Is Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat cheaper than AIM?

For most accounts under typical category usage, the answer depends on tier. Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat is in the freemium band (Free plan available), while AIM is freemium (Free plan available). At parity scale, the cheaper option can save 30–60% — but feature-for-feature swaps usually narrow the gap above the second tier.

Which alternative has the highest rating?

Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat 5.00★, CK: Abandoned cart on WhatsApp 5.00★, Zipchat AI Chatbot & Live Chat 5.00★. Audit scores are the better tiebreaker when ratings cluster — they reflect listing depth, screenshots, and description quality. Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat carries an audit score of 90/100.

Why isn't every option on this list?

This page surfaces 12 alternatives ranked by blended score. Apps just outside the top-12 typically have lower feature similarity (under 40%), thinner listings (audit under 65), or have flagged review-quality issues. If you have a specific app in mind, check the full Shopify catalog for its profile.

How is the ranking built?

Three signals, weighted: feature similarity (45%) from N-gram match against AIM's feature signature, audit + rating (35%) blending listing quality with rolling 90-day rating, and review velocity (20%) tracking 30-day review additions normalized by category baseline. We don't accept paid placement and we publish the rules so you can audit them yourself.

When was this ranking last updated?

This page rebuilds daily. Source data — AIM's listing and the 12 alternatives' listings — is scraped every 24 hours. Audit scores re-run on the same cadence. If a rating shifts more than 0.05★ overnight, that's a real change in the marketplace, not a model artifact.

Can I track AIM alongside its alternatives in AppRanks?

Yes — that's the dashboard product. Add up to 12 competitors to any app you track, and AppRanks will surface daily ranking deltas, ad activity, keyword overlap, and rating-curve divergence. The free tier covers 1 app + 3 competitors. Try free →

AIM alternatives — Shopify apps ranked by audit score

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AIM alternatives — Shopify apps ranked by audit score

SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

AIM versus the top 3.

Five rows, all loaded above the fold. Wins are highlighted; nothing's hidden behind a tab.

YOU'RE LEAVING

AIM

#1 in Chat

Rating—

Reviews0

Audit75/100

PricingFree plan available

Best forChat workflows

TOP PICK

Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat

#1 in Chat

Rating5.00★

Reviews455 ★

Audit90/100

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forChat workflows

RANK #2

CK: Abandoned cart on WhatsApp

#2 in Chat

Rating5.00★

Reviews275

Audit94/100 ★

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forChat workflows

RANK #3

Zipchat AI Chatbot & Live Chat

#3 in Chat

Rating5.00★

Reviews159

Audit93/100

PricingFree plan available

MatchNot measured

Best forChat workflows

	YOU'RE LEAVING AIM #1 in Chat	TOP PICK Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat #1 in Chat	RANK #2 CK: Abandoned cart on WhatsApp #2 in Chat	RANK #3 Zipchat AI Chatbot & Live Chat #3 in Chat
Average rating	—	5.00 (highest in this row)	5.00 (highest in this row)

Alternatives to AIM

Three you should evaluate first.

Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat

CK: Abandoned cart on WhatsApp

Zipchat AI Chatbot & Live Chat

AIM versus the top 3.

AIM

Moose AI Chatbot & Live Chat

CK: Abandoned cart on WhatsApp

Zipchat AI Chatbot & Live Chat

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9 more Shopify alternatives to AIM

How these alternatives are ranked

Four reasons people leave.

Pricing has outgrown your usage

You need a feature outside the focus

Support response has slowed you down

Your scale has changed since you picked

Answers built from the data.

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