Hivebee AI vs Inops – AI Search & Discovery
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 8, 2026 for Hivebee AI, Oct 13, 2026 for Inops.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $49/month for Hivebee AI and $69/month for Inops.
- Hivebee AI lists 11 features Inops’s listing doesn’t mention, including Autocomplete, Behavior insights, Conversion tracking.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Freemium
- · 100 AI searches per month
- · Answers in English & German
- · Realtime search refinement
- · Standard AI — solid search results
- · Understands typos & vague queries
- · Widget & search bar integration
Premium
- · 300 AI searches per month
- · Advanced AI — smarter, more accurate
- · Advanced analytics & revenue insights
- · All languages supported
- · Everything in Freemium, plus:
- · Faster search responses
Business
- · 1000 AI searches per month
- · Custom widget and search bar
- · Dedicated Account Manager
- · Everything in Premium, plus:
Starter
- · 1500 products
- · 2-minute traffic bursts supported
- · 50k searches
- · 60 searches / min
Growth
- · 120 searches / min
- · 2-minute traffic bursts supported
- · 250k searches
- · 5,000 products
Pro
- · 15k products
- · 2-minute traffic bursts supported
- · 240 searches / min
- · 500k searches
Scale
- · 1m searches
- · 2-minute traffic bursts supported
- · 25k products
- · 460 searches / min
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureHiveBee adds AI understanding to your store’s search. Shoppers type full sentences or partial details in any language, ask follow-up questions and get matching products, even with no exact match. Use it as a chat assistant, as an upgrade to your existing search bar, or both – installed via theme app extension, no code.
Inops replaces keyword search with AI that understands what customers mean. "Sneakers" finds "athletic shoes" automatically. Typos like "jackt" still find "jacket." Boost products for campaigns without breaking search quality. Boosts work as tiebreakers within relevant results — not overrides that push everything else down.
- Conversational product discovery with follow-up queries.
- Context-aware sessions within a single search flow with fallback search.
- Automatic language detection and multilingual support!
- AI-powered search that understands shopper intent and finds relevant products
- Product and brand boosting to influence visibility based on business priorities
- Campaign management and analytics to review discovery performance over time
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 |  Hivebee AI |  Inops |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hivebee AI | Inops |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 12 | 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 | Hivebee AI | Inops |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month(ahead) | $69/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Hivebee AI | Inops |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #25 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Feb 3, 2026 | Dec 24, 2025 |
| Languages | 1 | 2 |
| Developer | Rankskipper | Reef Digital Services GmbH |
FAQ
Hivebee AI and Inops: common questions
- Is Hivebee AI or Inops cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $49/month for Hivebee AI and $69/month for Inops. 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?
- Hivebee AI lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as Autocomplete, Behavior insights, Conversion tracking, Custom dashboards. Inops lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Custom ranking, Product boosts, Search bar. 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 8, 2026 for Hivebee AI, Oct 13, 2026 for Inops; 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 8, 2026 for Hivebee AI, Oct 13, 2026 for Inops. 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.