GLO Color Swatch vs Globo Product Options.

What each app is for

If you are weighing GLO Color Swatch Variant Image vs Globo Product Options, Variant, start with the job. Both apps come from the same developer, Globo Options, but they solve different problems.

GLO Color Swatch Variant Image changes how your theme shows the variants you already have in Shopify. The listing describes it as a color and image swatch app that can also show variants on collection pages and group separate products together. Its feature tags also include stock displays, bundles and discount types.

Globo Product Options, Variant adds option fields that sit outside Shopify’s variants. The listing says you can add unlimited custom fields, including swatches, file upload and paid add-ons. Its tags include custom text, dates, dimensions, checkboxes, gift wrap, size charts and several kinds of upcharges.

The overlap is swatches, dropdowns, radio buttons, conditional logic and hiding out-of-stock options. Each listing names the other app in its “works with” list, so some stores run both.

Both listings show the Built for Shopify badge and 4.9 stars. GLO has 1,911 reviews and Globo Product Options has 5,209, as shown on October 26, 2026.

Price and plans in practice

Both apps have a free plan you can use on a live store, and both bill in USD every 30 days. Neither listing shows a price that changes with your Shopify plan.

On GLO Color Swatch Variant Image:

• FREE covers color swatches, variants on collection pages, hiding sold-out options and 1 product group.
• SILVER is $9.90 a month, or $99 a year (the card says this saves 17%).
• GOLD is $19.90 a month, or $199 a year.
• Each paid plan has a 7-day free trial.

On Globo Product Options, Variant:

• FREE includes color and image swatch option types.
• PREMIUM shows $4.95 a month for your first 3 months, then $9.90 a month.
• ADVANCED shows $9.95 a month for your first 3 months, then $19.90 a month.
• Each paid plan has a 14-day free trial.

The lower Globo prices are an intro offer labeled on the cards as a Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal, so they may not be there when you look. As an example, a small store on Globo’s PREMIUM plan would pay $14.85 across the first three months, then $9.90 a month, about $103.95 for the first year. The same store on GLO’s SILVER plan would pay $118.80 a year paying monthly, or $99 paying yearly.

If swatches are all you need, start with each app’s free plan and see whether it covers your catalog before paying anything. Read the feature lines on each paid card before upgrading, since the plan names alone do not tell you what each tier adds.

Theme support, setup and help

On themes, the GLO listing says “Works with any Shopify theme” and “Works with all themes and filter apps.”

For Globo Product Options, the developer’s FAQ says the app is built for Online Store 2.0 themes, which it says covers every theme in Shopify’s current theme store and most themes sold elsewhere. If you run an older theme that is not Online Store 2.0, the developer’s pages do not state whether it will work. Ask the developer before you install.

Both listings say support is provided by Globo Options. The Globo Product Options listing shows “Live chat & email support, no watermark” on its free plan. The GLO listing does not state which support channels it offers.

Both listings link to an FAQ, a tutorial and app documentation. GLO is listed in 11 languages and Globo Product Options in 18. That matters if your staff wants the app’s admin in a language other than English.