Distill is a great page watcher: pick an element on a page, get a notification when it changes. Watching a competitor store with it means one monitor per product page and a notification for every banner, review or cookie box that moves. StoreSentry reads the structured catalog behind a Shopify store and reports real changes: price, variant, stock, new product.
Distill monitors pages; StoreSentry monitors catalogs. If the thing you care about is a Shopify competitor, the second one saves you the setup and the noise.
| StoreSentry | Distill.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free for 2 competitors · paid from $19/mo | Free (25 monitors, 5 in the cloud) · Starter $15/mo (50 monitors) · Professional $35/mo (150 monitors) |
| Unit of monitoring | A whole competitor store — paste one URL | One monitor per page or page element |
| Sees new product launches | Yes — automatically, entire catalog | Only if you monitor the collection pages and read the diffs |
| Restocks & sell-outs (variant level) | Yes | Only for elements you selected on each product page |
| Check frequency | Hourly on paid plans, daily on Free | 6-hour minimum on Free, 10 minutes on Starter, 5 minutes on Professional |
| Non-Shopify websites & marketplaces | No — Shopify stores only | Yes — any web page, plus local checks from your browser |
| Repricing & MAP monitoring | No — alerts and history only | No — change detection only |
| Alerts | Email + Telegram digest, instant/daily/weekly | Email, push, SMS, webhooks; browser and mobile apps |
| Billing | Through your Shopify invoice, 14-day trial | Separate subscription |
| Built for | Merchants with 1–15 Shopify competitors | Anyone watching a handful of pages for any kind of change |
Distill plan figures are from distill.io as of September 2026 — check their site for current rates. Distill is a trademark of its owner; StoreSentry is not affiliated with it.
Run any competitor through our free Shopify Store Checker for an instant snapshot, or install the app and get alerts when anything changes. Free plan, no credit card.
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