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Lumtry vs Manual Shopify refunds

The refund and return tools that come with Shopify admin.

Competitor details as of Sept 2026, per their public site. Anything their pages do not state is marked not published.

Capabilities of Lumtry and Manual Shopify refunds
CapabilityLumtryManual Shopify refunds
Store platformsYes

Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon and eBay.

Partly

Shopify only.

Source
Public pricingYes

Public prices on our pricing page, from the live catalog.

Yes

Built into Shopify admin.

Source
Rule-based approvalsYes

Deterministic, versioned rules approve, deny or escalate.

Partly

Return rules set windows and fees, but staff approve or decline each request.

Source
Human approval stepYes

Dashboard and Slack approvals with single-use action links.

Yes

Every return request needs a staff click in admin.

Source
Exchanges and store creditYes

Variant exchanges and store credit as refund outcomes.

Yes

Staff can add exchange items and refund to store credit.

Source
Abuse and fraud checksYes

Abuse risk signals feed your policy rules.

Not published

Not published.

Chargeback handlingYes

Dispute evidence assembled from the case record.

Partly

A partly refunded order can still be charged back in full; you dispute it with evidence.

Source
Decision audit trailYes

Append-only audit trail with a correlation ID on every decision.

Not published

Not covered on the pages we checked.

API and webhooksYes

REST API, signed webhooks and a read-only MCP server.

Not published

Not covered on the pages we checked.

When to pick Manual Shopify refunds

  • You handle a few refunds a week and one person can review each one.
  • Your return rules are simple windows and fees.
  • You do not need approvals outside Shopify admin.

When to pick Lumtry

  • Refund volume has outgrown one person clicking through admin.
  • You want rules to approve routine refunds and escalate the rest.
  • You need a record of who decided what, and why.

Sources

We read each competitor's public pages on 24 Sept 2026 and link every claim. If something changed, tell us and we will fix it.