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Turn visitors into buyers with an AI chatbot app for your store. VanChat provides live support, proactive sales, and automates customer service. Install today!
Free plan available, paid plans from $19/month. Prices are the published USD list prices on the Shopify App Store and exclude usage charges.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Starter | $19/month |
| Advanced | $49/month |
| Pro | $99/month |
The ladder spans 5× from the cheapest paid plan to the most expensive, so the price you start on is unlikely to be the price you stay on — check which limit moves you up a tier.
Measured against the 342 reviewed apps in Chat, where it currently sits at #41 of 840 listings.
| VanChat AI Chatbot & Live Chat | Chat median | |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 | 5 |
| Reviews | 92 | 4 |
That is 23× the review volume of the typical app in this category — the rating is carrying a lot more evidence than most.
As of 1 September 2026, the last day we could crawl App Store search, VanChat AI Chatbot & Live Chat sat at #1 for “manychat”, and held a top-10 spot for 5 of the terms we tracked it on. These positions are no longer updated.
| Search term | Position | How contested |
|---|---|---|
| manychat | #1 | Approachable(34/100) |
| chat box | #2 | Approachable(38/100) |
| tidio | #2 | Approachable(33/100) |
| chatty | #3 | Approachable(35/100) |
| moose | #6 | Easy(0/100) |
| tidio live chat | #12 | Moderate(52/100) |
| customer service | #19 | Moderate(48/100) |
| chatbase | #21 | Moderate(52/100) |
The most-reviewed apps in Chat, with their current rating and entry price.
| App | Rating | Reviews | Price from | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shopify Inbox | 4.6 | 5,493 | — | compare |
| Chatty AI Chatbot & Live Chat | 4.9 | 1,795 | $19.99/mo | compare |
| Tidio ‑ Live Chat & AI Chatbot | 4.8 | 1,252 | $29/mo | compare |
| Pushdaddy Many Chat ,Cloud API | 4.3 | 957 | $2.99/mo | compare |
| Dondy: WhatsApp Marketing+Chat | 4.8 | 770 | $6.99/mo | compare |
| Gorgias: AI, Helpdesk & Chat | 4.2 | 618 | $10/mo | compare |
| Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat | 5 | 454 | $19/mo | compare |
| SmartBot: Leading AI Chatbot | 4.7 | 435 | $30/mo | compare |
Built by VanChat.
VanChat AI Chatbot & Live Chat has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per month. The free tier is normally capped on volume, so check the limit against what your store does today.
VanChat AI Chatbot & Live Chat publishes 4 plans: Free (free), Starter at $19/month, Advanced at $49/month, Pro at $99/month. These are list prices from the Shopify App Store and exclude any usage-based charges.
VanChat AI Chatbot & Live Chat holds 4.9 out of 5 from 92 merchant reviews. That is a small sample, so weigh the rating lightly — read the most recent reviews and judge the app on its features and support instead.
As of 1 September 2026 — the last day we could crawl App Store search — VanChat AI Chatbot & Live Chat sat at #1 for "manychat". Shopify disallowed crawling those pages in September 2026, so this position is not being updated.
The most-reviewed alternatives in Chat are Shopify Inbox, Chatty AI Chatbot & Live Chat and Tidio ‑ Live Chat & AI Chatbot. The comparison table above shows each one's rating, review count and entry price.
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