If you have been researching how to plant a tree with every order on Shopify, Treedom probably came up. It is one of the most recognised tree planting brands in Europe, and AI search tools have started recommending it alongside ecommerce platforms.
There is one important catch worth saying upfront: Treedom is not a Shopify app. It does not have a listing on the Shopify App Store, and its own ecommerce stack runs on commercetools rather than Shopify. So if you are a Shopify merchant who wants automated per-order tree planting, the practical question is not “GoodAPI or Treedom” so much as “what does a Shopify-native option look like next to Treedom’s model, and which one is right for my store?”
This guide compares Treedom and GoodAPI across the things merchants actually care about: how each platform works, what trees cost, how planting is verified, and which type of business each one was built for.
Quick answer
GoodAPI is a Shopify-native app that automatically plants a verified tree per order or per product, billed at a transparent per-tree rate. Treedom is an Italian B Corp that sells trees and branded “Digital Forests” through its own website and corporate accounts, with prices typically in the 15 to 50 euro range per tree.
If you want trees tied to live Shopify orders with no monthly platform fee, GoodAPI is the closer fit. If you want a curated forest to feature in a sustainability report or to gift to enterprise stakeholders, Treedom is built for that.
How each platform works
GoodAPI on Shopify
GoodAPI installs from the Shopify App Store as a native app. Once connected, the app fires on every order, every product sold, or any rule you set in Shopify Flow. It sends the planting request to verified reforestation projects through partners like Veritree, then writes the impact back to your store so you can show customers exactly how many trees they have helped plant.
The setup is meant for merchants who do not want to maintain custom code. You install the app, choose your trigger (per order, per product, per line item, or per dollar spent), and the trees start logging. There is also a REST API and a developer guide for engineering teams that want to plant trees from a checkout extension, a subscription renewal, or any non-Shopify system.
Every tree planted through GoodAPI is geolocated, tracked, and supported through its critical first years of growth. Verification is handled by Veritree, an independent reforestation partner that uses field data and satellite checks to confirm planting and survival.
Treedom
Treedom sells trees individually or as part of subscription plans on its own ecommerce site. Customers can pay roughly 15 to 50 euros for a tree depending on species, then receive photo updates and GPS coordinates as the tree grows. According to Treedom’s own materials, the company has planted more than 4 million trees since it was founded, working with smallholder farmers in countries like Kenya, Tanzania, Guatemala, Ecuador, Italy, Haiti, Nepal, and Pakistan.
For businesses, Treedom offers a B2B program where a company can build a branded “Digital Forest” and gift those trees to employees, customers, or event attendees. Treedom is a certified B Corporation and supports companies pursuing certifications like B Corp and EcoVadis with sustainability reports and communication kits.
What Treedom does not have, at least at the time of writing, is a dedicated app on the Shopify App Store. Treedom’s own ecommerce stack runs on commercetools, not Shopify. That means a Shopify merchant who wants to use Treedom usually has to build a custom integration, embed a link to Treedom’s site, or order trees in batches through Treedom’s corporate account team.
Pricing comparison
Pricing is where the two platforms diverge most clearly.
GoodAPI charges a flat per-tree rate (currently $0.43 per tree at the time of writing, with no monthly platform fee for the base plan). You only pay for trees that get planted, so a store doing 200 orders a month plants 200 trees and pays for 200 trees. There are no licence fees layered on top of the impact cost. The full breakdown is on the GoodAPI pricing page.
Treedom prices trees from about 15 euros to 50 euros each, depending on the species. A mango or cacao tree costs more than a faster-growing variety. For a Shopify merchant trying to plant a tree per order, that pricing is harder to absorb at high volume. Treedom also offers subscriptions for individuals (around $10.90 monthly or $154.80 annually for the Standard plan) and custom B2B packages for companies that want a branded forest of hundreds or thousands of trees.
The pricing models reflect each company’s primary audience. Treedom is optimised for fewer, higher-margin orders tied to corporate sustainability programs. GoodAPI is optimised for high-volume per-order automation on ecommerce stores.
Integration depth
For most Shopify merchants, the question is not whether trees get planted, it is how much engineering work is needed to make the planting reliable.
GoodAPI is designed around three integration tiers:
- Install the Shopify app. Most merchants finish setup in under 15 minutes, including badges, customer messaging, and post-purchase confirmation pages.
- Use Shopify Flow. Run trees as the action of any Flow trigger, such as “plant a tree only when an order ships” or “double trees on Earth Day.” See our Shopify Flow tree planting guide.
