DigiBorderCOMPARISON · UPDATED 11 NOVEMBER 2026
Addify Country Restrictions vs. DigiBorder for digital products
Addify Country Restrictions is a good answer to "how do I hide this product from shoppers in some countries?". It gets suggested for digital products too, because it can target individual products. The difference with DigiBorder is where the restriction happens.
A note before the comparison: I build DigiBorder. Everything below about the other app comes from its own Shopify App Store listing, checked on 11 November 2026, and I say where it's the better pick.
The quick verdict
| Criterion | DigiBorder | Addify Country Restrictions |
|---|---|---|
| Checks the billing country at checkout | YesEvery plan | NoStorefront only |
| Country check doesn't depend on the visitor's IP | YesUses no IP data at all | Not statedMethod not stated |
| Store stays browsable for every visitor | Yes | PartlyCan hide products only |
| Can leave physical products selling everywhere | YesMixed carts optional (Basic+) | YesPer product |
| Can limit the rule to chosen products or collections | YesStrict: collections and product tags | Yes |
| Free plan on a live store | YesOne country, no time limit | No7-day trial |
| Blocks checkout if the check itself can't run | YesStrict | Not stated |
| Price | Free · $4.99/mo | $3.99/mo |
The apps at a glance
Addify ‑ Country Restrictions
Storefront product restrictions by country
- How it decides
- Hides products, prices or the add-to-cart button, or blocks the store, for visitors from chosen countries. The listing doesn't say how it locates visitors.
- At checkout
- None described on the listing.
- Plans
- $3.99 to $6.99/month, depending on your Shopify plan, 7-day free trial
- Best for
- Hiding specific products or prices from shoppers in some countries.
DigiBorder: Country Blocker
Billing-country checkout rule for digital products
- How it decides
- Reads the billing country the buyer pays with, on Shopify's servers, when checkout completes. No IP lookups.
- At checkout
- Stops checkouts that contain restricted digital products, including Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal.
- Plans
- Free: block one billing country for all-digital carts, standard message, no billing approval
- Basic: $4.99/month or $29.99/year. Allow or block any list of countries, mixed carts, your own message, block when no billing country is entered
- Strict: $14.99/month or $89.99/year. Everything in Basic, plus blocking if the rule can't run, shipping-country and market checks, required login, rules by collection or product tag, US/CA/AU states, customer-tag exemptions
- Best for
- Digital sellers who must not sell to certain countries: VAT, licensing, sanctions.
What Addify does well
Addify lets you build rules per product, category or collection and per country: hide the whole product, hide only the price and add-to-cart button, or block the store. That's great for catalogue control, for example not showing a product that isn't approved in one market. Pricing follows your Shopify plan, from $3.99 to $6.99 a month, with a 7-day trial.
Where it falls short for digital products
- Hiding isn't blocking. If a buyer reaches checkout another way (a VPN, a direct cart link, a Shop Pay button, a saved cart), nothing on the listing says Addify stops the order.
- Location method isn't stated. The listing doesn't say how it determines the visitor's country.
- No free plan on a live store.
What DigiBorder does differently
DigiBorder doesn't hide anything. Everyone sees the same store. When someone tries to buy restricted digital products with a billing address in a blocked country, the checkout stops with a clear message. On Strict, you get the per-product control that makes Addify attractive (rules by collection or product tag), but enforced where it can't be skipped.
Where DigiBorder wins
- Stops the purchase, not just the display
- Billing country, not visitor location
- Free plan for one country
- Express wallet buttons are covered
Where Addify wins
- Hides products and prices from the catalogue
- Per-product rules on every plan
- Can hide just the price and add-to-cart, keeping the product visible
Three real situations
| Scenario | Addify | DigiBorder |
|---|---|---|
| A course you can't sell in Germany | Hide it from visitors located in Germany | Stop checkout for German billing addresses (Strict for one course; Free if it applies to all digital items) |
| A German buyer clicks a direct checkout link from an email | Nothing on the listing stops the purchase | Checkout stops |
| You want Germany to see a "not available in your country" note instead | Hide price and add-to-cart: a strength | Message appears at checkout, not on the product page |
Display versus enforcement
There's a tidy way to think about these two. Addify manages what shoppers see; DigiBorder manages what you sell. Display rules are about experience: no point showing a product someone can't buy. Enforcement rules are about obligations: you mustn't sell it, however they found it. If you're dealing with a licence or a tax registration, enforcement is the part an auditor or rights-holder will care about.
Use them together?
If you'd rather shoppers in a blocked country never see a product, and also need to be sure they can't buy it, you can run both: Addify for display and DigiBorder for enforcement. If you only need one, choose based on whether you're managing what people see (Addify) or what you're allowed to sell (DigiBorder). See also Locksmith vs. Addify.
Questions
Does Addify block checkout by country?
Its listing describes storefront restrictions (hiding products, prices or add-to-cart, or blocking access) and no checkout enforcement.
Can DigiBorder restrict one product only?
Yes, on Strict, by collection or product tag.
Which costs less?
DigiBorder Free costs nothing for one country; Basic is $4.99. Addify is $3.99 to $6.99 depending on your Shopify plan.
Can I show a message on the product page with DigiBorder?
No. DigiBorder's message appears at checkout. Pair it with a storefront app like Addify if you want product-page notices.
Does Addify cover express checkout buttons?
Its listing doesn't describe checkout enforcement of any kind.