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| Metric | Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot | Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS |
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| Rating | 4.5 ★ | ★ 5.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 304 | 22 |
| Free plan | ★ Yes | — |
| Pricing | ★ Free plan available | From $40/month |
| Built for Shopify | — | — |
| Pricing tiers | 3 tiers | 3 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Languages | 5 supported | 1 supported |
| Listed since | Oct 2015 | Feb 2019 |
Based on the data on this page, Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS is the stronger choice for most Shopify App Store merchants — 5.0★ vs Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot's 4.5★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
On pricing, Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot offers a free tier (Free plan available) while Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS starts at From $40/month. For early-stage teams validating fit, the free-tier path lets you run the app on real workloads before committing budget.
Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot has the larger user base (304 reviews vs 22), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot's 304-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS's broader-but-shallower coverage.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot audit • Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS audit
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| email marketing sms | Not ranked | #4 |
| android ios | #6 | Not ranked |
| automated customer support | #7 | Not ranked |
| email and sms marketing integration | Not ranked | #9 |
| live chat | #12 | Not ranked |
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Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (Free plan available). Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS starts at From $40/month. Both publish their pricing on the Shopify App Store; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.
Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 22 reviews) compared to Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot (4.5★ from 304 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.5★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot has the deeper published review base (304 vs 22), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (304 reviews). Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (22 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. Chatra — Live Chat & Chatbot and Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Flashy: Email Marketing & SMS" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
