Best Shopify Combined Listings Apps in 2026: 11 Apps Compared on Price and Features

A combined listings app links separate Shopify products, like a shirt sold as one product per color, and shows them as swatches on every product page. Shopify's own Combined Listings app only works on Plus. On every other plan, you need an app, and there are now more than a dozen of them.

We compared 11 of them on what matters when you choose: what each one costs at your catalog size, and what it can do. Every price, rating and feature below comes from the app's Shopify App Store listing on October 7, 2026.

Disclosure: we make FD Combined Listings & Variant, the first app on this list. We've kept the comparison to facts you can check on each app's Shopify App Store listing.

The short answer

FD Combined Listings & Variant is the best pick for most stores. It's the cheapest app at 10, 100 and 1,000 groups, its free plan includes 10 groups, more than any other app on this list, and it's the only app with every feature in our comparison: multi-option and subcategory groups, bulk grouping, split variants and Shopify Sidekick.

The next cheapest app for a 1,000-group catalog, OP Color Swatch, costs 3 times as much per year on Shopify Basic, and charges more as your Shopify plan grows. The most expensive, Platmart, costs more than 12 times as much.

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Features and price at a glance

What each app costs at your catalog size

Monthly price on the Shopify Basic plan, for the cheapest plan that covers that many product groups. The lowest price in each column is in bold.

Billed yearly, FD Combined Listings is 20% off: $3.96 a month for 1,000 groups, or $15.96 a month for unlimited groups. That makes it the cheapest app at every size in the table above, apart from OP Color Swatch, G and SA Variants at 5,000 groups on Shopify Basic.

What each app costs on each Shopify plan

Three apps charge more as your Shopify plan grows: OP Color Swatch, G: Combined Listings and SA Variants. Move from Shopify Basic to Advanced and the same groups cost $49.90 a month or more. Every other app on this list costs the same on every Shopify plan.

Monthly prices from each app's App Store listing. If you expect to move to a bigger Shopify plan, compare prices on that plan, not the one you're on today.

How we compared them

• Price at four catalog sizes on the Shopify Basic plan, the lowest Shopify plan with a full online store.
• Features that change how you work: collection card swatches, multi-option and subcategory groups, bulk grouping, splitting variants into products, and Shopify Sidekick.
• Free plan for live stores, not just development stores.
• Rating and number of reviews. All 11 apps are rated 4.6 or higher, so review counts tell you more about how widely each app has been tested.

Features are marked as offered when the app's App Store listing says so. A feature that isn't listed might still exist, so check with the developer if it matters to you.

The 11 best Shopify combined listings apps in 2026

1. FD Combined Listings & Variant

5.0 stars (70 reviews) · Built for Shopify · Free for 10 groups, $4.95/month for 1,000, $19.95/month unlimited

Our app, built by the FittDesign team. It links separate products as variants, with swatches on product pages and collection cards. Your products, variants and tags stay as they are, and there is no parent product.

Pros

• The lowest price at 10, 100 and 1,000 groups, and the same price on every Shopify plan.
• The largest free plan on this list: 10 groups, with multi-option and subcategory groups included.
• Bulk create groups from title patterns, handle patterns, a metafield or a CSV file. Automations add new products to the right group as you create them.
• 8 swatch styles (color, two-color, image, circle, polaroid, button, dropdown, slider) and ready-made settings for 223 themes.
• Sold-out products can be hidden, faded, crossed out or moved to the end.
• Works with Shopify Sidekick, and has an Admin API and MCP server for agencies.
• Analytics on every plan: views, swatch clicks and click rate for each group and option on product pages, split by device.
• Split products is included on paid plans, so you can turn variants into separate products and group them in one app.
• Imports groups from the CSV exports of Platmart, Color Swatch King, LinkedOption, Rubik and G: Combined Listings.

Cons

• Fewer reviews than G or SA Variants, as it's a smaller developer.
• Automations are capped: 1 on Starter, 5 on Pro.
• API access is turned on per store, on request.

Best for: most stores, from 10 products to large catalogs.

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2. G: Combined Listings & Variant

5.0 stars (439 reviews) · Built for Shopify · Free for 3 groups, then $14.90/month on Shopify Basic

Made by Grouptify, part of Tapita. One paid plan unlocks every feature, priced by your Shopify plan.

Pros

• Auto-groups products by title pattern, tag or metafield.
• Multi-option groups, even on the free plan (set up by hand).
• Splits variants into separate products.
• Works with Shopify's native Combined Listings on Plus.
• A large, happy user base.

