Bird vs FlareBuilt to grow with your operation.Not your revenue.

Both apps let Shopify customers choose a delivery or pickup date on your storefront. The difference is scope: Flare is a delivery date and shipping-rates app that gates capability by plan, while Bird is a pickup and delivery operations platform where scheduling depth, delivery rates, and 24/7 support are on every plan. If your operation depends on live carrier rates from FedEx or UPS, Flare covers that on its top tier and Bird does not.

Yes. You configure Bird yourself and our team works through it with you on chat or a call, mapping your existing rules location by location so locations, schedules, cut-offs, and delivery rates come across correctly. You keep control of your store and your theme throughout, and you can run Bird on a 14-day free trial while you compare the two. Most merchants are configured and live in under a day, because the work is mostly re-entering rules you already know.

Yes, both, from one app. Bird runs store pickup, local delivery, and shipping with date and time selection, time slots from 15 minutes to custom lengths, cut-off times, preparation times, blockout dates, and order limits by day, by time slot, and by hour. Each location is configured independently.

Yes, and it is on every plan. You set preparation and lead times on individual products or on groups targeted by tag or SKU, so a tiered cake can need three days while a cupcake box goes out the same morning. You can also set which days a specific product is available or blocked out. When a cart mixes items, the longest preparation time in it sets the earliest date, so a same-day item alongside a three-day item can only be booked three days out. On Flare, product lead times and date constraints start on the $99 plan.

Yes. Availability, time slots, order limits, preparation times, blockout dates, and delivery zones are configured independently for each location, and Bird reads Shopify's native multi-location inventory so customers only see pickup where the product is actually in stock.

Yes. On Plus, Bird puts the date and time picker inside checkout itself, which is the one capability that requires Plus. Everything else, including multi-location scheduling, delivery rates, and fulfillment controls, runs the same on every plan with no separate build.

Yes, built in on every plan. You set pricing by distance, weight, order value, time of day, day of week, and urgency, in the same app that runs your scheduling. Zones work by postal code, radius, or driving distance. On Flare, shipping rates by zip, method, or date start on the $249 plan.

Neither is better for every store, and the honest answer depends on what you fulfill. Bird fits merchants who need scheduling depth, delivery rates, and fulfillment controls on every plan. Flare fits merchants who need live carrier rates from FedEx or UPS, which Bird does not offer, though Bird does integrate with last-mile delivery and route optimization apps. On price, the two bill on different things. Flare sets your tier by monthly store revenue, from $39 for up to $20K a month in sales through to $599 for up to $350K. Bird prices by order count and caps flat at $99.99 a month on its top self-serve plan, so a strong sales month does not move you up a tier. Compare what each plan includes as well as the price.

Yes. Bird is the first Shopify pickup and delivery scheduling app with a dedicated headless widget. One script and one mount call add the full date and time scheduler to Hydrogen, React, Vue, or any custom storefront, and your schedules, translations, and availability rules load from your store automatically. Most scheduling apps ship as theme app embeds, which have nothing to attach to on a headless build.

Bird expires it. A shopper who picks Saturday delivery, wanders off, and comes back on Sunday does not get to check out against a date that has already passed. Selection expiry clears stale date and time choices automatically, on every plan, so nobody on your team has to call a customer and renegotiate a slot that is no longer available.