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B2B Wave vs Wholesale Gorilla
B2B Wave ($499/mo/mo, vibe code 6/10) vs Wholesale Gorilla ($100/mo/mo, vibe code 7/10). Wholesale Gorilla is the easier one to rebuild yourself — here is what you lose either way.
B2B
$499/mo/mo
- MVP
- 1 week
- Full replacement
- 3-6 months, driven by ERP bi-directional sync and complex tier/override price engines
B2B
$100/mo/mo
- MVP
- 1 week
- Full replacement
- 2-3 months, due to theme extension updates and Shopify Function edge cases
easier to rebuild
get the build prompt →price gap / year
$4,788/mo
running both / year
$7,188/mo
our call
Start with Wholesale Gorilla — highest vibe code, weakest moat.
B2B Wave
A private portal with custom price lists and quick-order matrix forms is easy to build using modern full-stack frameworks. You only pay for B2B Wave to avoid maintaining sync logic with legacy accounting software like QuickBooks, Xero, or Sage.
you can rebuild
- Gated customer login portal and account approval workflow
- Customer-specific price lists and tiered quantity discounts
- Matrix quick-order grid for high-volume SKU entry
- Sales rep ordering portal with customer impersonation
- Minimum order quantities (MOQ) and custom currency overrides
what you lose
- Out-of-the-box bi-directional sync with QuickBooks, Xero, and Sage
- Built-in PDF invoice generation and automated email dispatches
- Turnkey sales rep commission assignment and basic reporting
- Pre-configured customer registration and credit line approval dashboard
- Managed cloud hosting for wholesale catalog uptime
real moats
- Pre-built integrations with legacy accounting software and ERPs
- Operational lock-in on customer purchasing workflows
- Multi-tenant customer data structures tuned for complex pricing matrices
Wholesale Gorilla
Wholesale Gorilla maps customer tags to custom price lists and volume discounts on Shopify. With modern Shopify Functions and Theme App Extensions, a custom app can handle tag-based price overrides and quick-order forms without recurring SaaS fees.
you can rebuild
- Customer tag-based pricing matrix
- Volume and quantity break discount rules
- Wholesale account registration and approval workflows
- Quick order matrix form for bulk purchasing
- Gated wholesale catalog visibility
what you lose
- Turnkey Shopify admin UI for managing rules without code
- Out-of-the-box compatibility with new Shopify theme updates
- Pre-built email notification triggers for wholesale applications
- Built-in handling of multiple currency conversions for wholesale rules
- Dedicated app support for edge cases in Shopify cart transforms
real moats
- Deep integration with Shopify's evolving Checkout Extensibility and Cart Transform APIs
- Turnkey maintenance across hundreds of third-party Shopify themes
- Zero-developer setup and maintenance overhead
open source escape hatches
- Medusa MIT
- WooCommerce Wholesale Prices GPL-3.0
- Saleor BSD-3-Clause
Questions people ask
Which is easier to rebuild with AI, B2B Wave or Wholesale Gorilla?
Wholesale Gorilla. It scores 7/10 on vibe code with a moat of 2/10, so an AI-assisted MVP takes about 1 week and a full replacement about 2-3 months, due to theme extension updates and Shopify Function edge cases.
Which one costs less, B2B Wave or Wholesale Gorilla?
Wholesale Gorilla at $100/mo/mo for a typical mid-market store. The gap between the two is about $4,788/mo a year.
What do I lose if I replace B2B Wave?
Out-of-the-box bi-directional sync with QuickBooks, Xero, and Sage Built-in PDF invoice generation and automated email dispatches Turnkey sales rep commission assignment and basic reporting
What do I lose if I replace Wholesale Gorilla?
Turnkey Shopify admin UI for managing rules without code Out-of-the-box compatibility with new Shopify theme updates Pre-built email notification triggers for wholesale applications
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