SearchMention: ChatGPT SEO vs Sonari: AI Revenue Intel
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 27, 2026 for SearchMention, Oct 13, 2026 for Sonari.
The short answer
- Only SearchMention lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for SearchMention and $19/month for Sonari.
- Sonari lists 6 features SearchMention’s listing doesn’t mention, including Activity tracking, Forecasting, Marketing attribution.
Head to head
Free
- · AI visits for 30 days
- · Brands AI picks instead of you
- · ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews
- · Find what blocks AI on 100 products
- · One audit of 15 shopper questions
- · What AI agents see in Shopify Catalog
Starter
- · 30 shopper questions, twice a week
- · ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews
- · Find what blocks AI on 1,000 products
- · Full history of AI visits
- · Prices AI quotes, checked vs your store
- · Shopify Catalog rank on every question
Growth
- · 4 AI assistants: adds Gemini, Perplexity
- · 50 shopper questions, twice a week
- · Find what blocks AI on 5,000 products
- · Full history of AI visits
- · Prices AI quotes, checked vs your store
- · Priority support
Starter
Growth
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShoppers ask ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews what to buy, and the answer names only a few products. SearchMention asks the questions your shoppers ask about products like yours and shows each answer: whether it mentions you, which brands it picks instead, the pages it used, and any price it got wrong. See what AI shopping agents read about each product in Shopify Catalog, and its rank.
Most Shopify stores are invisible to AI shopping assistants. Sonari shows you exactly where and how to fix it. Test whether ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini recommend your products for real shopping queries. When a competitor wins instead, Sonari identifies them and generates specific fixes with exact text you can paste into your listings.
- See if ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity recommend your products to shoppers
- See which brands AI recommends when shoppers search for products like yours
- Find issues blocking AI from reading your products and get prioritized fixes
- Track shoppers who click through from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity
- Track revenue from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, and Grok
- Test if AI recommends your products for real shopping queries
- See which competitor wins and get exact fixes to beat them
- Audit product data quality across 8 dimensions AI assistants use
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 |  SearchMention |  Sonari |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SearchMention | Sonari |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | SearchMention | Sonari |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $29/month | $19/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 30 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 3 | 2 |
Listing
| Measure | SearchMention | Sonari |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #684 | #1354 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 21, 2026 | May 28, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Remmote Labs LLC | Sonari |
FAQ
SearchMention and Sonari: common questions
- Is SearchMention or Sonari cheaper?
- Only SearchMention lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for SearchMention and $19/month for Sonari. 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?
- SearchMention lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Benchmarking, Historical analysis. Sonari lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Activity tracking, Forecasting, Marketing attribution, Pixel tracking. 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 27, 2026 for SearchMention, Oct 13, 2026 for Sonari; 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 27, 2026 for SearchMention, Oct 13, 2026 for Sonari. 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.