AskAi — AI Buttons vs NG: AI Search Bar & Answers
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 AskAi, Nov 3, 2026 for NG.
The short answer
- Only NG lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.90/month for AskAi and $19/month for NG.
- AskAi lists 13 features NG’s listing doesn’t mention, including Cart page, Collection pages, Custom.
Head to head
- Canada
- United Kingdom
Starter
- · All 14 AI assistants: ChatGPT, Claude...
- · Auto placement plus drag & drop blocks
- · Click dashboard built in, plus GA4 event
- · Prompts per page type with tokens
Pro
- · Everything in Starter
- · Intercom, Gorgias, Crisp, Tidio...
- · Opens your live chat with the question
- · Or a custom link or theme event
- · Your own button, with your label
Free
- · 100 AI answers per month
- · Insights: searches, clicks, revenue
- · Knowledge base: PDF, DOCX, CSV, URLStyle
- · No overage charges, ever
- · One-toggle setup, clean uninstall
- · Style & tone customization
Starter
- · 1,000 AI answers per month
- · Cached answers don't count against quota
- · Insights: searches, clicks, revenue
- · Knowledge base: PDF, DOCX, CSV, URL
- · No overage charges, ever
- · One-toggle setup, clean uninstall
Growth
- · 5,000 AI answers per month
- · Insights: searches, clicks, revenue
- · Knowledge base: PDF, DOCX, CSV, URL
- · No overage charges, ever
- · One-toggle setup, clean uninstall
- · Search never limited, only answers count
Pro
- · 20,000 AI answers per month
- · Highest AI answer quota available
- · Insights: searches, clicks, revenue
- · Knowledge base: PDF, DOCX, CSV, URL
- · No overage charges, ever
- · One-toggle setup, clean uninstall
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureYour customers already ask ChatGPT before they buy — without you in the room. AskAi adds AI buttons to products, collections and blog posts that open ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI and more with a ready-made prompt: your page as the only source, your shop as the preferred store. Edit prompts per page type with tokens like product title.
Your search bar becomes an AI salesperson. When shoppers search, they instantly see products plus a short AI answer recommending relevant products — grounded in your catalog and the knowledge you upload (size charts, shipping & returns, care guides, spec sheets — PDF, DOCX, CSV, or any page URL). Follow-up chips refine conversationally. Add to cart directly from the answer.
- 14 AI assistants: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI, Copilot, Grok & more.
- Prompts per page type with tokens: product title, infos, rating, blog title.
- Auto placement or drag & drop block: start/end of description, any selector.
- Click dashboard built in, plus GA4 events once you connect your property.
- AI answer streams above results, recommending 1-3 products from your catalog
- Knowledge base: upload PDFs, size charts, and FAQs for grounded answers
- Search-as-you-type with conversational follow-up chips and add-to-cart
- Insights dashboard: top searches, zero-result queries, clicks, and revenue
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 |  AskAi |  NG |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 2 |
| 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 | Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | Canada, United Kingdom |
Reviews
| Measure | AskAi | NG |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 88 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | 0% |
FAQ
AskAi and NG: common questions
- Is AskAi or NG cheaper?
- Only NG lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.90/month for AskAi and $19/month for NG. 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?
- AskAi lists 13 the others don’t mention, such as Cart page, Collection pages, Custom, Custom pages. NG lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as AI insights, AI search, Conversion tracking, Custom dashboards. 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 AskAi, Nov 3, 2026 for NG; 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 AskAi, Nov 3, 2026 for NG. 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.