Connily Social Media Agent vs Merchnet: Social
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 7, 2026 for Connily Social Media Agent, Oct 14, 2026 for Merchnet.
The short answer
- Only Connily Social Media Agent lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Connily Social Media Agent and $13.95/month for Merchnet.
- Merchnet lists 3 features Connily Social Media Agent’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI images and video, Platform, Social media.
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
- · 1 active campaign (up to 5 posts)
- · 1 active product
- · 5 creations a month
- · Creative briefs and caption writing
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
- · Manual scheduling and publishing
Enhance
- · 25 active products
- · 25 creations a month
- · Creative briefs and caption writing
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
- · Manual scheduling and smart posting
- · Product tagging and tracking
Scale
- · 50 creations a month
- · 75 active products
- · Everything in Enhance
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
- · Manual boosting and smart scheduling
- · Suggested post feed
Amplify
- · 125 creations a month
- · 200 active products
- · Auto-boost and smart boost
- · Auto-queue and auto-posting
- · Everything in Scale
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
Basic
- · 100 credits / month
Starter
- · 100 credits / month
- · 150 posts/month
- · Post to 3 platforms
Growth
- · 100 credits / month
- · 250 posts/month
- · Post to 5 platforms
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureConnily does the work a social team does. It reads your catalogue, stock levels and sales data, decides which products need attention, generates the images from your own product photography, writes the captions and hashtags, then schedules to Instagram and Facebook. You approve what it brings you or brief a campaign yourself, in the app or straight from Claude and ChatGPT.
Merchnet Social turns your product photos into social posts and ads inside the Shopify admin. Select a product, generate social posts and ad creatives and pick the ones you want to publish. Showcase apparel on custom AI models. Schedule or auto post to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and YouTube - no design tools, no switching between apps.
- Plan social content around your Shopify products and campaigns
- Create posts manually or automate them with an AI social agent
- Understand why each post exists and what it’s meant to drive
- Track social performance alongside Shopify sales and activity
- Generate social posts, ad creatives, and matching captions from a product photo
- Create AI models and show store apparel worn on them
- Generate listing images and save them back to the product
- Schedule and publish to Facebook , Instagram, Tiktok, Pinterest, Youtube.
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 |  Connily Social Media Agent |  Merchnet |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Connily Social Media Agent | Merchnet |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 10 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Connily Social Media Agent | Merchnet |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $39/month | $13.95/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Connily Social Media Agent | Merchnet |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #33 | #197 |
| Shopify App Charts | #4 on Pricing moves in Marketing - Other | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Mar 4, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Connily | Merchnet |
FAQ
Connily Social Media Agent and Merchnet: common questions
- Is Connily Social Media Agent or Merchnet cheaper?
- Only Connily Social Media Agent lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Connily Social Media Agent and $13.95/month for Merchnet. 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?
- Merchnet lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as AI images and video, Platform, Social media. 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 7, 2026 for Connily Social Media Agent, Oct 14, 2026 for Merchnet; 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 7, 2026 for Connily Social Media Agent, Oct 14, 2026 for Merchnet. 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.