Chililabs: AI Customer Support vs Minnas: Free AI Support + Chat
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 2, 2026 for Chililabs, Oct 13, 2026 for Minnas.
The short answer
- Only Minnas lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Chililabs and $49/month for Minnas.
- Chililabs lists 14 features Minnas’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI responses, AI summaries, Analytics.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · Connect multiple support inboxes
- · Custom support domain
- · Smart ticket assignment
- · Team shift scheduling
- · Upto 250 tickets
Growth
- · AI replies trained on store policies
- · AI-powered draft replies
- · Everything in Starter
- · Upto 1000 tickets
Pro
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority support setup
- · Upto 2500 tickets
- · Usage based pricing over 2500 tickets
Free
- · 20 AI actions per month
- · One Brand and one Teammate
- · Unlimited human conversations
Core
- · 500 AI actions per month
- · One Brand with full history
- · Unlimited Teammates and conversations
Pro
- · 2,500 pooled AI actions per month
- · Five Brands and one unified Inbox
- · Unlimited Teammates and conversations
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureChili Labs Support helps Shopify merchants manage customer support from a single platform. Manage every customer support request from one AI-powered workspace. Guide customers through structured issue flows, automatically organize tickets, generate AI-assisted replies, assign requests to your team, and resolve issues faster—all from a single dashboard built for Shopify merchants.
Minnas brings email and live chat into one shared customer support Inbox with Shopify customer and order context. Turn on its AI agent to answer new messages automatically, or use AI summaries and reply drafts to keep your team in control. Build workflows that assign, tag, prioritize, and send AI-generated replies.
- AI-powered ticket management for customer emails and support requests
- Smart ticket routing, assignment, and team collaboration workflows
- Support analytics and performance tracking from a unified dashboard
- Publish Messenger to your storefront from Shopify's theme editor
- Summarize conversations and draft responses with built-in AI
- Build custom workflows that can send AI-generated replies
- Organize support with nested tags and customer-facing Guided flows
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 |  Chililabs |  Minnas |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Chililabs | Minnas |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 3.5 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 7 | 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
Chililabs and Minnas: common questions
- Is Chililabs or Minnas cheaper?
- Only Minnas lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Chililabs and $49/month for Minnas. 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?
- Chililabs lists 14 the others don’t mention, such as AI responses, AI summaries, Analytics, Auto-assign. Minnas lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Response templates. 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 Nov 2, 2026 for Chililabs, Oct 13, 2026 for Minnas; 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 Nov 2, 2026 for Chililabs, Oct 13, 2026 for Minnas. 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.