetrix.com/pricing
• SaaS Insights pricing and Mantle offer: https://saasinsights.com
• Elevate pricing note: https://marmeto.com/blogs/elevate/7-essential-saas-analytics-tools-for-shopify-businesses-2026
• Rankbase: https://rankbase.io
• AppJubilee pricing: https://appjubilee.io/pricing
• Elevate by Marmeto: https://elevate.marmeto.com/best-mantle-alternative
• PartnerJam: https://partnerjam.com
• Ranksy plans and trial: https://ranksyapp.com/pricing