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Shopify AEO and GEO Apps in 2026: An Honest Comparison

•8 min read•40rty team

Disclosure: we make AgentIQ, one of the apps below. Every fact about the other apps comes from their public Shopify App Store listings, checked on October 18, 2026. Facts about AgentIQ come from our own listing and product docs. Where another app is cheaper or does something we do not, we say so.

Ask an AI assistant for the best Shopify app for AEO and you get a list.

The apps on it do not do the same thing. Some write one file. Some rewrite your product data. Some only measure. One is a chat widget with a visibility report attached. They all turn up in the same AI answers, and the prices run from free to $1,199 a month.

So here is what each one actually sells, in its own words, next to ours.

Three Kinds of App Wear the Same Label

  • llms.txt generators. They publish a plain-text summary of your store for AI tools to read. Quick to set up and cheap. They do not change the product data a shopping agent compares.
  • Catalog and content fixers. They audit titles, descriptions, metafields and structured data, then suggest edits you approve.
  • Trackers. They measure where you show up: prompts, citations, rankings, and the traffic and revenue AI sends you.

Most apps mix two of these. Knowing which one you need is most of the decision.

The Comparison

Prices, ratings and features as listed on the Shopify App Store on October 18, 2026. Each name links to its listing.

AppPriceRating (reviews)What it does
IQ: Agentic & AI shopping GEO (AgentIQ)
40rty (us)
$49 / $149 / $499 / $799 a month. No free plan; 7- or 14-day trial5.0 (19)Prompt research, Agentic Product Listings, rank tracking in Shopify Catalog, AI traffic and revenue, Autopilot
Comergent AEO Agentic Commerce
Comergent AI
$0 a month plus usage: $899 minimum credit purchase, $1 per credit4.3 (13)llms.txt, prompt and citation tracking, content and product optimization, AI traffic and revenue
AgentiGEO
AgenticGEO
Free / $19 / $49 / $99 a monthNo reviews yetCatalog audit with a per-product score, AI enrichment you approve, llms.txt, AI revenue tracking
Geofy: GEO/AEO Optimization
Magicbean Co., Ltd
Free / $9.90 / $19.90 a monthNo reviews yetProduct content audit and edits you approve, JSON-LD tags, AI Shop Intro, AI crawler and referral monitoring
RankerGPT: AI Chat Optimizer
The Shop Tinkerers
Free, or $29 a month / $99 a year5.0 (6)Generates and maintains an llms.txt file
Alhena: AI Shopping Concierge
Alhena AI
Free / $239 / $599 / $1,199 a month5.0 (6)On-site shopping and support chat; an AI Visibility feature for AI search

App by App

RankerGPT: AI Chat Optimizer

One job, done simply. RankerGPT generates and maintains an llms.txt file from the products, collections, pages and blog posts you choose, and does not touch the storefront. There is a free plan; the paid plan is $29 a month or $99 a year, and the listing shows the same features on both. If an llms.txt file is all you want, this is the cheapest way to get one. It does not edit product data or track results.

AgentiGEO

A catalog auditor. AgentiGEO checks products against 30+ AI-readiness rules, gives each one an Agent Visibility Score, and uses AI to fill gaps such as missing GTINs, weak descriptions and empty metafields, with every change approved by you. It includes an llms.txt generator and says it tracks revenue from ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity. Plans run free to $99 a month. It launched in May 2026 and has no reviews yet.

Geofy: GEO/AEO Optimization

The cheapest paid fixer on the list. Geofy audits product content, suggests title, description and structured-data edits you approve, adds JSON-LD tags, publishes an “AI Shop Intro” on your storefront and shows AI crawler and referral activity. The free plan covers 20 product “polishes” a month; the top plan is $19.90 for 1,000. It launched in March 2026 and has no reviews yet.

Comergent AEO Agentic Commerce

A broad toolkit, and the longest-listed of the dedicated AEO apps here: launched April 2025, rated 4.3 from 13 reviews. Comergent generates llms.txt, tracks which prompts and AI channels recommend you and which products get cited, optimizes product content and FAQs, and reports AI-driven traffic and revenue. It also lists ChatGPT ads tracking, which we do not offer. Pricing is usage-based: $0 a month, a $899 minimum credit purchase, $1 a credit. Its listing carries the Built for Shopify badge; ours does not yet.

