Shelf Ai vs Stakeout ‑ Price Monitoring
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Shelf Ai, Oct 13, 2026 for Stakeout.
The short answer
- Only Shelf Ai lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Shelf Ai and $19/month for Stakeout.
- Stakeout lists 6 features Shelf Ai’s listing doesn’t mention, including Benchmarking, Custom reports, Forecasting.
Head to head
Freemium
- · 3 peers, 3 products, weekly updates
Basic
- · 3 peers, 50 products, 3x update/week
Shelf Pro
- · Unlimited - Products & Updates & Support
Monitor
- · Configurable localized Amazon location
- · Configurable localized Google Shopping
- · Daily automated reports (timezone aware)
- · Track up to 5 products
Analyze
- · Configurable localized Amazon location
- · Configurable localized Google Shopping
- · Daily automated reports (timezone aware)
- · Historical Trends Graph
- · Track up to 25 products
Optimize
- · Configurable localized Amazon location
- · Configurable localized Google Shopping
- · Daily automated reports (timezone aware)
- · Historical Trends Graph
- · Track up to 50 products
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureYour 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.
Stakeout monitors competitor prices on Amazon, Google Shopping and normal Google search results so you always know where you stand. Search via Product title or UPC / EAN / Barcode. Get daily reports delivered automatically, spot price drops the moment they happen, and track pricing trends over time. No complex rules to configure, no repricing engine to babysit.
- 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.
- Auto-discovery of competitor listings and prices across major retailers
- Track prices across Amazon and Google Shopping from one dashboard
- Continuous price monitoring alerts you to competitor pricing adjustments.
- See price history trends with visual charts to spot patterns over time
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 |  Shelf Ai |  Stakeout |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Shelf Ai | Stakeout |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
FAQ
Shelf Ai and Stakeout: common questions
- Is Shelf Ai or Stakeout cheaper?
- Only Shelf Ai lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/month for Shelf Ai and $19/month for Stakeout. 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?
- Shelf Ai lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as AI insights, Analytics dashboard, Custom dashboards, Real-time tracking. Stakeout lists 6 the others don’t mention, such as Benchmarking, Custom reports, Forecasting, Historical analysis. 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 14, 2026 for Shelf Ai, Oct 13, 2026 for Stakeout; 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 14, 2026 for Shelf Ai, Oct 13, 2026 for Stakeout. 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.