Lightbox ‑ AI Product Images vs PandaPix
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Nov 6, 2026 for Lightbox, Oct 14, 2026 for PandaPix.
The short answer
- Only Lightbox lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lightbox and $9.99/month for PandaPix.
- Lightbox lists 3 features PandaPix’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, Auto-optimization, Custom backgrounds.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 3 AI blog posts per month
- · 3 free models
- · 3 free presets
- · 5 product image generations per month
- · Bulk image generation
- · Generate directly within admin pages
Starter
- · 20 AI blog posts per month
- · 50 product image generations per month
- · All built-in presets
- · Bulk image generation
- · Custom presets & models
- · Generate directly within admin pages
Plus
- · 100 product image generations per month
- · 40 AI blog posts per month
- · All built-in presets & models
- · Bulk image generation
- · Custom presets & models
- · Generate directly within admin pages
Pro
- · 100 AI blog posts a month
- · 250 product image generations per month
- · 4K resolution
- · All built-in presets & models
- · Bulk image generation
- · Custom presets & models
Ultimate
- · 1000 product image generations per month
- · 250 AI blog posts a month
- · 4K resolution
- · All built-in presets
- · Bulk image generation
- · Custom presets & models
Free trial
Starter
Pro
Business
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureLightbox is an AI product photo generator built into your Shopify admin. Turn any product image into sharp, consistent, on-brand photography in seconds. Use AI bulk image generation to create photos for entire catalogs, new variants, and collections at once. Pick from ready-to-use presets for backgrounds, lighting, and lifestyle scenes, with no prompts or editing skills needed.
New product photos usually mean booking a shoot, setting up scenes, and paying for edits. PandaPix gives Shopify merchants a faster way to create polished AI product images for product pages, launches, and campaigns. Start with a quick product shot or a Shopify product image, choose a studio, white-background, or lifestyle direction, generate options, and publish the approved results back to product media.
- Generate stunning detailed images featuring your shop's products
- Maintain consistent visuals with advanced AI that learns from existing images
- Access from directly within the Shopify product and variant admin pages.
- Create polished product photos for launches, ads, and product pages.
- Turn quick product shots into studio, lifestyle, or white-background scenes.
- Use custom prompts to shape scenes, props, lighting, and mood.
- Review AI results before publishing approved images to Shopify media.
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 |  Lightbox |  PandaPix |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Lightbox | PandaPix |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 4.4 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 28 | 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
Lightbox and PandaPix: common questions
- Is Lightbox or PandaPix cheaper?
- Only Lightbox lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for Lightbox and $9.99/month for PandaPix. 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?
- Lightbox lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, Auto-optimization, Custom backgrounds. PandaPix lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Quality control. 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 6, 2026 for Lightbox, Oct 14, 2026 for PandaPix; 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 6, 2026 for Lightbox, Oct 14, 2026 for PandaPix. 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.