PageFly is one of the most-installed page builders on Shopify for a reason: it’s powerful, well-supported, and lets you build pages that would otherwise need a developer. If your roadmap calls for custom long-form pages, PageFly is a fine choice.
But here’s the question worth asking: are you using PageFly because you need a page builder, or because you needed somewhere to send a campaign to a pre-loaded cart? If it’s the second, you’re carrying a lot of tool for a small job.
At a glance
| PageFly | Checkout Links | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free → $129/month | $25/month, 7-day free trial |
| Built for | Visual page design (drag-and-drop sections, CMS) | Checkout-first links + optional pre-checkout pages |
| Time to launch a campaign | Hours (build + QA the page) | Minutes (pick products, copy link) |
| Auto-applied discount | Manual (page → cart → code field) | Yes — baked into URL via Shopify Functions |
| Pre-checkout page | Full custom design | Lightweight, opinionated, brand-colour-picked |
| Customer pre-fill | No native | Yes |
| Expiry, usage limits, passcode | No | Yes |
| Per-link analytics | Page-level | Click + checkout per link |
| QR codes | No native | Branded, automatic |
| Best for | Long-form/custom pages | High-volume campaign links + light landing pages |
When PageFly is the right call
- You need pixel-level page design. Long-form launch pages with custom sections, parallax animations, embedded video, A/B-tested headlines — PageFly does this and Checkout Links explicitly does not.
- You’re building evergreen marketing pages. Product pages, brand stories, ambassador pages — anything that lives on your site for months and earns traffic via SEO needs a real page builder.
- Your team includes a designer or front-end developer. PageFly rewards investment. Checkout Links is built for merchants without that resource.
Where Checkout Links pulls ahead
Time to a working campaign
PageFly: pick a template, edit sections, add the product block, set up the cart embed, QA on mobile, publish, copy URL. 30 minutes minimum, often more.
Checkout Links: pick products, optional discount, copy URL. Under a minute.
For one-off campaign work that’s run-and-discard, the time cost dominates.
Discount field that never appears
PageFly pages dump customers into Shopify checkout with the discount-code field visible. Customers have to type, paste, or remember the code. Checkout Links applies discounts via Shopify Functions, so the field never appears — the price is just right.
Per-link, per-source attribution
PageFly shows you page-level metrics. Checkout Links shows you which specific link, ad creative, segment, or recipient drove which order. The difference matters once you’re running more than 5 variants of the same offer.
QR codes that go to checkout
Every Checkout Link includes a branded QR code download. PageFly has no native QR output.
The combined-stack play
Most merchants don’t replace PageFly — they pair it. PageFly for evergreen marketing pages. Checkout Links for the high-frequency stuff: paid social, SMS, abandoned cart, influencer links, in-store QR.
If you’ve got a PageFly plan running at $39/mo or more and the majority of pages you ship are campaign landing pages, downgrade to the cheapest PageFly tier and add Checkout Links. Total spend drops, time-to-launch drops more.
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