Comparison · April 2026
Soryk vs Pepperi:
10× Cheaper, Shopify-Native (2026)
Pepperi is enterprise-grade ($500–5,000/mo) with its own database. Soryk is Shopify-native, indie-priced (€49–699/mo), and equally capable for SMB-mid wholesalers. Here's the honest comparison.
Context
Two platforms, two buyer personas.
Pepperi is an enterprise B2B sales platform founded in 2011, headquartered in Israel, with thousands of customers worldwide — primarily large CPG manufacturers, distributors and brands running multi-channel field sales operations. It ships native iOS and Android apps, deep trade promotion management, professional-services-built ERP integrations, and a comprehensive admin web for sales operations leaders. Pricing starts around $500/mo for Standard, climbs to $1,500+/mo for Plus, and into $5,000+/mo for Enterprise — typically with mandatory setup fees of $10k+ and 1–3 year contracts.
Soryk is a Shopify-native B2B app launched in 2026 by an Italian indie team. It runs entirely on Shopify metaobjects (no external database), ships a single native app for both agents and customers (App Store + Google Play), supports eight European languages out of the box, and prices from €49 to €699/mo on monthly billing. Setup is async-first and self-serve for most teams. Founder-direct support on the higher tiers.
The two products show up in the same conversations because both promise mobile-first wholesale sales. The honest target markets diverge sharply. Pepperi shines for global enterprise CPG with 100+ reps and budget for professional services. Soryk fits SMB and mid-market wholesalers on any paid Shopify plan who want to be live in days, not quarters, and pay €5k/year instead of €50k. If you're a Pepperi customer at the lower tiers wondering whether you're paying enterprise prices for SMB-scale needs, this comparison is for you.
Below: 35+ measurable differences, 4 data charts, a real customer story (€40k → €4k/year savings), the migration path with pricing, and three scenarios where Pepperi is genuinely the better fit. Honest as we can make it.
Architecture
Where the data, the code and the team actually sit.
Pepperi is a standalone enterprise platform: its own cloud, its own database, its own admin web app, and a Shopify connector if you want it integrated. Data flows: agent app ↔ Pepperi DB ↔ sync layer ↔ Shopify. Two systems to govern, audit, and train teams on. Soryk is the inverse: native Shopify integration, all data in metaobjects (companies, catalogs, price lists, orders), one native iOS + Android app, one Shopify admin-embedded admin. There is no Soryk database. The agent app reads from Shopify directly. For ERP integrations, Soryk inherits whatever your ERP already does with Shopify (most modern ERPs already integrate). For Pepperi, integrations are professional-services-built into Pepperi's own backend. Both architectures work — they're optimized for different scales and procurement models.
One container: Shopify. Three apps inside it. Zero external systems to manage.
Two containers: Pepperi cloud + Shopify. Sync layer in between. Two systems to learn, govern, audit.
Feature-by-feature, line by line.
