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Mechanic

Name: Mechanic
Price: 16 USD
Rating: 5 (147 reviews)
Author: Lightward

Premium workflow automation and custom development platform

Rating on Shopify: 5.0(147)
Reviews: 147
Developer: Lightward
Launched: May 7, 2018
Pricing: From $16/month. Free trial available.
Languages: English

View on the Shopify App Store

The facts

Every value below is read from the listing or computed by the published formula. Nothing is a verdict.

Rank in Workflow automation

#8 of 158

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Rank in Orders - Other

#7 of 167

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Bayesian rating

4.82

category median 4.34

Reviews in the last 180 days

from the 3 reviews on the listing page

1 and 2 star share

1 of 147

Starting price

$16/month

band: $10 to $29 · 15-day trial

Pricing plans as listed on Shopify

All charges are billed in USD. Recurring and usage-based charges are billed every 30 days. See all pricing options

Plan	Price	Billed yearly	Trial	Usage fee	Included
Basic Shopify	$16/month	not offered	15 days	none stated	Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy; Click "See all pricing options" for info; Suggested price for "Basic Shopify" plan; No additional usage fees
Grow Shopify	$29/month	not offered	15 days	none stated	Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy; Click "See all pricing options" for info; Suggested price for "Grow Shopify" plan; No added additional fees
Advanced Shopify	$99/month	not offered	15 days	none stated	Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy; Click "See all pricing options" for info; Suggested price for "Advanced Shopify"; No additional usage fees
Shopify Plus	$199/month	not offered	15 days	none stated	Lightward's "Pay what feels good" policy; Click "See all pricing options" for info; Suggested price for Shopify Plus; No additional usage fees

Rating distribution

147 ratings on the listing at crawl time.

5 stars145(99%)
4 stars1(1%)
3 stars0(0%)
2 stars0(0%)
1 star1(1%)

Latest reviews

The 3 most recent of 3 on-page reviews, quoted to at most 25 words each. Full reviews are on the Shopify listing.

5 starsSep 16, 2026heymindfulAustriaAbout 1 month using the app
"We really love this app! Although we just use it for 1 or 2 tasks at the moment, it is absolutely worth it. And there ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsAug 26, 2026HB ProfumerieSan MarinoOver 1 year using the app
"Eccezionale. E' vero che Shopify Flow può fare cose utili ma Mechanic fornisce una granularità, flessibilità e ampiezza di operazioni di gran lunga superiore. Il ..."
Developer replied. Read on Shopify
5 starsAug 19, 2026Mr-MagazineUnited StatesAbout 1 month using the app
"Mechanic is AWESOME. Learning to create the right task for a job using Mechanic has opened up possibilities for my gigantic store with hundreds of ..."
Read on Shopify

Screenshots

5 of 7 listing screenshots, composed as review cards. Captions are the developer's own.

1 of 5: Home screen, with three automations installed
2 of 5: Searching for automations in our workflow automation library
3 of 5: Editing a automation's configuration
4 of 5: Fullscreen and task's advanced settings, to edit its code
5 of 5: Viewing recent events

Features Shopify lists for this app

Feature handles from the listing, grouped as Shopify groups them.

Automation tasks

Customer segments
Customer tags
Email responses
Fraud detection
Inventory levels
Order fulfillment
Order tags
Payment status
Product tags
Return processing
Sales thresholds
Stock replenishment
Time-based
Order processing

Customization

APIs
Conditional logic
Custom triggers
Templates
Auto-sync data
Scheduled tasks
Custom workflows
Multi-store

Works with

Third-party integrations link to their hub when 5 or more apps name them. Shopify's own surfaces are listed separately and never counted as integrations.

Shopify surfaces: Shopify Flow, Shopify Admin, Flow

Data access

As disclosed on the listing. Never scored.

Not disclosed on the listing.

Developer

Lightward

Apps in the dataset:: 2
Address:: Chicago, IL, US
Website:: lightward.com
Support email domain:: usemechanic.com
English support:: yes
Resources:: Privacy policy, FAQ, Tutorial, App Documentation, changelog

Similar apps

Shopify's own similar-apps list first, then apps in the same category that share the most feature handles.

From the Shopify listingDeveloper claims, shown verbatim and collapsed. 79 words.Show

Automate any business process with 355+ proven, reliable automations.
Integrations: Email, Google (Sheets, Docs, Drive), Slack, Airtable, FTP & more
Automate your business using Liquid the language you already know.
Complete automation platform that replaces custom apps and infrastructure
No developer? No problem. Tap into Mechanic’s community of automation experts.

355+ Premium workflow automations, integrations, and a complete enterprise-grade automation platform

Mechanic is the enterprise-grade workflow automation platform for stores that need reliable, scalable automation.

From small businesses to Plus-sized enterprises, Mechanic offers workflow automations that are built to scale.

Automate your business with hundreds of battle-tested automations, or create custom automations using Mechanic as a development platform.

Install as many automations as you want, no usage limits here!

Mechanic automations are powered by Liquid, the language of Shopify.

Questions and comments

Questions people ask about Mechanic, answered from what this page shows. Entries marked Site editor are written by the EcomAppReviews editor. Reader comments appear after a person has read and approved them, usually within a day. E-mail addresses are never published.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026, from the public Shopify App Store listing. How the numbers are computed: methodology.

147 reviews counted on the listing. Rating and count in the structured data are the values Shopify displayed at crawl time.