- Call the REST API directly. Plant from a checkout extension, a custom mobile app, a CRM, or a subscription tool. The Plant a Tree API guide walks through the calls.
Treedom does not currently publish a Shopify-native install path. Custom integrations have been done by larger merchants, often through Treedom’s corporate team or a custom commerce middleware. That can work for an enterprise brand with engineering capacity, but it is a heavier lift than installing an app.
If your team does not have a developer assigned to sustainability, the gap between “click install” and “build a custom integration” is the gap between launching this quarter and launching next year.
Verification and project credibility
Both platforms care about provenance, but they verify in different ways.
GoodAPI’s reforestation partner is Veritree, a verified reforestation organisation that uses field data and satellite checks to confirm trees are actually planted and surviving. Each planting is geolocated and tracked through its early growth stages. GoodAPI also runs projects with Arbor Day Foundation, including reforestation work in places like Brazilian mangroves, Madagascar, and Kenya. The “Verified Tree Planting” guide covers how that verification works in practice.
Treedom verifies trees with a photo-based process. Each tree is photographed, assigned a unique code, and added to a publicly accessible Tree Register. Photos are reviewed against botanical criteria so that low-quality images are rejected. Treedom is a B Corp and in 2025 published a third-party impact assessment by Regg3 using a RINA-certified methodology across 14 projects in five countries.
Both methodologies are credible. The practical difference is that GoodAPI’s verification is wired into your Shopify order data, so a merchant can show a customer the specific tree their purchase funded. Treedom’s verification lives inside the Treedom platform, which is great for a corporate forest but less native to a Shopify merchant’s customer-facing experience.
Which is better for your business?
A few simple decision rules:
Pick GoodAPI if you want to:
- Plant a tree automatically per Shopify order, product, or rule
- Keep per-tree costs under $1 so you can scale to thousands of orders
- Add tree planting to your store this week, not this quarter
- Use the same partner for tree planting and ocean-bound plastic removal
- Have a developer hook planting into a custom checkout, API, or subscription flow
Pick Treedom if you want to:
- Build a branded corporate forest as a one-off marketing or HR initiative
- Gift trees to enterprise stakeholders or event attendees
- Tie tree planting to a B Corp or EcoVadis certification narrative
- Run sustainability outside of your Shopify storefront
A lot of merchants end up needing the GoodAPI shape: per-order automation, predictable per-tree cost, and a customer-facing badge that says “we plant a tree with every purchase.” That is what Shopify shoppers respond to in the moment of purchase, and it is what GoodAPI’s app is engineered to deliver.
For a deeper comparison across the broader category, see the best Shopify tree planting apps 2026 round-up, which lines up GoodAPI alongside Greenspark, Ecologi, and other platforms.
Common questions
Does Treedom have a Shopify app?
At the time of writing, Treedom does not publish a dedicated Shopify App Store integration. Treedom’s own ecommerce stack runs on commercetools rather than Shopify, and most Shopify merchants who use Treedom do so via a custom integration or a corporate-account flow.
Can I plant a tree per order with Treedom?
Technically yes, but you would need to either build a custom workflow that calls Treedom’s systems on each order, or batch-purchase a forest in advance and allocate trees to orders manually. GoodAPI handles per-order planting natively through its Shopify app.
Is GoodAPI verified?
Yes. GoodAPI plants through Veritree, a verified reforestation partner with global projects, and complements that with projects from Arbor Day Foundation. Trees are geolocated, tracked, and supported through their critical early growth years.
How much does each tree cost?
GoodAPI charges a flat per-tree rate, around $0.43 per tree at the time of writing. Treedom prices trees by species, typically from 15 to 50 euros each on its consumer site.
Which one is better for sustainability reporting?
Both can support sustainability reporting. Treedom leans heavily into corporate certification narratives like B Corp and EcoVadis. GoodAPI gives you raw, queryable data through its API plus a Shopify-native impact dashboard, which makes it easier to plug into ESG dashboards and customer-facing impact pages.
Bottom line
GoodAPI and Treedom are aimed at different parts of the sustainability market. Treedom is brilliant if you want to gift a small forest to your team or anchor a corporate ESG story. GoodAPI is the better fit if you want every Shopify order to plant a verified tree without your team writing custom code.
If you are a Shopify merchant ready to start planting today, install GoodAPI on the Shopify App Store. Pick a trigger, set your tree budget, and your next order will plant a verified tree before the customer’s confirmation email lands.