Freshmarketer: Email & SMS vs VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Freshmarketer, Oct 13, 2026 for VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing.
The short answer
- On the Shopify App Store: Freshmarketer 4.7 from 19 reviews and VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $18/month for Freshmarketer and $100/month for VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing.
- Freshmarketer lists 41 features VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing’s listing doesn’t mention, including Abandoned cart, AI generation, Analytics.
Head to head
Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Live chat, and Bot
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free forever
- · Contact & List management
- · Email campaigns
- · Forms and website tracking
- · Live chat
Enterprise
- · AI-powered multichannel engagement
- · Automated journeys
- · Event-based segments
- · Shopify playbooks
Enterprise
- · AI-powered multichannel engagement
- · Automated journeys
- · Event-based segments
- · Shopify playbooks
Pro 500
- · 500 Emails/mo
- · Automations
- · Email Marketing
- · Lead Tracking
- · Reporting
- · VBOUT Branding
Pro 5K
- · AI Chatbot (50 m/mo)
- · Automations
- · Email Marketing
- · Landing Pages
- · Lead Scoring & Tracking
- · Predictive 5K Emails/mo
Pro 10K
- · AI Chatbot (1,000 m/mo)
- · Automations
- · Email Marketing
- · Landing Pages
- · Lead Scoring & Tracking
- · Predictive 10K Emails/mo
Pro 25K
- · AI Chatbot (5,000 m/mo)
- · Automations
- · Email Marketing
- · Landing Pages
- · Lead Scoring & Tracking
- · Predictive 25K Emails/mo
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureWith Freshmarketer, you can engage with buyers wherever they are and provide consistent cross-channel experiences. Convert abandoned carts into sales with messages and offers via email, WhatsApp, SMS, and chat. Personalize your campaigns based on buyers’ interests and behavior to increase conversion rates. You can also resolve issues faster and support your customers with rich context in just one app.
With VBOUT for Shopify, you can unlock the power of ecommerce marketing, increase your brand awareness with outreach campaigns using email, social, sms and webpush, as well as boost sales using proven ecommerce marketing strategies. You can also build meaningful e-commerce reports around the data that impact your business.
- Engage with buyers across email, WhatsApp, SMS, chat, and social media
- Sync all historical data from Shopify to contextually engage with customers
- Choose from pre-built e-commerce templates for multichannel marketing campaigns
- Automate social media posts on Instagram and Facebook to drive engagement
- Drag and drop marketing campaign builder with email, sms, web push & retargeting
- Powerful reporting dashboards with 30+ reports
- Deep data sync between your Shopify store and VBOUT including customers & orders
- AI powered with predictive email sending, AI content assistant and AI chatbot
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 |  Freshmarketer |  VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Freshmarketer | VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.7 ★ | 5.0 ★(ahead) |
| App Store reviews | 19(ahead) | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Freshmarketer | VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $18/month(ahead) | $100/month |
| Longest free trial | 21 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Freshmarketer | VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #172(ahead) | #211 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Mar 29, 2022 | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Freshworks | Vbout |
FAQ
Freshmarketer and VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing: common questions
- Is Freshmarketer or VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $18/month for Freshmarketer and $100/month for VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Which has better reviews, Freshmarketer or VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing?
- On the Shopify App Store: Freshmarketer 4.7 from 19 reviews and VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing 5.0 from 1 reviews.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Freshmarketer lists 41 the others don’t mention, such as Abandoned cart, AI generation, Analytics, Automations. 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 14, 2026 for Freshmarketer, Oct 13, 2026 for VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing; 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 14, 2026 for Freshmarketer, Oct 13, 2026 for VBOUT Ecommerce Marketing. 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.