Cons

• The price rises with your Shopify plan, up to $99.90 a month on Plus.
• The free plan covers only 3 groups.
• Its few low-star reviews mention the wrong variant added to cart and slow loading.

Best for: stores on Shopify Basic with more than 1,000 groups.

3. SA Variants: Combined Listings

5.0 stars (451 reviews) · Built for Shopify · From $14.90/month on Shopify Basic, 30-day free trial

Made by StarApps, the team behind Color Swatch King. Its Standard plan covers up to 5,000 groups.

Pros

• AI-suggested groups, CSV import, and Shopify Sidekick support.
• Splits variants into separate products.
• Swatch extras on the Pro plan: prices, badges, ratings and low-stock alerts.
• Reviewers often praise fast, hands-on support.

Cons

• No free plan for live stores, only a 30-day trial.
• The price rises with your Shopify plan: Standard is $29.90 on Grow and $99.90 on Plus, and Pro goes up to $199.90.
• Tag-based groups and group categories need the Pro plan.

Best for: stores that want AI to suggest groups and don't mind plan-based pricing.

4. OP Color Swatch Variant Images

5.0 stars (799 reviews) · Built for Shopify · From $11.90/month on Shopify Basic, 30-day free trial

Made by OPTIS. A swatch and variant image app, with product groups as one of its features. One paid plan includes every feature, priced by your Shopify plan.

Pros

• No group limit listed on the paid plan, which makes it the cheapest app above 1,000 groups on Shopify Basic.
• Variant images and sold-out, new, sale and low-stock badges in the same app.
• Swatches on product pages and all product cards.
• A large, happy user base.

Cons

• No free plan for live stores, only a 30-day trial.
• The price rises with your Shopify plan: $29.90 on Grow, $49.90 on Advanced and $99.90 on Plus.
• No bulk grouping, multi-option groups or split variants listed.

Best for: stores that want variant images and product groups in one app.

5. Rubik Combined Listings Swatch

5.0 stars (104 reviews) · Built for Shopify · Free for 5 groups, then $10, $30 or $50/month

Made by Craftshift, launched in February 2026.

Pros

• Bulk grouping by title, tag or metafield, even on the free plan.
• Subcategory groups and translations by CSV.
• AI credits and an MCP server on every plan.
• Sold-out products can be crossed out, moved to the end or hidden.

Cons

• Prices climb fast with group count: 1,000 groups needs the $50 plan.
• Multi-option groups and splitting variants aren't listed.
• New, so it has a short track record.

Best for: small catalogs that fit in 100 groups.

6. LinkedOption Combined Listings

5.0 stars (143 reviews) · Built for Shopify · Free for 1 group, then $9.99, $19.99 or $39.99/month

Made by Lightcone, and on the App Store since 2022.

Pros

• Automations by product title pattern, from the $9.99 plan.
• Multi-option and subcategory groups on the $19.99 plan.
• CSV import and export, and an API on the top plan.

Cons

• The free plan covers 1 single-option group.
• Swatches on product cards need a paid plan.
• 1,000 groups costs $39.99 a month, and the top plan stops at 3,000.

Best for: stores that want a long-running app and fewer than 500 groups.

7. Platmart Color Swatches

5.0 stars (142 reviews) · Built for Shopify · From $9.99/month, 14-day free trial

A swatch and grouping app, on the App Store since 2021.

Pros

• Automatic groups from collections or metafields on the $24.99 plan.
• Multi-option groups and Shopify Markets support.
• An API on the top plan.

Cons

• No free plan for live stores.
• The most expensive app for 1,000 groups: $49.99 a month.

Best for: stores that want groups built from collections or metafields.

8. SEO Variants Combined Listings

5.0 stars (17 reviews) · Built for Shopify · Free for 3 groups, then $9.99, $14.99 or $23.99/month

Every plan includes every feature; only the number of groups changes.

Pros

• Converts existing variants into separate products in one click.
• Multi-level groups, like color and size.
• Swatches on collection pages.

Cons

• Few reviews to judge it by.
• The top plan stops at 3,000 groups.

Best for: stores converting variants to products for the first time.

9. GLO Color Swatch Variant Image

4.9 stars (1,886 reviews) · Built for Shopify · Free for 1 group, unlimited groups for $19.90/month

A swatch app from Globo. Grouping products is one feature among color swatches, variant images and product bundles.

Pros

• The most reviewed app on this list.
• Swatches on home, collection and search pages.
• Product bundles included on the Gold plan.