| Capability | Soryk | Pepperi |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Shopify-native (no external DB) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Embedded in Shopify admin | ✓ | ✗ standalone |
| No vendor data lock-in | ✓ | ✗ |
| Time to live | 8 days | 3–6 months |
| Mobile & native apps | ||
| Native iOS + Android (App Store + Play Store) | ✓ Single codebase, both stores | ✓ Pepperi platform required |
| Web admin (Shopify-embedded) | ✓ Shopify admin | ✗ Standalone |
| Onboarding & setup | ||
| Low-tier pricing entry | ✓ €49/mo Direct | ✗ from $500/mo |
| Onboarding time | ✓ Async 5–15 days | ✗ 6–12 weeks |
| Setup complexity | ✓ Self-serve possible | ✗ Requires consultant |
| Custom integrations | ~ Via Shopify API + webhooks | ✓ Professional services included |
| Italian native support | ✓ Founder-direct | ✗ EN only |
| Sales agents | ||
| Mobile app / native app | ✓ Native iOS + Android + app | Native iOS/Android |
| Offline mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quote builder | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visit logging & routes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live commission visibility | ✓ | ~ via add-on |
| Italian-language support | ✓ Native, founder-direct | ✗ |
| B2B core | ||
| Native Shopify B2B companies | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom price lists | ✓ | ✓ |
| Buyer self-service (native app) | ✓ Direct tier €49 — iOS + Android | ✓ extra cost |
| Trade promotion management | ~ roadmap | ✓ deep |
| Production hardening · April 2026 | ||
| Push notifications (native app) | ✓ push notifications + | ✓ native iOS/Android |
| Geo territory (polygons + circles) | ✓ Haversine + ray-cast | ~ limited |
| AI territory audit | ✓ Claude Opus 4.7 | ✗ |
| Immutable audit log | ✓ Redis append-only | ~ enterprise add-on |
| JWT secret rotation | ✓ Documented, zero-downtime | ~ undisclosed |
| Rate-limited authentication | ✓ Sliding · 5/identity · 30/IP | ✓ |
| Multi-warehouse inventory thresholds | ✓ Per-location config | ✓ |
| CSV export · commissions (rules/due/paid) | ✓ Dataset selector | ✓ via add-on |
| Edit pending quotes (preserve token) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Commission engine performance | ✓ O(1) at 10k+ orders | ~ unverified |
| Localized error messages (stable codes) | ✓ EN/IT dicts | ✓ 9+ langs |
| Native iOS + Android app | ✓ App Store + Play Store, single codebase | ✓ Separate apps |
| Multi-shop support | ✓ Multi-Brand Bundle (-20/-30/-40%) | ~ Multi-shop with shared DB |
| Async onboarding | ✓ 2-15 days, async-first | ✗ Multi-week project plans |
| Pricing | ||
| Starting price | €49 (Direct) | €500+ /mo |
| Agent-mode entry price | €79 (Starter) | €500+ /mo |
| Setup fee | €499–€3,800 fixed-scope | €10k+ typical |
| Contract length | Monthly or annual | Multi-year typical |
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | Demo only |
| Compliance & ecosystem | ||
| EU data residency | ✓ | ~ |
| UI languages | 8 | 9+ |
| SSO (OAuth via Shopify) | ✓ All tiers | ✓ Enterprise SAML |
| Italian-language support | ✓ Native, founder-direct | ✗ |
| Phone support | Email + chat only | ✓ |
| SLA | Best-effort 99.5% | Contractual (Enterprise) |
April 2026 · Fase 3
Modern hardening, indie pricing.
Pepperi reaches enterprise-grade through enterprise contracts. Soryk reaches it through 23 hardening items shipped this quarter — visible to anyone who reads the runbook.
Three-year TCO
What "enterprise pricing" actually buys you.
~€8k Soryk vs ~€48k Pepperi for a 10-agent rollout.
Days vs quarters. Soryk live in week 2.
One platform vs three (Pepperi + sync + Shopify).
Self-trial in 14 days vs sales-led demo cycle.
Decision framework
7 reasons to choose Soryk over Pepperi.
Three reasons to choose Pepperi instead, listed honestly below.
You don't have enterprise budget
Pepperi entry is $500/mo for Standard, climbing to $5,000/mo for Enterprise — and that's before $10k+ setup fees and multi-year contracts. Soryk Direct starts at €49/mo, Growth at €179/mo, monthly billing, no setup floor. For SMB-mid wholesalers, the 10× delta isn't a discount — it's the difference between affordable and not.
You're already deep into Shopify Plus
If your B2B operation runs on Shopify, Pepperi means adding a second platform with its own database, syncing back. Soryk runs natively inside Shopify — no second source of truth, no sync layer. Your existing Shopify integrations (ERP, accounting, fulfillment) keep working without touching Pepperi's professional services team.
You want to be live in days, not quarters
Pepperi is a guided enterprise rollout: discovery, RFP, SOW, scheduled training, 6–12 week timeline. Soryk is async-first: written runbooks, Loom walkthroughs, scheduled checkpoints when you want them. Median time-to-live is 8 days. If your team prefers documentation over Zoom, this matters.
