BrngAI ‑ Smart Product Search vs Kai
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 BrngAI, Oct 14, 2026 for Kai.
The short answer
- Only Kai lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for BrngAI and $19/month for Kai.
- BrngAI lists 13 features Kai’s listing doesn’t mention, including Behavior insights, Conversion tracking, Custom CSS.
Head to head
Starter
- · 200 searches / day
- · 30-day search-event history
- · 5 custom product attributes
- · 5,000 searches / month
- · 50M tokens / month
- · Daily content refresh
Growth
- · 15,000 searches / month
- · 150M tokens / month
- · 180-day search-event history
- · 600 searches / day
- · CSV / PDF analytics export
- · Hourly + on-demand refresh
Pro
- · 1,200 searches / day
- · 30,000 searches / month
- · 300M tokens / month
- · Custom prompt tuning
- · Hourly + priority on-demand
- · No monthly GMV limit
Free
- · 300 messages or 30 days, whichever first
- · Up to 100 searchable products
Starter
- · 1,500 chat messages per month
- · No overage charges
- · Up to 1,000 searchable products
Growth
- · 3,500 chat messages per month
- · No overage charges
- · Up to 3,000 searchable products
Pro
- · 5,000 chat messages per month
- · No overage charges
- · Up to 10,000 searchable products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureBrngAI adds a conversational AI shopping assistant to your store. Instead of browsing or filtering, customers describe what they need in their own words and get accurate product matches powered by AI that understands your entire catalog. Shoppers go from question to product in seconds. Your merchant dashboard reveals what customers are searching for, which queries lead to sales and where your catalog has gaps.
Kai adds a chat bubble to your storefront where shoppers ask for products in their own words, like "wireless headphones under $50" or "a black dumbbell set". Every answer comes from your synced product data: real titles, prices, variants and stock. If you don't carry something, Kai says so instead of making it up, and suggests close items you do stock. There is nothing to train or write.
- AI search that understands what customers mean, not just keywords they type.
- Customers describe what they need in plain language and see matching products.
- Dashboard shows what customers search for and where your catalog has gaps.
- Analytics tracking search behaviour, popular queries and purchase patterns.
- Finds products from natural-language questions, typos, and specs
- Filters by price, brand, category, and stock in plain language
- Always reflects your live catalog - no manual re-indexing
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 |  BrngAI |  Kai |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | BrngAI | Kai |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
BrngAI and Kai: common questions
- Is BrngAI or Kai cheaper?
- Only Kai lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for BrngAI and $19/month for Kai. 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?
- BrngAI lists 13 the others don’t mention, such as Behavior insights, Conversion tracking, Custom CSS, Custom dashboards. Kai lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Multi-filter, Multi-language, Product boosts, Search bar. 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 BrngAI, Oct 14, 2026 for Kai; 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 BrngAI, Oct 14, 2026 for Kai. 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.