Seam AI Analytics vs Shelf Ai
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 Seam AI Analytics, Oct 14, 2026 for Shelf Ai.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $6/month for Seam AI Analytics and $10/month for Shelf Ai.
- Seam AI Analytics lists 10 features Shelf Ai’s listing doesn’t mention, including Activity tracking, Checkout analytics, Cohort analysis.
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
- · Daily Insight Emails
- · Feed with seam history
- · Shareable insight images
- · Standard AI model
Pro
- · Advanced AI Models
- · Daily Insight Emails
- · Deeper Analysis
- · Priority support
- · Team Accounts
- · Tone of voice customization
Freemium
- · 3 peers, 3 products, weekly updates
Basic
- · 3 peers, 50 products, 3x update/week
Shelf Pro
- · Unlimited - Products & Updates & Support
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMost analytics apps give you another dashboard to check. Seam goes the other way. Every day, it analyzes your last 24 hours of orders, customers, products, and traffic, finds the one change worth knowing about, and emails it to you in plain language at the time you choose. There is no setup, no configuration, and no reports to build.
Your competitive landscape shifts every week. Shelf tracks it — monitoring peer promotions, SKUs, and marketing activity daily. Shelf's AI surfaces observations directly in your admin. Know when competitors discount and by how much. What most merchants spend hours on weekly, Shelf handles automatically. Protect your margin by acting on real intelligence instead of gut feel.
- Analyzes orders, customers, products, and traffic to find patterns you might mis
- Delivers a concise, actionable summary to your inbox daily
- No setup or configuration required
- Daily competitor monitoring across promotions, SKU's, and marketing stats.
- Ai assisted peer competitor insights and analysis.
- One-click Sidekick integration to act on any competitive signal.
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 |  Seam AI Analytics |  Shelf Ai |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Seam AI Analytics | Shelf Ai |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 3 | 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 | Seam AI Analytics | Shelf Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $6/month(ahead) | $10/month |
| Longest free trial | Not listed | 42 days |
| Plans listed | 2 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Seam AI Analytics | Shelf Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #279(ahead) | #719 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 5, 2026 | May 18, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Banana for Scale AS | Prima Digital |
FAQ
Seam AI Analytics and Shelf Ai: common questions
- Is Seam AI Analytics or Shelf Ai cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $6/month for Seam AI Analytics and $10/month for Shelf Ai. 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?
- Seam AI Analytics lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as Activity tracking, Checkout analytics, Cohort analysis, Custom reports. Shelf Ai lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as AI insights. 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 Seam AI Analytics, Oct 14, 2026 for Shelf Ai; 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 Seam AI Analytics, Oct 14, 2026 for Shelf Ai. 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.