BULKCSV VS HEXTOM
Looking for a Hextom Bulk Product Edit alternative?
Hextom Bulk Product Edit is a popular task-based editor for making bulk changes to products, customers and orders from inside the Shopify admin. BulkCSV works from a spreadsheet instead: validate the file, preview the exact impact, and keep a tracked rollback point before a live import runs. Here is an honest side by side so you can see which one fits your store.
| BulkCSV | Hextom | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat monthly plans, $0 to $79/month, with a row limit per job and unlimited jobs. Every plan has every feature. | Plans are sized by products per task, from $9.99/month (500 per task) to $49.99/month (50,000 per task), based on its publicly listed plans. |
| Free tier | Yes, a 250 row one-time trial with every feature. | A free Demo plan limited to 10 products per task. |
| Main workflow | Upload a spreadsheet, validate it, preview every row, then import. | Build a task with filters and edit rules in the Shopify admin, then run it. It also covers customers and orders. |
| CSV import and export | CSV, Excel, or a public Google Sheet, for Pages, URL Redirects, Products and Collections. | CSV import and export with mapping options. |
| Pre-import validation | Every row validated and previewed before anything touches your store, with a dry-run step built into the core workflow. | Check its listing for how tasks are previewed before they run. |
| Undo after a change | Tracked rollback: reverse a specific import run, deleting only what it created. | Undo of a task within a 30 to 180 day window, depending on plan. |
| Scheduling | Not offered yet. Scheduled FTP and SFTP automation is planned. | Calendar based scheduling on its Professional plan ($19.99/month) and above. |
| Backups | Backups upload straight to your connected Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox. BulkCSV never stores the content itself. | Not covered in the sources we checked. See its listing. |
| Best fit | Merchants who want a spreadsheet driven, validated and reversible way to make regular bulk changes to pages, redirects, products and collections. | Merchants who want to edit products, customers or orders with rules and schedules, without a spreadsheet. |
Hextom details reflect its publicly listed pricing and features and third party comparisons as of October 2026, and may have changed since. Check the Shopify App Store listing before you decide.
Where BulkCSV fits better
If your work is driven by spreadsheets, for example price updates from a supplier file, page content edits or redirect cleanups, BulkCSV's validation first workflow and per import rollback give you a clear safety net. You also get backups saved to your own cloud storage.
Where Hextom fits better
If you would rather build edit rules inside the Shopify admin than maintain a spreadsheet, need scheduled or recurring edits, or also edit customers and orders in bulk, Hextom's task based approach is built for that.
Frequently asked questions
Is BulkCSV cheaper than Hextom Bulk Product Edit?
At the entry level they are close. BulkCSV starts at $9/month with 5,000 rows per job and unlimited jobs, while Hextom's listed Basic plan is $9.99/month with 500 products per task. At larger sizes the plans are structured differently, so compare them against your own catalog.
Can BulkCSV schedule recurring edits?
Not yet. BulkCSV runs imports when you start them. Scheduled automation is planned. If recurring scheduled edits are essential today, a tool with built in scheduling will fit better.
Which is better for undoing a mistake?
Both offer a way back. BulkCSV creates a tracked rollback point for every import that reverses only what that import created. Hextom offers undo for a task within a time window set by your plan.
See BulkCSV's safety net for yourself
BulkCSV's Shopify App Store listing is in progress. Get launch access to try it early.
Request launch access →