ShopAudit vs StoreHQ: SEO & AEO Audit
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 ShopAudit, Oct 14, 2026 for StoreHQ.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for ShopAudit and $19/month for StoreHQ.
- StoreHQ lists 9 features ShopAudit’s listing doesn’t mention, including 404 pages, Content analysis, Duplicate content.
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
- · 1 audit per month
- · PDF report
- · SEO
- · broken-link
- · price
- · stock
Starter
- · 4 audits per month
- · Full AI: vision + heatmaps
- · PDF report, no watermark
- · Unlimited 1-click fixes
- · Up to 60 pages
Growth
- · AI store audit + 24/7 monitoring for SEO
- · Benchmark 1 competitor
- · Full AI + bulk fixes
- · Priority support
- · Unlimited audits
- · Up to 150 pages Full AI
Pro
- · AI store audit + 24/7 monitoring for SEO
- · Benchmark 3 competitors
- · Branded PDF + multi-store
- · Bulk AI fixes
- · Unlimited audits
- · Up to 300 pages
Free
- · 1 lifetime scan
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
- · Scores and prioritized issues
- · Up to 50 pages per scan
Starter
- · 2 rescans per month
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
- · Scores and prioritized issues
- · Up to 250 pages per scan
Growth
- · 5 rescans per month
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Custom page allocation by type
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
- · Scores and prioritized issues
Pro
- · 10 rescans per month
- · Affected pages and fix guidance
- · Custom page allocation by type
- · Full-store SEO and AEO audits
- · Hand-pick exact URLs to audit
- · Rendered HTML and crawler checks
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShopAudit runs a complete audit of your store and shows what's hurting your sales. It checks SEO, page speed (Core Web Vitals), product images, broken links, pricing, stock and real checkout tests, then scores your store across five categories. AI pinpoints the highest-impact issues and writes ready-to-apply fixes for missing meta descriptions and image alt text — apply them in one click.
StoreHQ runs a full, read-only technical SEO and AEO audit of your Shopify store - no edits, ever - checking readiness for Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and other AI search engines. Scan titles, meta descriptions, headings, alt text, JSON-LD structured data, internal links, canonicals, crawlability, robots.txt, llms.txt, agents.md, sitemaps, and redirects.
- Complete audit: SEO, speed, images, broken links, pricing, stock & checkout
- Clear scores across 5 categories with prioritized recommendations
- One-click AI fixes for missing meta descriptions and image alt text
- Benchmark your store's scores against direct competitors
- Run a full-store SEO and AEO audit from Shopify admin in one scan.
- Compare admin SEO fields with what your live storefront pages render.
- Check robots.txt, sitemap coverage, agents.md, llms.txt for crawler readiness.
- See SEO and AEO scores with issues grouped by severity and category.
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 |  ShopAudit |  StoreHQ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ShopAudit | StoreHQ |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 6 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
ShopAudit and StoreHQ: common questions
- Is ShopAudit or StoreHQ cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for ShopAudit and $19/month for StoreHQ. 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?
- ShopAudit lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Metadata optimization, Speed analysis. StoreHQ lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as 404 pages, Content analysis, Duplicate content, Insights and tips. 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 ShopAudit, Oct 14, 2026 for StoreHQ; 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 ShopAudit, Oct 14, 2026 for StoreHQ. 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.