Motive vs Shopify Search
Quickly compare features, pricing and privacy for Motive and Shopify Search and Discovery.
Is Shopify Search & Discovery's AI actually free?
Shopify Search & Discovery is free to install. Its AI isn't.
Semantic search — the part that understands what a shopper means, not just what they typed — only works on Shopify's Grow plan or above: $79/month annual, $105/month monthly. Basic plan shops, at $29/month, get keyword matching only. No semantic understanding, no matter how the search app itself is configured.
Motive's AI is included from the first plan. €31/month annual or €39/month monthly gets you AI Mode, AI Related Tags, AI Carousels and more with nothing gated behind a higher tier.
AI Mode (Conversational/chat AI search) | ||
AI Assisted Search | Grow plan needed ($79/month annual, $105/month monthly). | |
AI Related Tags | ||
AI Carousel (no-results fallback) | ||
AI Next Queries | ||
Boost Products | ||
Boost Categories | ||
Bury Products | ||
No Code Visual Customizations | ||
Promotional Banners | ||
Synonyms | ||
Customisable Filters | Capped at 25 filters per collection. | |
Page Redirections | ||
Zero Character Suggestion (Top Products) | ||
Instant Results | ||
Mobile Friendly Search | ||
Search Analytics | ||
Backroom | Boost or bury products directly from the search results view. Conversational AI search analytics. | |
Visual Playboard | ||
Custom CSS Options | ||
Customise Searchable Fields | ||
Scabality | Easily scalable for growth | Limited scalability for growth |
Problem solving | Direct, human-first support | Bot support |
Docs Portal | ||
Learning resources | ||
Questions AI | ||
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The benefits of Motive
Predictable pricing
Predictable costs for search and AI. Fully transparent with no surprises.
Backroom AI Analytics
Ask a question, get the answer, and never pay for your own searches.
All features included
You don't pay more for the features you need.
Human-first customer service
Got a problem? You will always talk to a person.Our latest innovations
AI Mode
A new AI Mode built for ecommerce that gives you pricing predictability and full AI integration with your catalogue. Let customers shop the way they think. Chat, clarify, compare, and decide. AI Mode remembers context across questions and includes chat history. Built to be private, sustainable, and independent from big tech. Included in all plans.
SEO & GEO Product Pages
Motive auto-generates product and shop pages built for discovery across AI search and traditional search engines, with schema‑rich content and crawlable structures baked in. Get free, qualified traffic through motiveMarket with no setup and zero commissions.
AI Mode
A new AI Mode built for ecommerce that gives you pricing predictability and full AI integration with your catalogue. Let customers shop the way they think. Chat, clarify, compare, and decide. AI Mode remembers context across questions and includes chat history. Built to be private, sustainable, and independent from big tech. Included in all plans.
SEO & GEO Product Pages
Motive auto-generates product and shop pages built for discovery across AI search and traditional search engines, with schema‑rich content and crawlable structures baked in. Get free, qualified traffic through motiveMarket with no setup and zero commissions.
Key analytics and actions that meet you where you are
Login
through your shop's search bar
Get key insights
overlaid on search results
Boost and bury
products directly from search results
Conversational AI analytics
let you chat with your store
Avoid paying extra
for your own internal searches
Works on
desktop and mobileHappy customers. Great results
Since implementing Motive Commerce Search, we've seen a remarkable improvement in our customers' shopping experience.The increased relevance of search results has not only boosted our sales but also enhanced customer satisfaction.Read more
Our customers are usually looking for something very specific and that means it's important for us to make it as easy as possible for them to find what they're looking for.The high conversion and click through rates prove that it really does what it says it will do.Read more
The increase in CTR shows our customers are not just finding the products they're coming for but that the search results they're seeing are more relevant, something that's definitely improved the shopping experience.We're really happy with the results.Read more
We like that Motive lets us promote products for certain searches to improve our cross-selling.The decision is clear: we're sticking with them for our shop's search.Read more