FoundGPT: AI Visibility & AEO vs Verus
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 9, 2026 for FoundGPT, Oct 14, 2026 for Verus.
The short answer
- Only FoundGPT lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for FoundGPT and $69/month for Verus.
- FoundGPT lists 15 features Verus’s listing doesn’t mention, including ALT text, Backlinks, Breadcrumbs.
Head to head
- United States
- Canada
- Germany
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 25-point AI-readiness audit
- · 4 AI visibility checks a month
- · AI revenue attribution
- · Auto-fix 50 products a month
- · Auto-hosted llms.txt,schema & robots.txt
- · Track 3 competitors in AI answers
Lite
- · 15 buyer queries + 10 custom prompts
- · 2 off-page citation opportunities
- · 25 AI-ready articles & pages a month
- · 6 AI-visibility checks per month
- · AI engines: ChatGPT, Gemini
- · See your AI-driven revenue
Starter
- · 18 tracked buyer queries
- · 4 AI engines adds Perplexity & Claude
- · 60 AI-ready articles & pages a month
- · 8 AI visibility checks a month
- · Citation finder + AI-crawler tracking
- · Track 5 competitors
Pro
- · 150 AI-ready articles & pages a month
- · 20 AI visibility checks
- · 27 tracked buyer queries, full coverage
- · All 5 AI engines, adds Google AI Mode
- · Every catalog fix
- · Priority Support
Growth
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureYour rankings haven't moved, but clicks are down. Shoppers now ask AI assistants instead. FoundGPT shows the AI sessions and sales your analytics miss, your visibility on 27 buyer queries across 5 AI engines, and who's cited instead of you.
AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI now influence how shoppers discover products and brands. Verus monitors how your brand appears across these platforms, tracks competitor visibility, and identifies opportunities to improve your presence. It syncs your Shopify catalog and audits product data against Google's Universal Commerce Protocol and OpenAI's Agent Commerce Protocol.
- Instantly generate your llms.txt file, auto-hosted on your store domain
- Get an AI Readiness Score showing exactly which content gaps to fix first
- Your store content is structured so AI chatbots can read and recommend it
- Track your AI visibility progress with a live content audit dashboard
- Brand visibility monitoring across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI
- Product catalog audit for UCP and ACP compliance with fix recommendations
- AI-powered content generation and publishing directly to your Shopify store
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 |  FoundGPT |  Verus |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | 34 | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | +4 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | 4 | 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, Canada, Germany | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | FoundGPT | Verus |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 9 | 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
FoundGPT and Verus: common questions
- Is FoundGPT or Verus cheaper?
- Only FoundGPT lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for FoundGPT and $69/month for Verus. 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?
- FoundGPT lists 15 the others don’t mention, such as ALT text, Backlinks, Breadcrumbs, Bulk editing. Verus lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Competitor analysis, Conversion tracking, Dashboards, Performance tracking. 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 9, 2026 for FoundGPT, Oct 14, 2026 for Verus; 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 9, 2026 for FoundGPT, Oct 14, 2026 for Verus. 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.