Dori: AI Shopping Assistant vs Valen: AI Shopping Assistant
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 3, 2026 for Dori, Nov 2, 2026 for Valen.
The short answer
- Only Valen lists a free plan.
- Dori lists 8 features Valen’s listing doesn’t mention, including Agent avatar, Cart recovery, FAQs.
Head to head
- United States
- India
- United Kingdom
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 200 Conversations/Month
- · Brand voice customization
- · No credit card needed
- · Product Pal + Side Pal included
- · Up to 500 products
Free
- · 50 chat conversations/month
- · No payment required
- · Product search, compare and add to cart
- · Store policy Q&A
Starter
- · 30 virtual try-ons/month
- · 300 chat conversations/month
- · Extra conversations billed per use
- · Outfit builder and virtual try-on
Growth
- · 1,000 chat conversations/month
- · 150 virtual try-ons/month
- · Extra conversations billed per use
- · Outfit builder and virtual try-on
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureDori turns your catalog into an AI shopping assistant across your store. Shoppers ask questions, search naturally, compare options, find similar items, get recommendations, choose variants, and add products to cart from chat. Use Dori on product pages for in-context answers and across the store for discovery, quizzes, routines, gifts, upsells, and order tracking.
Valen adds an AI chat to your store that knows your catalog, shipping rules and store policies. Shoppers ask in their own words and Valen finds the fitting products, compares them side by side, suggests matching items and adds them to the cart. For fashion stores, shoppers can also build outfits and see a virtual try-on. You choose which tools are on and follow the results in the app dashboard.
- Understands customer needs to recommend the proper products for each shopper
- Provides instant answers to product and store questions, 24/7
- Adapts recommendations to match your brand’s style and voice
- Offers personalized shopping consultations to help with conversion rates
- Answers product, shipping and returns questions from your real store data
- Finds, compares and adds products to the cart from the chat
- Suggests matching items and cheaper alternatives as shoppers ask
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 |  Dori | |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 180 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | +3 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 3 | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden | Not published |
| Top store countries | United States, India, United Kingdom | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Dori | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 46 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | 0% | Not enough data |
FAQ
Dori and Valen: common questions
- Is Dori or Valen cheaper?
- Only Valen 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?
- Dori lists 8 the others don’t mention, such as Agent avatar, Cart recovery, FAQs, Greetings. Valen lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as File upload, Multi-language. 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 3, 2026 for Dori, Nov 2, 2026 for Valen; 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 3, 2026 for Dori, Nov 2, 2026 for Valen. 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.