Side-by-side comparison
Connect with customers instantly using a floating WA chat button on your storefront.
| Metric | Floating Chat Button | Shopify Inbox |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.3 ★ | ★ 4.5 ★ |
| Total reviews | 4 | ★ 5.8k |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free plan available | Free plan available |
| Pricing tiers | 3 tiers | — |
| Listed features | ★ 5 | 4 |
| Featured placements | — | 4 |
On the measured data here, Shopify Inbox leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick Floating Chat Button if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: Floating Chat Button audit • Shopify Inbox audit
| Field | Floating Chat Button | Shopify Inbox |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 85/100 listing audit | 85/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
| Languages | 1 supported | 21 supported |
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| Listed since | Jul 2025 | Aug 2019 |
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| Keyword | Floating Chat Button | Shopify Inbox |
|---|---|---|
| chat button | #13 | #20 |
| chat | #81 | #2 |
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| Signal | Floating Chat Button | Shopify Inbox |
|---|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.3 ★ (4) | 4.5 ★ (5.8k) |
Review text isn't collected for this app yet (4 reviews on the marketplace).
Very Disappointing Update – Not User Friendly The latest Shopify Inbox update is a major step backward. It feels completely unintuitive and has removed the basic navigation and menu options that made the app useful. There is no proper navigation, no easy menu for finding instant answers, and basic functionalities are u
App is good, but I can't wrap my head around why such forward thinking company as Shopify don't have an API, don't allow to respond by email. I want to use my agent to manage my customer service not yours. This is multichannel world and I do have my own trained agent and I don't need yours.
Good getting better
Both Floating Chat Button and Shopify Inbox offer a free plan. Floating Chat Button lists no paid plan with a published price; Shopify Inbox lists no paid plan with a published price. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
Shopify Inbox has the higher average rating (4.5★ from 5,819 reviews) compared to Floating Chat Button (4.3★ from 4 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Shopify Inbox holds the higher average rating (4.5★ vs 4.3★). 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. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Shopify Inbox has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (5,819 vs 4).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: Floating Chat Button has 4 published reviews; Shopify Inbox has 5,819 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Floating Chat Button and Shopify Inbox 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 Floating Chat Button" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.