Beacon: AEO & AI Visibility vs WPRobo AI Search Visibility
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for Beacon and $9.99/month for WPRobo AI Search Visibility.
- Beacon lists 9 features WPRobo AI Search Visibility’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, APIs and webhooks, Metadata optimization.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Beacon Free
- · AI visibility score for ChatGPT & more
- · Auto-published AI-readable catalog file
- · Rich product data so AI quotes prices
Beacon Pro
- · AI shopping readiness checklist
- · Benchmark against up to 3 competitors
- · Choose which AI assistants see you
- · Instant AI search updates on products
- · Monitor AI crawler access + alerts
- · See which sales come from ChatGPT & more
Free
- · AI Visibility Score (0–100)
- · Shareable AI-readiness report
- · Top issues found
- · Up to 25 products
- · llms.txt + schema embed
Starter
- · AI-drafted descriptions & FAQs
- · Blog AEO
- · Google Search Console & Bing
- · Live verification
- · One-click fixes (alt text, SEO meta)
- · Up to 500 products
Growth
- · AI citation tracking (5 keywords)
- · Daily auto-scans + email alerts
- · Everything in Starter
- · FAQ generator
- · Up to 2,000 products
- · Weekly reports
Pro
- · AI-vision alt text + 30 AI images/mo
- · Citation tracking (15 keywords)
- · Competitor benchmarking
- · Everything in Growth
- · Hallucination Guard
- · Up to 5,000 products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShoppers now ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity what to buy. If they can't read your store, they can't recommend it. Beacon scores how AI sees your storefront, then helps you fix the gaps. Publish an AI-readable catalog summary, add rich product data so assistants can quote your prices and ratings, and tell search engines the moment products change.
Shoppers now ask AI assistants what to buy. This app shows you how those engines read your store and helps you improve it. Scan your catalog for an AI Visibility Score, fix issues in one click (alt text, SEO meta, AI-drafted descriptions you approve), and publish llms.txt, agents.md, and structured data automatically.
- AI visibility score for ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity
- Auto-publish an AI-readable summary of your catalog
- Rich product data so AI quotes your prices and ratings
- Monitor AI crawler access to your store
- AI Visibility Score — scan products, blog and storefront for AI readiness
- One-click fixes for missing alt text, SEO meta and thin descriptions
- Auto-generated llms.txt and structured data, refreshed automatically
- Track when Perplexity cites your store for keywords, checked weekly
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 |  Beacon |  WPRobo AI Search Visibility |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Beacon | WPRobo AI Search Visibility |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 3 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Beacon | WPRobo AI Search Visibility |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month | $9.99/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Beacon | WPRobo AI Search Visibility |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #264 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 4, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Plucore | WPRobo |
FAQ
Beacon and WPRobo AI Search Visibility: common questions
- Is Beacon or WPRobo AI Search Visibility cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for Beacon and $9.99/month for WPRobo AI Search Visibility. 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?
- Beacon lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, APIs and webhooks, Metadata optimization, Page indexing. WPRobo AI Search Visibility lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as ALT text, Audits, Automations, Bulk editing. 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; 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. 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.