Both Altera and Matrixify are Shopify apps designed to import and export Shopify data using spreadsheets. With Altera, we believe that we can expand the capabilities of export/import tools my making them more user-friendly and with additional features.
Supported Data Types
Both Matrixy and Altera support exporting and importing the following data types:
Products
Orders
Customers
Blog Posts (articles)
Files
Smart Collections
Manual Collections
Pages
Activity
Metaobjects
Redirects
Menus
Shop Data
Discounts
Payouts
Companies
Draft Orders
Additionally, Altera supports the following data types not supported by Matrixify:
Catalogs
Metafield Definitions
Metaobject Definitions
Supported Fields
In addition to the export/import fields that Matrixify supports, Altera supports the following fields:
Export, import and adjust customer's store credit balance including expiration date
Payment Terms for Orders and Draft Orders
Exporting and importing unit prices for products
Exporting and importing Country-Specific HS Codes for products
Additional Features
Clearer import status reporting: When using NEW, UPDATE, or DELETE commands, Altera shows "Skipped" instead of "Failed" when the command can't be applied (e.g., item already exists for NEW, or item not found for UPDATE/DELETE). Matrixify marks these as errors.
Command-line tool (CLI): Run imports and exports from your terminal, automate workflows, and integrate Altera into your development process (available on Developer and Pro plans)
Run multiple jobs at once without having to pay $200/month
Automatically converting rich text metafields (
rich_text_field) to Shopify's JSON format on import. (Matrixify added this feature about two weeks after we announced it)Automatically detects CSV delimiter and chooses between comma, tab, semicolon, space, colon, and pipe delimiters
Data Transformations: Automatically restructure exported spreadsheets (rename, reorder, extract, combine columns, and more)
Sales channel publishing: Control product publication status across individual sales channels (Online Store, POS, Facebook, etc..)
Automatic discounts with customer targeting: Import and export automatic discounts with customer targeting (by email address or customer segment)
Phone number formatting: Format phone numbers in exports as strict international (E.164), readable international, or national format
If you come across some action that you can do in Matrixify but not in Altera, please let us know. We are always looking for ways to improve Altera.
Feature Roadmap
We're not done yet, we're still working on new features to make Altera even more powerful. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.
WooCommerce migration: Import data from WooCommerce to Shopify
If any of these features are important to you, or you have other suggestions, please let us know.