Hoko AI Shopping Visibility vs ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Hoko AI Shopping Visibility, Oct 19, 2026 for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO.
The short answer
- Only ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Hoko AI Shopping Visibility and $29/month for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO.
- Hoko AI Shopping Visibility lists 5 features ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO’s listing doesn’t mention, including Audits, JSON-LD, Metadata optimization.
Head to head
Starter
- · 10 competitors tracked
- · 5 monitored products
- · Issue analysis
- · Weekly auto store visibility scan
Growth
- · 20 monitored products
- · 30 competitors tracked
- · Daily auto store visibility scan
- · Issue analysis
- · Step-by-step fix guidance
Free
- · Catalog and AI crawler checks with fixes
- · Check the prices and stock AI quotes
- · First scan of questions from your store
- · No card required
- · What AI said, on each product page
Starter
- · 10 questions, weekly on 5 AI assistants
- · 3 competitors
- · Weekly AI action report
Growth
- · 10 competitors
- · 25 questions, weekly on 5 AI assistants
- · Drop alerts after ~7 weeks of scans
- · In-app fixes after a preview
- · Weekly AI action report
Pro
- · 25 competitors
- · 50 questions, weekly on 5 AI assistants
- · Everything in Growth
- · Markets and languages, same budget
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShoppers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI assistants what to buy, and most stores have no idea whether they're being recommended or quietly skipped. Hoko shows whether your products are recommended, which competitors show up instead, and exactly what to fix. It's a simple, merchant-friendly visibility dashboard for AI shopping, built right into your Shopify admin.
Shoppers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews what to buy. ShelfSight asks them your customers' buying questions and reads the answers the assistants give, not a search preview: whether you're recommended, which rivals are named, the prices and stock quoted for your products, and the sources cited. Results are counts, with unsure answers left out.
- See whether AI recommends your products to shoppers
- Get visibility scores for your store and individual monitored products
- Improve visibility with step-by-step guidance for each issue
- Discover and track competitors appearing instead of you
- Visibility score per prompt and engine, reported as honest stability counts
- See the exact sources AI engines cite — and whether your store is on them
- Feed audit against AI shopping requirements with one-click preview fixes
- Weekly action report and drop alerts under a public methodology
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 |  Hoko AI Shopping Visibility |  ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Hoko AI Shopping Visibility | ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 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 | Hoko AI Shopping Visibility | ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $19/month(ahead) | $29/month |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | Hoko AI Shopping Visibility | ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #1109 | #1022(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Hoko App | Apps at Donnini |
FAQ
Hoko AI Shopping Visibility and ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO: common questions
- Is Hoko AI Shopping Visibility or ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO cheaper?
- Only ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Hoko AI Shopping Visibility and $29/month for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO. 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?
- Hoko AI Shopping Visibility lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Audits, JSON-LD, Metadata optimization, Page indexing. ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, SEO score. 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 13, 2026 for Hoko AI Shopping Visibility, Oct 19, 2026 for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO; 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 13, 2026 for Hoko AI Shopping Visibility, Oct 19, 2026 for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO. 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.