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Plans Overview

Alius has three tiers. Limits apply per automation type — Triggers, Reports, and Goals each have their own allowance.

Free

$0 / month
  • ✅ 3 active triggers
  • ✅ 3 active reports
  • ✅ 1 active goal
  • ✅ All trigger types & conditions
  • ✅ Custom templates
  • ✅ Slack, Email, Telegram, Discord
  • ✅ Single hub per automation
  • ✅ Instant schedule only

Pro

$9.99 / month
  • ✅ 10 active triggers
  • ✅ 10 active reports
  • ✅ 5 active goals
  • ✅ Multi-hub per automation
  • ✅ All schedule types (Hourly → Monthly)
  • ✅ AI summaries on reports & digests
  • ✅ Everything in Free

Max

$19.99 / month
  • ✅ Unlimited triggers
  • ✅ Unlimited reports
  • ✅ Unlimited goals
  • ✅ Multi-hub per automation
  • ✅ All schedule types
  • ✅ AI summaries
  • ✅ Everything in Pro

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Plan Comparison

FeatureFreeProMax
Price$0/mo$9.99/mo$19.99/mo
Active Triggers310Unlimited
Active Reports310Unlimited
Active Goals15Unlimited
Trigger types & conditions✅✅✅
Custom Templates✅✅✅
Slack / Email / Telegram / Discord✅✅✅
Multi-Hub per automation❌ Single only✅✅
Schedule TypesInstant onlyAll typesAll types
AI Report & Digest Summaries❌✅✅
Notification History✅✅✅
Dashboard Metrics✅✅✅
An automation only counts toward your limit while it is active. Disabled triggers, reports, and goals do not consume a slot.

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How Billing Works

Alius uses Shopify App Pricing:
  • Subscriptions are managed directly through Shopify — not inside the app.
  • Billing appears on your regular Shopify invoice.
  • No payment information is entered into Alius.
  • Your active plan is confirmed against Shopify’s Partner API, which is the authoritative source of truth.

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Upgrading

  1. Go to the Home page and open the Current Plan section.
  2. Choose Pro or Max and confirm on Shopify’s pricing page.
  3. Paid access is active immediately.
You can also reach the pricing page from the Automations page — when a Free limit is reached, a banner shows an Upgrade button.

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Downgrading

  1. Open Current Plan on the Home page and switch to a lower plan (Max → Pro, or any plan → Free).
  2. Shopify defers the downgrade until the end of the current billing cycle.
During the remaining paid period: all automations stay active and you keep full access to your current tier.After the billing cycle ends: Alius switches to the target plan and trims each automation type to that tier’s limit, keeping the oldest active entries and disabling the rest.Disabled automations are never deleted — re-enable them by upgrading again.

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Pending Downgrade Notice

If you’ve requested a downgrade but the billing cycle hasn’t ended, the Home page shows:
⚠️ Your plan has been cancelled and will switch on [date]. Until then, you retain full access.

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Limit Enforcement

Limits are enforced at three levels for every automation type:
LayerWhat Happens
UIThe “Create Automation” button is disabled and a warning banner is shown.
Route ActionThe server rejects the form submission with an error.
Service LayercheckEntityLimits() / checkTriggerLimit() reject the create call.
Out-of-redirect changes (cancellations, expirations, Max → Pro step-downs) are caught by a daily reconciliation job that polls every paid shop against Shopify’s Partner API.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Each automation type (Trigger, Report, Goal) has its own limit and counts independently. Only active automations count — disabled ones are free.
No. Excess automations are set to “disabled” status, never deleted. Upgrade again to re-enable them.
The oldest entries (by creation date) per type, up to the target plan’s limit. The rest are disabled.
Pro raises every limit and unlocks multi-hub, all schedule types, and AI summaries. Max removes the limits entirely — unlimited triggers, reports, and goals.
Your subscription state is synced from Shopify’s Partner API automatically. An active paid subscription is restored.