Brand Bard vs ShopBrain: AI Agent & Chatbot
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 Brand Bard, Sep 16, 2026 for ShopBrain.
The short answer
- Only Brand Bard lists a free plan.
- Brand Bard lists 9 features ShopBrain’s listing doesn’t mention, including Chat flows, Chat window, Discounts.
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
- · 25 AI requests per month
- · AI Chat, Voice Chat
- · Product badges and shop sections
- · Up to 500 products
Starter
- · 4,000 AI requests per month
- · AI chat, voice, and visual search
- · AI site crawler and analyzer
- · Analytics dashboard
- · Customer quizzes and profiling
- · Desktop large screen experience
Pro
- · 10,000 AI requests per month
- · AI-powered free gift offerings
- · AI-powered upsells
- · Everything in Starter
- · Up to 5,000 products
Max
- · 25 AI site analyses per month
- · 30,000 AI requests per month
- · Built for high-traffic stores
- · Everything in Pro, plus more
- · Up to 15,000 products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBrand Bard embeds an AI-powered shopping assistant directly into your Shopify store. Customers can ask questions, browse products, and add to cart through a conversational interface on mobile and desktop. The assistant uses your product catalog to recommend items, answer questions, and guide shoppers to checkout.
ShopBrain is an AI-powered shopping assistant for Shopify that enhances the customer shopping experience through natural, conversational interactions. It helps shoppers discover relevant products, presents product images, details, and key information, enables them to add items directly to their cart, and seamlessly guides them to Shopify Checkout.
- AI chat assistant that helps customers find and buy products on your store
- Voice and visual search let shoppers describe or photograph what they want
- Customizable widget colors, AI personality, product badges, and shop sections
- AI-powered product search and recommendations
- Add products to cart directly from chat
- Guide customers to Shopify Checkout
- Customize the chat button and popup
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 |  Brand Bard |  ShopBrain |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Brand Bard | ShopBrain |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 2 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Brand Bard | ShopBrain |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $35/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Brand Bard | ShopBrain |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | Not enough data | #268 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 3, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Brand Bard LLC | TrueCart Labs |
FAQ
Brand Bard and ShopBrain: common questions
- Is Brand Bard or ShopBrain cheaper?
- Only Brand Bard lists a free plan. 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?
- Brand Bard lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Chat flows, Chat window, Discounts, Greetings. 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 Brand Bard, Sep 16, 2026 for ShopBrain; 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 Brand Bard, Sep 16, 2026 for ShopBrain. 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.