You want monthly billing, not multi-year contracts
Soryk is month-to-month. Pepperi typically requires 1–3 year contracts with annual minimums. If you want flexibility to leave when something changes, monthly billing is the structural answer. Annual plans available on Soryk if you want a discount, never required.
You operate in Italian or want native EU support
Soryk is Italian-led with native Italian support, EU-only data residency, and CET business hours. Pepperi is Israel-based with English-language support. For Italian wholesalers wanting a founder-direct relationship in their own language, the cultural and timezone fit is closer with Soryk.
You want a self-trial, not a sales-led demo
Soryk: install from the App Store, 14 days free, no credit card. Pepperi: book a demo, qualify with a sales rep, sit through a discovery call. If you want to evaluate a B2B app the way you evaluate any SaaS — install, configure, decide — Soryk's self-serve motion is significantly faster.
You want zero database lock-in
Pepperi stores accounts, catalog and orders in their own DB, syncing partially to Shopify. If you uninstall, you extract through their export tools. Soryk writes everything to Shopify metaobjects natively — uninstall and your data stays in Shopify. The strategic difference: you never have a second source of truth to govern.
Plus: production-grade hardening visible in the runbook
JWT rotation, immutable audit log, sliding-window rate limits, multi-warehouse thresholds, O(1) commission engine at 10k+ orders, AI territory audit. These aren't enterprise add-ons on Soryk — they're baseline. Read the public runbook. Pepperi's Enterprise tier covers similar ground but at 10× the price point.
When Pepperi might be the better fit.
Three honest scenarios where we'd point you to Pepperi instead:
Pepperi ships professional-services-built integrations into SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, and dozens of CPG-specific ERPs as part of their service. Soryk inherits whatever your ERP already does with Shopify — which is great if you're on Shopify but limiting if you need bespoke integration logic without touching Shopify's data model.
At 100+ field reps, you typically want a dedicated implementation team, change management consulting, and an account manager who knows your org chart. Pepperi sells that. Soryk's Scale tier supports unlimited agents but you'd want to bring in a dedicated implementation partner — that's not what we are.
If you're a Fortune 1000 CPG with €1M+ in B2B tooling budget, you value enterprise procurement (SOC 2 audits, dedicated CSM, SLAs in legal contracts) more than indie pricing. Pepperi delivers on enterprise procurement standards. Soryk delivers on indie speed and transparency. Different products for different organizational realities.
Pricing
Tier-by-tier pricing comparison.
Public-list pricing, April 2026. Pepperi figures from publicly disclosed customer testimonials and industry analyst reports; Soryk from soryk.com/pricing.
Pepperi
3 tiers- Standard — basic field sales$500+/mo
- Plus — TPM + integrations$1,500+/mo
- Enterprise — custom + SLA$5,000+/mo
Setup fee $10k+ typical. 1–3 year contracts. Demo-led sales motion. Professional services for integrations.
Soryk
5 tiers- Direct — buyer-only, native app€49/mo
- Starter — 1 agent + portal€79/mo
- Growth — 10 agents + commissions€179/mo
- Pro — quote approvals + AI audit€399/mo
- Scale — multi-shop bundle€699/mo
Setup €499–€3,800 fixed-scope. Monthly or annual. Self-trial 14 days no card. Founder-direct on Pro/Scale.
Migration from Pepperi
Cut your B2B platform cost by 80–90%.
For Pepperi customers ready to consolidate onto Shopify and reduce TCO. Migration takes 4–6 weeks (more complex than SparkLayer because Pepperi data models are deeper).
Audit + export
Pepperi accounts, items, transactions, custom forms documented and exported.
Map to Shopify
Data normalized into B2B companies, catalogs, price lists. Forms rebuilt.
Parallel run
Both systems live. Daily reconciliation. Agents trained on the native app.
Cutover + 30d
Cutover. Pepperi runs in parallel until contract expires. Founder support 30 days.
Migration price: €5,000–€8,000 fixed-scope based on data volume and form complexity.
"We were paying Pepperi over €40k/year. Soryk replaced it for €4k/year and was up in three weeks. The lock-in was the killer for us."
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