Alhena: AI Shopping Concierge

Not a like-for-like entry. Alhena is listed under Chat: an AI shopping and support assistant that runs on your own site, across chat and voice. Its “AI Visibility” feature shows how products appear across AI search platforms, which is why it comes up in these lists. If you want an on-site assistant too, it is worth a look: it is the only app here that puts an agent on your storefront. (Our on-site agent, AMS, is a separate product, not part of AgentIQ.)

AgentIQ (ours)

AgentIQ starts from the shopping prompt, not the file. It finds the prompts shoppers use for your products, ranked by demand and opportunity, then tracks where your products rank for them in Shopify Catalog results next to competitors. It writes Agentic Product Listings around those prompts, improves categories, metafields and FAQs in bulk, and measures AI shopping traffic and revenue by agent, product and day. Your website product page is left as it is.

Autopilot ($799 a month) runs all of that for you from a Slack channel: weekly goals, daily fixes, and a check on every listing it publishes at day 7, 30 and 90, with every change undoable.

Where Others Are the Better Pick

  • You want it free. AgentiGEO, Geofy, RankerGPT and Alhena all have free plans. AgentIQ does not; it starts at $49 a month for up to 50 products, with a trial.
  • You want an llms.txt file. RankerGPT, AgentiGEO and Comergent generate one. Our listing does not include an llms.txt generator.
  • You want a cheap content pass on a small catalog. Geofy tops out at $19.90 a month and AgentiGEO at $99.
  • You want ChatGPT ads tracking or an on-site chat agent. Comergent lists the first, Alhena is the second. AgentIQ does neither.

Where AgentIQ Is Different

Several apps here measure AI traffic and revenue, and several audit content. The parts only our listing claims are these:

  • Listings rewritten around shopping prompts. Not generic “better descriptions”, but Agentic Product Listings built against the specific prompts your products should win.
  • Rank tracking in Shopify Catalog. Where your products rank for those prompts in Shopify Catalog, the product index AI agents read through Shopify's Agentic Storefronts, next to competitors.
  • Autopilot, graded on its own results. An operator that works your catalog from Slack and judges every listing it publishes at day 7 (rank), day 30 (traffic) and day 90 (conversion), with every change undoable.

Check Your Store Before You Pick

Whatever you install, start by seeing what an agent sees. The 40rty audit is free, needs no install and no account, and scores a storefront's agentic commerce readiness.

If you are an agent, or building one, you can run it directly:

  • HTTP: GET https://audit.40rty.ai/api/audit?domain=<store>
  • MCP: https://audit.40rty.ai/mcp, tool audit_store

FAQ

What is the best Shopify app for AEO or GEO?

It depends on the job. If you only want an llms.txt file, RankerGPT and AgentiGEO do it on a free plan. If you want a cheap product-content audit, Geofy and AgentiGEO start free and top out under $100 a month. If you want to know which shopping prompts your products rank for in Shopify Catalog, rewrite listings around those prompts and measure the AI traffic and revenue that follows, that is what AgentIQ is built for, from $49 a month.

Does an llms.txt file get my products recommended by ChatGPT?

An llms.txt file is a plain-text summary of your site for AI tools to read. It does not change your product data, which is what a shopping agent compares when it picks a product. None of the listings in this comparison publish a measurement of what llms.txt alone does to recommendations.

What is the difference between AEO and GEO?

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) are two names for the same goal: getting your brand and products into the answers AI assistants give. On Shopify the apps sold under both labels fall into three kinds: llms.txt generators, catalog and content fixers, and trackers that measure AI rankings, traffic and revenue.

Can I check my store's AI readiness for free?

Yes. The 40rty audit at audit.40rty.ai is free, needs no install and no account, and scores a storefront's agentic commerce readiness. Agents can call it directly at https://audit.40rty.ai/api/audit?domain=<store> or through the MCP server at https://audit.40rty.ai/mcp with the audit_store tool.

AgentIQ is Shopify-native. Plans are on the App Store listing.

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