vyg.ai | Unified Commerce vs iCortex

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 vyg.ai, Oct 14, 2026 for iCortex.

The short answer

  • Paid plans start at $199/month for vyg.ai and $27.50/month for iCortex.
  • iCortex lists 13 features vyg.ai’s listing doesn’t mention, including Auto-notifications, Cart recovery, Email reminders.

Head to head

Detected stores

vyg.ai: 279
iCortex: —

App Store reviews

vyg.ai: 81
iCortex: —

New reviews, 28 days

vyg.ai: 1
iCortex: —

Stores added, 28 days

vyg.ai: 12
iCortex: —
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Pitch

SMS Marketing + Text Message Abandoned Cart Recovery

Sell More by Recovering Carts and Artificial Intelligence!

Categories
  • Abandoned cart
  • Analytics
  • Abandoned cart
  • Analytics
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • English
  • Portuguese (Brazil)
Launched
Jan 14, 2021
Jul 28, 2020
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
2 last full month
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Detected stores
279active installs
  • The GLD Shop
  • Posh Peanut
  • Aroma360
  • HEMPER
  • Puffco
+274 more
0active installs
Most common store size
11-50 products34%
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Top countries
  • United States77%
  • Canada6%
  • Australia2%
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Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

0510JulSepJanJulOctAprMayvyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 8 reviews in July 2024vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 3 reviews in August 2024vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 1 reviews in September 2024vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 1 reviews in November 2024vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 1 reviews in January 2025vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 1 reviews in April 2025vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 1 reviews in July 2025vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 2 reviews in September 2025vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 1 reviews in October 2025vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 2 reviews in December 2025vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 2 reviews in April 2026vyg.ai | Unified Commerce: 2 reviews in May 2026
vyg.aiiCortexCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $199 to $499/month
From $27.50 to $259/month
Plans
Growth$199/month
30-day free trial+10% of the revenue generated by us
  • · Dedicated Phone Number
  • · Live Agents
  • · Unique Discount Codes
Pro$499/month
30-day free trial+5% of the revenue generated by us
  • · Cart Segmentation
  • · Dedicated Phone Number
  • · Live Agents
  • · Unique Discount Codes
Business Creative$27.50/month
15-day free trial$5.50 per 1,000 additional Profiles.
  • · Capacity for up to 5,000 Global Profiles
  • · Hyper-Realistic Lifestyle Engine Scenes
  • · Revenue Recovery Prime + WhatsApp & SMS.
  • · Simultaneous Omnichannel Campaigns.
Growth Architect$87/month
15-day free trial$17.40 per 5,000 additional Profiles.
  • · Autonomous Messaging + Lifestyle Scenes
  • · Infrastructure for 25,000 Profiles
  • · Predictive Cortex: Intent Analysis.
  • · iCortex Smart Routing. Intelligent Node
Elite Intelligence$259/month
15-day free trial$25.90 per 10,000 additional Profiles.
  • · 200 High-Fidelity Creative Scenes.
  • · 4K Hyper-Realistic - Studio Quality.
  • · 500 High-Visibility & High-Impact SMS.
  • · Capacity for 100,000 Global Profiles.
  • · iCortex Hyper-Segmentation Protocol.
Coverage
14 of 27 features52%
16 of 27 features59%
Unique strengths
  • A/B testing
  • Activity tracking
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Checkout analytics
  • +7 more
  • Auto-notifications
  • Cart recovery
  • Email reminders
  • Geolocation
  • +9 more
Abandoned cart
64%7/11
64%7/11
Cart recovery
57%4/7
71%5/7
Display options
75%3/4
50%2/4
Analytics
100%7/7
0%0/7
Customer behavior
100%3/3
0%0/3
Marketing and sales
100%3/3
0%0/3
Visuals and reports
100%1/1
0%0/1
Web push
0%0/9
100%9/9
Notification types
0%0/5
100%5/5
Subscriber management
0%0/4
100%4/4
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vyg.aiiCortex27 features listed across both App Store listings

Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.

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Integrations

vyg.ai4.8(81)iCortexNo rating yet
Works with also listed by another
  • Checkout
  • ReCharge
  • zipify
  • one click upsell
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How it sells itself

vyg.ai is the unified commerce layer for Shopify brands — one profile per customer, built from every order, conversation, and on-site signal. Orders, checkouts, SMS and email conversations, browsing behavior: all of it collapses into a single customer timeline instead of a dozen disconnected tools.

Evolve your e-commerce infrastructure into a High-Fidelity Engineering ecosystem. iCortex™ is a Data Orchestration Architecture designed for brands demanding technical sovereignty and predictive precision. Eliminate sensory blindness via Predictive Cortex™ analyzing real-time mouse kinematics and scroll depth.

Key points
  • Live agents engage in real-time SMS conversations with your customers.
  • Configure Workflows triggered by abandoned carts with custom conditions.
  • Use existing FAQs to populate your Knowledge Base to inform agents.
  • Unique one-time discount codes are generated for each customer.
  • Abandoned Cart Recovery (Automatic notifications)
  • Remember Forgotten Products in the Cart
  • Remember Products Viewed. (Artificial Intelligence).
Screenshots
LiveRecover SMS marketing abandoned cart live human texts
Reporting for abandoned cart recovery with live human SMSSMS marketing text convo from LiveRecover live human textingPlus segmentation custom rules sms marketing abandoned cart
Send Notifications Easily. Graphic and intuitive panel!
Create an Automatic Sequence. Sent to each new subscriberSend Notifications Easily. Graphic and intuitive panel!One Click Subscription!

Installed with

vyg.ai4.8(81)iCortexNo rating yet

All the numbers

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A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.

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Adoption

Measurevyg.aiiCortex
Detected stores279as of Nov 8, 2026Not published
Net store change, 28 days+12estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 days12new and returningNot enough data
Big-brand share36%of stores of known sizeNot enough data
Top store categoriesApparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & GardenNot published
Top store countriesUnited States, Canada, AustraliaNot published

Reviews

Measurevyg.aiiCortex
App Store rating4.8 ★Not published
App Store reviews81Not published
New reviews, 28 days1Not enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

Measurevyg.aiiCortex
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$199/month$27.50/month(ahead)
Longest free trial30 days15 days
Plans listed23

Listing

Measurevyg.aiiCortex
Shopify category rank#154in Analytics#273in Abandoned cart
Shopify App Charts#6 on Featured by Shopify in AnalyticsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJan 14, 2021Jul 28, 2020
Languages1English3Spanish, English, Portuguese (Brazil)
DeveloperLiveRecoverPGS Technology

FAQ

vyg.ai and iCortex: common questions

Is vyg.ai or iCortex cheaper?
Paid plans start at $199/month for vyg.ai and $27.50/month for iCortex. 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?
vyg.ai lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as A/B testing, Activity tracking, Analytics dashboard, Checkout analytics. iCortex lists 13 the others don’t mention, such as Auto-notifications, Cart recovery, Email reminders, Geolocation. 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 vyg.ai, Oct 14, 2026 for iCortex; 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 vyg.ai, Oct 14, 2026 for iCortex. 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.