Chargeblast holds 4.6 stars from 45 reviews on the Shopify App Store and is a prevention product. Explicitly built around the dispute-ratio problem. For a merchant approaching the VDMP 0.9% or ECM 1.5% threshold, keeping disputes off the count is worth more than winning them. Aurai covers both prevention and representment on a single 25%-of-wins fee, with no monthly cost and nothing owed on a loss — but no review history yet. Aurai reports your ratio against both thresholds and fights what files, in one place.
What is a chargeback, and why automate the response?
A chargeback is a customer disputing a card payment with their bank rather than asking you for a refund. The money is pulled back immediately, a fee is charged whether or not you contest, and the dispute counts against the ratio the card networks monitor. You then have a fixed window — often 7 to 21 days — to submit evidence.
Doing that by hand works below roughly five disputes a month. Past that, deadlines slip, and a missed deadline is an automatic loss. Tools in this category automate one or both halves of the problem: stopping disputes before they file, and answering the ones that do. Chargeblast is a prevention product; Aurai does both. That distinction matters more than any feature list — a lost dispute costs roughly 2.5× the order value once goods and staff time are counted.
At a glance
| Feature | Aurai | Chargeblast |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | New listing — no reviews yet | 4.6 (45 reviews) |
| Category | Prevention + representment | prevention |
| Pricing model | 25% of recovered disputes | Free to install · additional charges apply |
| Monthly / setup fees | None | None stated |
| Fights filed disputes | Yes | No |
| Prevents disputes filing | Yes, included | Yes |
| Works with | Stripe, PayPal, Shopify | Not stated on listing |
| Built for Shopify badge | No | Yes |
| Setup time | ~2 minutes | Not stated on listing |
| Developer | Aurai | Chargeblast |
Read from the live App Store listing on September 9, 2026. Ratings and pricing change — check the current listing before deciding. Where Chargeblast's listing does not state something, this says so rather than guessing.
Pricing
Chargeblast: Free to install · additional charges apply. The listing does not publish the rate, so ask before installing.
Aurai: free to install, then 25% of each dispute it recovers. No monthly fee, no setup fee, nothing owed when a dispute is lost. Prevention is included rather than billed separately or per alert.
The models are not directly comparable across categories. A per-alert fee scales with your dispute volume whether or not the alert would have become a chargeback; a success fee only costs you after money has come back. Work it out with your own numbers in the cost calculator.
Automation & setup
Chargeblast works to stop disputes before they reach your processor, aimed squarely at keeping you out of the Visa and Mastercard monitoring programmes. Its listing states neither integrations nor a setup time. Aurai reports your ratio against both thresholds and fights what files, so one product covers the ratio problem and the recovery problem.
Aurai takes an agent-first approach — one autonomous agent detects the dispute, gathers evidence, writes a reason-code-specific rebuttal, and submits it, typically in about 90 seconds per dispute. Setup is an OAuth connection to your processor and takes roughly two minutes, with nothing to install on your storefront and no code change.
Integrations
Chargeblast lists: no integrations on its App Store listing. It carries Shopify's Built for Shopify badge.
Aurai connects to Stripe, PayPal and Shopify Payments. It does not carry the Built for Shopify badge yet. If your volume runs through a processor outside those three, that is a reason to prefer Chargeblast.
Fraud prevention
Chargeblast is prevention-first: it works to stop disputes reaching the filing stage at all. That avoids the fee and the ratio damage entirely, but does nothing for a dispute that files anyway.
Aurai screens every order on AVS, CVV, 3DS, IP-versus-billing and velocity signals, and responds to pre-dispute alerts automatically at no extra cost. Whether prevention or recovery is your urgent problem depends on how close you are to the network thresholds — Visa VDMP at 0.9%, Mastercard ECM at 1.5%.
Key differences explained
The ratio is the real risk
Chargeblast is built around exactly the right problem: cross VDMP at 0.9% or ECM at 1.5% and you face per-dispute fines, a remediation plan, then termination. Deflection keeps disputes off the count entirely.
But deflection is only half
A dispute that files anyway is money still recoverable. Chargeblast does not fight it; Aurai does.
Unstated integrations
Chargeblast's listing names no platforms at all. Aurai states Stripe, PayPal and Shopify plainly, which at least lets you check compatibility before installing.
Pricing transparency
Neither publishes a full schedule on the listing, but Aurai's headline is a single number: 25% of what it recovers, nothing otherwise.
Pros & cons
Aurai
Chargeblast
Which should you choose?
Choose Aurai if…
- You want the ratio tracked and disputes fought in one place
- You want a published rate
- You need stated processor compatibility
- You want recovery as well as deflection
Choose Chargeblast if…
- Your dispute ratio is the immediate crisis
- You want disputes stopped before the processor sees them
- You already have representment handled elsewhere
- Monitoring-programme enrolment is your real risk
The bottom line
Chargeblast targets exactly the right problem — the ratio that decides whether you keep processing cards at all. It does not fight what files, and its listing names no integrations or rate. Aurai reports your ratio against both thresholds and recovers what gets through.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Chargeblast cost?
Chargeblast's Shopify App Store listing shows: Free to install · additional charges apply. Aurai charges 25% of disputes it recovers, with no monthly fee and nothing owed when it loses. Check the current listing before deciding — App Store pricing changes.
Is Chargeblast any good?
Chargeblast holds 4.6 stars from 45 reviews on the Shopify App Store as of September 9, 2026. Explicitly built around the dispute-ratio problem. For a merchant approaching the VDMP 0.9% or ECM 1.5% threshold, keeping disputes off the count is worth more than winning them.
What are the alternatives to Chargeblast?
The Shopify App Store chargeback category includes Chargeflow, Chargeback.io, Disputifier, Chargeblast, ChargePay, Signifyd, Reclaim and Aurai. They divide into prevention (alerts), representment (fighting filed disputes), guarantee (fraud reimbursement) and blocking. Chargeblast is prevention, so pick an alternative in the same category unless you are changing what you need.
Chargeblast vs Aurai — what is the difference?
Aurai reports your ratio against both thresholds and fights what files, in one place.
Aurai builds a competing app; that is disclosed in the byline and Aurai's own lack of review history is stated alongside Chargeblast's rating. Ratings, review counts and pricing were read from the Shopify App Store on September 9, 2026and change over time. Positioning paraphrases the vendor's own listing description. Chargeblast is a trademark of Chargeblast; Aurai is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by them.