Orderly Print Alternative: One Merged Pick Sheet, No Templates
If you're hunting for an Orderly Print alternative, chances are you don't need everything Orderly Print offers — you just need a pick list. Orderly Print is a capable, well-liked app for merchants who want branded, customizable documents at scale. But building and maintaining templates is real work, and not every store needs it. If your goal is simply to walk the shelves with one merged sheet and pack the day's orders, there's a faster, template-free way.
That's Picksort: a read-only Shopify app that reads your open orders and turns them into a single quantity-per-SKU pick and pack sheet — no templates, no field mapping, no setup. Let's be fair to Orderly Print first, then show where Picksort wins.
What Orderly Print is good at
Orderly Print (formerly FnZ Order Printer templates) is a mature document app with a strong following — around a 4.8-star rating across roughly 71 reviews at the time of writing. Its whole premise is flexible, branded printing, and it delivers on that.
Its strengths include:
- Custom templates for invoices, packing slips, and pick lists, so your documents match your brand.
- Bulk printing and PDF export, useful when you need to process large batches of orders at once.
- Field mapping and layout control, letting you decide exactly what appears on each document.
- Automation options for emailing or generating documents as orders come in.
- Higher tiers (around $99/month) aimed at stores that print a lot and want the full template toolkit.
If you send branded invoices to customers, need packing slips that match your look, or want fine control over document layout at bulk scale, Orderly Print is a solid, proven choice. There's nothing wrong with reaching for it when that's the job.
Where an alternative makes sense
The trade-off with a flexible document app is that flexibility has to be configured. That's where some merchants start looking elsewhere.
Templates are work you may not need
To get a clean pick list out of a template-based app, you first build the template — choosing fields, arranging layout, mapping data, testing the output. Once it's dialed in, it's great. But that setup is overhead, and it's overhead you carry forward every time you want to tweak something. If you don't care about branding on an internal pick sheet nobody but your team will ever see, the template step is pure friction.
Pricing scaled for document power users
Orderly Print's higher tiers are priced for stores that lean on templates and bulk document generation heavily. That's fair value for what it does. But if all you want is a merged pick list, paying document-power-user prices for template features you'll never touch is hard to justify.
Again, this isn't a criticism of Orderly Print — it's about matching the tool to the task. Branded documents at scale? Orderly Print. A no-fuss internal pick sheet? Keep reading.
Picksort: the template-free Orderly Print alternative
Picksort takes the opposite approach. There are no templates to build because there's nothing to customize — it produces one purpose-built thing: a merged pick and pack sheet from your open, unfulfilled orders.
Here's how it differs from a template app:
- No templates, no field mapping. You don't design anything. Picksort already knows what a pick sheet should look like and generates it instantly.
- One merged quantity per SKU. Rather than a stack of per-order slips, you get a single line per SKU with the total to pick. Ten orders that each want the same mug become one line: "Mug × 10."
- Group by how you actually pick. Switch grouping between vendor, bin location (from an optional product metafield), or SKU, and the quantities re-tally on the spot.
- Read-only, always. Picksort can only read orders and products. It can't edit, fulfill, delete, or create anything. Your store is never at risk from a stray click.
- Printable and mobile-first. Big quantities, checkoff boxes, and a single-column mobile view mean you can pick from your phone and print for packing.
The result: from install to a usable pick sheet takes seconds, not an afternoon of template work.
One flat price
Picksort has a single plan — $9/month, with a 30-day free trial and cancel-anytime. No tiers, no per-document metering, no jump to a higher plan as you grow. It's predictable in a way volume-based document pricing isn't.
Orderly Print vs. Picksort at a glance
| Orderly Print | Picksort | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Branded invoices, packing slips & docs at scale | A fast, internal merged pick sheet |
| Custom templates | Yes | No — none needed |
| Field mapping / layout control | Yes | No |
| Merged quantity-per-SKU pick sheet | Possible via template | Built-in, instant |
| Setup | Build & maintain templates | None — install and open |
| Edits/fulfills orders | Can generate/act on docs | No — read-only |
| Pricing | Tiered, up to ~$99/mo | Flat $9/month, 30-day trial |
Put simply: if you need branded, customizable documents, Orderly Print is built for that. If you just need one merged pick sheet with zero fuss, Picksort gets you there faster and cheaper.
When to choose which
Choose Orderly Print if you:
- Send branded invoices or packing slips to customers.
- Need precise control over document layout and fields.
- Print large, varied document batches and want automation.
Choose Picksort if you:
- Do in-house batch fulfillment and just need a pick list.
- Want a merged quantity-per-SKU sheet with no template work.
- Prefer a read-only app that can't alter your store.
- Want flat, predictable pricing.
If you routinely print large batches of orders, our guide on how to print all Shopify orders at once is worth a read. Comparing warehouse-grade tools too? See our iPacky alternative breakdown, and for the full landscape, the roundup of the best Shopify pick list apps.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Picksort print branded invoices or packing slips like Orderly Print?
No. Picksort makes one thing: an internal, merged pick and pack sheet for your team. It doesn't do branded invoices, custom customer-facing documents, or template design. If you need those, Orderly Print is the right tool; if you just need a clean pick list, Picksort is simpler.
Do I have to build a template to use Picksort?
No — that's the whole point. Picksort has no templates and no field mapping. It reads your open orders and generates the merged pick sheet automatically, so you're picking within seconds of installing.
Is Picksort cheaper than Orderly Print?
For most merchants, yes. Picksort is a flat $9/month with a 30-day free trial. Orderly Print is tiered and scales toward roughly $99/month for heavier document use. If you only need a pick sheet, Picksort avoids paying for template features you won't use.
Will Picksort change my orders while I print?
No. Picksort is read-only and can only read orders and products — it cannot edit, fulfill, delete, or create anything. See the FAQ for more on how the read-only design works.
Skip the templates
If Orderly Print feels like more setup than your pick list deserves, try the template-free route. You can start a free 30-day trial of Picksort, install it with zero configuration, and get a merged pick sheet immediately. If it doesn't make your fulfillment simpler, cancel anytime.