AnswerAtlas: AI SEO & AEO vs Search Atlas
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for AnswerAtlas, Nov 3, 2026 for Search Atlas.
The short answer
- Only AnswerAtlas lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for AnswerAtlas and $99/month for Search Atlas.
- Search Atlas lists 9 features AnswerAtlas’s listing doesn’t mention, including Backlinks, Competitor analysis, Keyword analysis.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
FREE
- · Audit up to 20 product pages
- · Discover prioritized product improvement
- · Get an AI search readiness score
- · Improve product visibility in AI search
- · Publish up to 20 AI Catalog products
- · Sync up to 20 products
GO
- · Audit up to 50 product pages
- · Create Schema Fix recommendations
- · Everything in Free
- · Generate FAQ ideas for product pages
- · Publish up to 50 AI Catalog products
- · Receive Weekly Reports
GROWTH
- · Apply Schema Fix recommendations across
- · Everything in GO
- · Generate FAQ ideas at full-catalog scale
- · Unlimited AEO product audits
- · Unlimited AI Catalog publishing
- · Unlimited product syncs
Starter
- · For freelancer and small terms
Growth
- · For agencies and mid-size businesses
Pro
- · Agencies ready to scale and Enterprise.
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAnswerAtlas: AI SEO & AEO helps your products get found and cited by AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The app automatically generates a standards-compliant llms.txt file and audits your catalog to identify products missing descriptions, attributes, or structured data that AI needs to understand them. Get an AEO Health Score, a prioritized issue list, and clear next steps for each product.
Search Atlas is an AI-driven SEO platform, recognized in Global Search Winner Awards. This seamless integration allows you to leverage OTTO, industry AI SEO autopilot, to optimize your product pages, on-page SEO, and store structure. From AI-powered blog generation to advanced technical audits, we provide everything you need to dominate Google rankings.
- Audit product readiness for AI search
- Find product data and structured data gaps
- Identify FAQ and buyer-question opportunities
- Publish controlled AI-readable catalog output
- SSO with SearchAtlas
- One Click Publishing
- OTTO Website Optimizer
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 |  AnswerAtlas | Search Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AnswerAtlas | Search Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 2.2 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 17 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | AnswerAtlas | Search Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $9/month(ahead) | $99/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | AnswerAtlas | Search Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #1178 | #390(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 17, 2026 | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | NAU Apps | Search Atlas |
FAQ
AnswerAtlas and Search Atlas: common questions
- Is AnswerAtlas or Search Atlas cheaper?
- Only AnswerAtlas lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for AnswerAtlas and $99/month for Search Atlas. 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?
- AnswerAtlas lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Content optimization, JSON-LD, Schemas. Search Atlas lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Backlinks, Competitor analysis, Keyword analysis, Local SEO. 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 13, 2026 for AnswerAtlas, Nov 3, 2026 for Search Atlas; 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 13, 2026 for AnswerAtlas, Nov 3, 2026 for Search Atlas. 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.