AI Ready ‑ AEO Audit & Fix vs AEO: AI Catalog Optimizer
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for AI Ready and $29/month for AEO.
- AI Ready lists 3 features AEO’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, ALT text, SEO score.
Head to head
Free
- · 3 one-click fixes included
- · AI-readiness score & trend tracking
- · Auto-scoring of product changes
- · Full catalog AEO audit
Pro
- · Everything in the Free plan
- · Unlimited one-click fixes
- · Weekly auto re-audit of full catalog
- · Weekly email digest (gaps and wins)
Free
Basic
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are becoming a major source of shopping recommendations, but most stores are invisible to them. AI Ready scans your structured data, product content and metadata, shows a clear AEO readiness score with a prioritized issue list, and fixes gaps like JSON-LD schema in one click. Free plan: full audit, score and trend, 3 fixes.
Shoppers increasingly ask an AI assistant instead of searching. If your product pages are hard for those assistants to read, you may not come up — and nothing in your admin tells you that. AEO audits your whole catalog against the feed specs answer engines read, then gives you a readiness score for ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity, plus the exact issue holding each product back.
- AEO audit: scores structured data, FAQs, and metadata for AI search readiness
- One-click fixes: add JSON-LD product schema and AI-readable page content
- Prioritized issue list showing exactly what blocks AI visibility
- Re-run audits anytime to track your AEO score as your catalog changes
- Real ACP/UCP feed-spec validation — not just llms.txt generation
- Per-channel readiness scoring for ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Copilot, Perplexity
- One-click revert on every rewrite — never locked into AI copy you didn't approve
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  AI Ready |  AEO |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | AI Ready | AEO |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
AI Ready and AEO: common questions
- Is AI Ready or AEO cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for AI Ready and $29/month for AEO. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- AI Ready lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, ALT text, SEO score. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 14, 2026; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 14, 2026. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.