Kickflip alternatives: what a 3D configurator changes
The short answer
Custivo configures real geometry: the shopper turns the product over, places it in their room through AR and, on wearables, tries it on. That is the difference that decides most of these comparisons, because Kickflip composites layered 2D artwork — its own buying guide describes the product as a 2D configurator. Kickflip is the most-reviewed dedicated configurator on the Shopify shelf and its no-code builder deserves that, so for flat or photographic products with deep option logic and quote-based selling it may well be the better fit.
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Side by side
What each one actually does
Every cell below comes from the app's own Shopify App Store listing. Where a listing does not answer a row, it says so — we do not guess on a competitor's behalf.
Capability | Custivo | Kickflip |
|---|---|---|
Interactive 3D on the product page | ||
AR — see it in your room | Not stated | |
Camera try-on | Not stated | |
Try-on from a photo | Not stated | |
3D configurator | Grow plan | |
Text, image and colour personalisation | Grow plan | |
Print-ready production files | Grow plan | Not stated |
Orders sent to a fulfiller automatically | Grow plan | Not stated |
Cut of every sale | None | 0%–1.95% |
Entry plan | $59/mo | $59/mo |
Full feature access | $119/mo | $59+/mo |
Read from Kickflip product configurators, rated 4.6 by 135 merchants, on August 20, 2026.
Check the listingOne plan, two add-ons, and a fee
Kickflip sells a single plan with a per-sale fee that falls as volume rises, and charges separately for white-labelling and for quote-based selling.
Custivo
Starter
25 3D scenes
$59/mo
Grow
50 3D scenes
$79/mo
Scale
100 3D scenes
$119/mo
Enterprise
Past 100 3D scenes, or limits drawn around your catalogue
No fee per sale, on any plan.
Kickflip
Scale
Unlimited products, one plan
$59
0%–1.95% per sale
White-label add-on
Removes Kickflip branding
+$49
CPQ add-on
Configure, price, quote
+$99
Where Custivo is the better answer
The product is a model, not a stack of images
Custivo configures actual geometry. The shopper turns it over, sees it at true scale in their own room through AR, and on wearables tries it on. A layered 2D configurator cannot do any of those at any price, because there is nothing behind the image.
Building it is a game, not a form
The shopper tries each option on the 3D model itself: picks it, turns it, undoes it, and every choice appears on the product instantly. That gamified flow keeps the shopper on the page, and the product they built is their own work — which is what they get attached to. In layered 2D, the same job comes down to ticking options on a list.
Nothing per order
Kickflip's per-sale fee falls as volume rises but never starts at nothing, and it sits alongside the monthly plan. We do not charge one, on any tier.
Where Kickflip is the better answer
More mileage in option logic
Kickflip has been building no-code configurators since long before it reached Shopify, and the rules engine shows it: conditional options, SKU mapping, inventory sync and dynamic pricing are mature and well documented.
Layered 2D is faster and cheaper to author
A layered configurator needs artwork, not geometry. If your product is already photographed flat and the options are colours, prints and trims, Kickflip gets you live in days with no modelling budget at all — and that is a real advantage, not a consolation.
Configure-price-quote for sales-led products
Kickflip sells a CPQ add-on for products that end in a quote rather than a cart. We have no equivalent, and for a manufacturer selling that way it is the whole requirement.
So which one
Both lists are honest, and the second one is not a formality. If what your store needs is on it, weigh that properly — finding out here costs you an afternoon, and finding out after a month of trying costs you the month.
Choose Custivo if
The product has a shape a customer would want to turn around before buying.
You want the same catalogue working in AR, and tried on where it is worn.
You would rather not pay a per-sale cut on top of the monthly plan.
Kickflip may be the better fit if
Your product is flat or photographic — apparel prints, labels, signage, stationery — and the options are artwork and colour.
You need deep conditional rules or quote-based selling more than you need three dimensions.
You have no 3D models and no budget to commission any.
Switching from Kickflip
This is the one switch on this page with a real cost, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest: a Kickflip configurator is layered artwork with its rules held in Kickflip, so nothing imports. Moving to Custivo means having a model of the product. If one already exists — most manufacturers have CAD — the rebuild is quick. If it does not, commissioning it is the actual price of the move, and it is worth quoting before you start rather than after.
Your glTF and GLB models import as they are — the modelling work is not repeated.
Custivo has its own apps for Shopify, ikas, Wix and Salla, and runs anywhere else through a script tag — your store keeps the platform it is on.
The trial is long enough to rebuild one product and compare the two side by side before you cancel anything.
Frequently asked questions
The other alternatives
Nobody shopping for this installs the first app they read about. Here is the rest of the shelf.
See it on your own product before you decide
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