ShelfScore vs ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO
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 ShelfScore, Oct 19, 2026 for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for ShelfScore and $29/month for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO.
- ShelfScore lists 10 features ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO’s listing doesn’t mention, including ALT text, Audits, JSON-LD.
Head to head
Free
- · Composite AI visibility score
- · Full store AI readiness audit
- · No credit card required
- · Top 3 priority fixes
Starter
- · 14-day free trial
- · Bot Access, Schema, Data sub-scores
- · Full score history tracking
- · Full store AI readiness audit
- · Per-product audit results
- · Priority fixes by recoverable points
Growth
- · 14-day free trial
- · Continuous monitoring with alerts
- · Everything in Starter
- · Multi-store support up to 5 stores
- · Priority queue for re-audits
- · Schema markup depth analysis
Agency
- · 14-day free trial
- · Bulk audit scheduling
- · Centralized agency dashboard
- · Client-ready exports
- · Everything in Growth
- · Priority email support
Free
- · Catalog and AI crawler checks with fixes
- · Check the prices and stock AI quotes
- · First scan of questions from your store
- · No card required
- · What AI said, on each product page
Starter
- · 10 questions, weekly on 5 AI assistants
- · 3 competitors
- · Weekly AI action report
Growth
- · 10 competitors
- · 25 questions, weekly on 5 AI assistants
- · Drop alerts after ~7 weeks of scans
- · In-app fixes after a preview
- · Weekly AI action report
Pro
- · 25 competitors
- · 50 questions, weekly on 5 AI assistants
- · Everything in Growth
- · Markets and languages, same budget
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAI shopping engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI, and Claude now recommend products directly to buyers. If they can't read your store, they can't recommend you. ShelfScore audits the three layers AI engines use: - Bot access (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) - Schema markup (JSON-LD against schema.org) - Product data quality (GTIN, descriptions, images, shipping, returns) One score, 0 to…
Shoppers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews what to buy. ShelfSight asks them your customers' buying questions and reads the answers the assistants give, not a search preview: whether you're recommended, which rivals are named, the prices and stock quoted for your products, and the sources cited. Results are counts, with unsure answers left out.
- Audit AI crawler access for GPTBot, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI
- Check JSON-LD schema completeness on every product in your catalog
- Score product data quality against fields AI shopping engines need
- Get ranked fixes ordered by recoverable points so you fix what matters
- Visibility score per prompt and engine, reported as honest stability counts
- See the exact sources AI engines cite — and whether your store is on them
- Feed audit against AI shopping requirements with one-click preview fixes
- Weekly action report and drop alerts under a public methodology
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 |  ShelfScore |  ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ShelfScore | ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ShelfScore | ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $49/month | $29/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| Plans listed | 4 | 4 |
Listing
| Measure | ShelfScore | ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #1007(ahead) | #1022 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | May 18, 2026 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | ShelfScore | Apps at Donnini |
FAQ
ShelfScore and ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO: common questions
- Is ShelfScore or ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $49/month for ShelfScore and $29/month for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO. 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?
- ShelfScore lists 10 the others don’t mention, such as ALT text, Audits, JSON-LD, Meta tags. ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, Analytics, Competitor 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 ShelfScore, Oct 19, 2026 for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO; 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 ShelfScore, Oct 19, 2026 for ShelfSight AI Visibility & AEO. 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.