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Popups by POWR review

Ranked 4 of 5 among BigCommerce pop-up apps by merchant reviews.

Best for: Stores already running other POWR widgets.
3.9 (37) Free plan available
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Listing data checked 23 August 2026

Strengths and trade-offs

What it does well
  • A large template library and a genuinely usable free tier
  • Part of a widget suite, so one account covers forms, bars and pop-ups
Trade-offs
  • 3.9 across 37 reviews — the weakest score among the established pop-up apps here
  • POWR widgets load from POWR own script, which adds third-party weight to every page they appear on

What "Free plan available" actually means

A free tier with usage or feature caps, and a paid upgrade above them. The most predictable model in this category: you can see the wall before you hit it, and the free tier is usually enough for a small store.

Whatever the label says, the calculation is the same: a pop-up app has to lift revenue by more than it costs. Our break-even calculator works out the lift you would need against your own orders and margin — for most stores it is a fraction of a percent, which means the subscription is rarely the real question. The payload the app adds to every page load usually is.

Head to head

Popups by POWR vs our category pick

How it lines up against Privy, which we rank first for pop-up apps.

AppRating ReviewsPricingBest for
Popups by POWR 3.9 37 Free plan available Stores already running other POWR widgets
Privy 4.3 111 Free plan available Stores that want the pop-up and the email sending in the same tool
Alternatives

The closest alternatives to Popups by POWR

Every pop-up app we index, ranked by the weight of merchant feedback behind it. Where the address goes is usually the axis that decides between them.

AppRating ReviewsPricingBest for
Privy 4.3 111 Free plan available Stores that want the pop-up and the email sending in the same tool
Pixelpop 4.6 54 From $12/month Merchants who want a pop-up app and nothing else attached to it
Poptin Email Popups & Exit Pop-ups 4.9 52 Free plan available Getting a well-built exit-intent pop-up live in an afternoon
Coupon Pop 4.5 12 From $9.99/month A single coupon-for-email offer, set up once and left alone

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FAQ

Popups by POWR: common questions

Is Popups by POWR free?
Free plan available on the BigCommerce App Marketplace. A free tier with usage or feature caps, and a paid upgrade above them. The most predictable model in this category: you can see the wall before you hit it, and the free tier is usually enough for a small store.
How well rated is Popups by POWR?
3.9 out of 5 from 37 ratings, checked 23 August 2026. That is 14% of merchant reviews across the 5 BigCommerce pop-up apps we index, and 33% of the category leader's total. Ratings in this category run from 3.9 to 4.9 — a wide enough spread that the average is worth reading alongside the review count, not behind it.
What are the best alternatives to Popups by POWR?
The closest alternatives in the same category are Privy, Pixelpop, Poptin Email Popups & Exit Pop-ups. If you want the safest default, Privy is our pick for this category.
How we assess apps. Ratings, counts, pricing labels and — where the marketplace publishes one — the vendor name come from the public BigCommerce App Marketplace listing and carry the date they were checked. The verdict, the "best for" line and the trade-offs are our editorial judgement. We take no money from any vendor listed here — full methodology.