Assistly: AI Chat vs Wantly ‑ AI Sales Assistant

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Assistly, Oct 13, 2026 for Wantly.

The short answer

  • Only Wantly lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Assistly and $20/month for Wantly.
  • Wantly lists 6 features Assistly’s listing doesn’t mention, including Chat buttons, Chat flows, Product recommendations.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Chat
  • Chat
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Italian
  • French
  • +1 more
  • English
  • Italian
  • Hebrew
  • Arabic
  • +13 more
Launched
Mar 24, 2025
Apr 1, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $9.99 to $39.99/month
From $0 to $100/month
Plans
Basic$9.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · ✓ Chat customization
  • · ✓ History visible for the last 30 day
  • · ✓ Limited to 100 chats per day
  • · ✓ Unlimited product support
  • · ✓ Up to 10 FAQs
  • · ✓ Up to 10000 messages every 30 days
Pro$39.99/month
7-day free trial
  • · ✓ Chat customization
  • · ✓ Each chat allows unlimited messages
  • · ✓ History visible for the last 4 mont
  • · ✓ Unlimited FAQs
  • · ✓ Unlimited chats per day
  • · ✓ Unlimited product support
DiscoverFree
  • · 30 AI conversations/month
  • · Multilingual support for 18+ languages
  • · Support Shop Terms and Policies
  • · Unlimited products
  • · Widget Customization
Starter$20/month
30-day free trial
  • · 100 AI conversations/month
  • · Multilingual support for 18+ languages
  • · Support Shop Terms and Policies
  • · Unlimited products
  • · Widget Customization
Pioneer$30/month
30-day free trial
  • · 300 AI conversations/month
  • · 50% lifetime discount for early adopters
  • · Multilingual support for 18+ languages
  • · Premium support
  • · Support Shop Terms and Policies
  • · Unlimited products
Trailblazer$100/month
30-day free trial
  • · 1000 AI conversations/month
  • · 50% lifetime discount for early adopters
  • · Multilingual support for 18+ languages
  • · Priority support
  • · Support Shop Terms and Policies
  • · Unlimited products
Coverage
7 of 13 features54%
11 of 13 features85%
Unique strengths
  • Agent avatar
  • Real-time translation
  • Chat buttons
  • Chat flows
  • Product recommendations
  • Quick replies
  • +2 more
Chat
54%7/13
85%11/13
Automated responses
40%2/5
100%5/5
Customization
60%3/5
80%4/5
Real-time messaging
67%2/3
67%2/3
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AssistlyWantly13 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

Assistly—the intelligent AI chat solution designed for business owners who want to provide exceptional customer support. With Assistly, your customers receive personalized assistance as they navigate your extensive catalog, ensuring they find the perfect product every time. Its advanced algorithms quickly understand customer needs and deliver accurate recommendations, boosting satisfaction and driving sales.

Wantly adds an AI shopping assistant to your storefront that helps customers find products through natural conversation. Instead of browsing filters and keywords, shoppers describe what they need in their own words and receive personalized product recommendations displayed as visual cards. The assistant connects to your product catalog automatically, supports multiple languages, and matches your store branding.

Key points
  • Seamlessly integrate live chat in your Shopify store for real-time support.
  • Instantly reply to queries with smart, AI-driven suggestions.
  • Automate welcomes, lead capture, and FAQs.
  • ⁠AI-powered product recommendations through natural conversation
  • Automatic product catalog sync with real-time inventory
  • Full widget customization to match store branding
  • Voice input & CTA buttons for product pages
Screenshots
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Chat AI Image 4FeatureChat AI Image 1
Wantly Chat impact
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All the numbers

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A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.

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Adoption

MeasureAssistlyWantly
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureAssistlyWantly
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureAssistlyWantly
Free planNot listedYes
Lowest paid monthly plan$9.99/month(ahead)$20/month
Longest free trial7 days30 days
Plans listed24

Listing

MeasureAssistlyWantly
Shopify category rank#1026in Chat#632(ahead)in Chat
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedMar 24, 2025Apr 1, 2026
Languages5Spanish, English, Italian17English, Italian, Hebrew
DeveloperThe OctoCodewantly

FAQ

Assistly and Wantly: common questions

Is Assistly or Wantly cheaper?
Only Wantly lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9.99/month for Assistly and $20/month for Wantly. 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?
Assistly lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Agent avatar, Real-time translation. Wantly lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Chat buttons, Chat flows, Product recommendations, Quick replies. 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 for Assistly, Oct 13, 2026 for Wantly; 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 for Assistly, Oct 13, 2026 for Wantly. 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.