Cons

• One group on the free plan, and the $9.90 plan doesn't add more.
• No bulk grouping, multi-option groups or split variants listed.
• Some low-star reviews mention slow support and leftover code after uninstalling.

Best for: stores that also want bundles in the same app.

10. Variant Robot: Link Products

4.6 stars (13 reviews) · Built for Shopify · $16/month for unlimited groups, 14-day free trial

Made by 8Kilo. You set one rule and it links every matching product.

Pros

• One rule by title, SKU, tag or metafield links the whole catalog, including new products.
• Detects colors without setup.
• Renders swatches on the server, so they load with the page.

Cons

• No free plan, and $16 a month even for a few groups.
• Catalogs with irregular titles or SKUs need cleanup first.

Best for: large catalogs with clean, consistent product titles.

11. groupmate Combined Listings

5.0 stars (30 reviews) · Free for 3 groups, then $8, $12 or $24/month

Made by mono.works. It comes with a "barebone" version for developers who want to build their own swatches.

Pros

• Simple group management with color, button and image swatches.
• A developer version for custom designs.

Cons

• The top plan stops at 800 groups.
• Built for Online Store 2.0 themes.

Best for: stores with a developer who wants full control of the swatch design.

What about Shopify's own Combined Listings app?

Shopify's Combined Listings app is free, but only on Shopify Plus and enterprise plans, which start at $2,300 a month. It's rated 3.8 stars from 40 reviews. It adds a parent product for each listing, and child products are left out of Search & Discovery filter results. Read our complete guide to Shopify combined listings for how it works and how it compares.

Which one should you pick?

• You want the best features for the lowest price: FD Combined Listings. Start free with 10 groups.
• You're on Shopify Basic with more than 1,000 groups: OP Color Swatch at $11.90 a month, though its listing doesn't mention bulk grouping, or FD Combined Listings Pro at $15.96 a month yearly on every Shopify plan.
• You want AI to suggest your groups: SA Variants.
• You also want variant images and badges: OP Color Swatch.
• You also want product bundles: GLO Color Swatch on the Gold plan.
• Your titles follow one strict pattern and you want a single rule: Variant Robot.
• You're on Shopify Plus and want no app at all: Shopify Combined Listings.

Before you commit, install two apps and build the same group in both. Every app on this list has a free plan or a free trial, and a listing can't show you how an app looks on your theme.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best combined listings app for Shopify?

For most stores, FD Combined Listings & Variant. It's the cheapest at 10, 100 and 1,000 groups, costs the same on every Shopify plan, and is the only app in our comparison with multi-option groups, subcategory groups, bulk grouping, split variants and Shopify Sidekick support.

Is there a free combined listings app?

Yes. FD Combined Listings is free for 10 groups, Rubik for 5, and G: Combined Listings, SEO Variants and groupmate for 3. LinkedOption and GLO are free for 1 group.

Do I need Shopify Plus for combined listings?

Only for Shopify's own Combined Listings app. Every app on this list works on every Shopify plan.

Which combined listings apps charge more on Shopify Plus?

OP Color Swatch, G: Combined Listings and SA Variants. They cost $99.90 a month on Shopify Plus, and SA Variants Pro costs $199.90. Every other app on this list, FD Combined Listings included, costs the same on every Shopify plan.

Will a combined listings app change my product URLs?

Not if it links your products on the storefront. FD Combined Listings keeps every product, handle and URL as it is, so links to your product pages keep working. Splitting variants into separate products is different: it creates new products, each with its own URL. Shopify's own Combined Listings app also adds a new parent product with its own URL.

Which combined listings app is cheapest for a large catalog?

Up to 1,000 groups, FD Combined Listings at $4.95 a month. Above 1,000 groups on Shopify Basic, OP Color Swatch costs $11.90 a month, G: Combined Listings and SA Variants $14.90, Variant Robot $16 and FD Combined Listings $19.95, or $15.96 a month billed yearly. On Shopify Grow and above, OP Color Swatch, G and SA Variants cost $29.90 a month or more.

Can I switch combined listings apps without rebuilding my groups?

FD Combined Listings imports groups from the CSV exports of Platmart, Color Swatch King, LinkedOption, Rubik and G: Combined Listings. For other apps, you can rebuild groups in bulk from your product titles.

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About FittDesign

FittDesign is a design, manufacturing and ecommerce studio for apparel brands. We also build Shopify apps, including FD Combined Listings & Variant.