How the report compares.
A side-by-side look at the report against the free AI-readiness apps, page auditors and human audits — facts and prices, no opinions.
Prices and features verified 6 October 2026. We re-verify quarterly.
| CatalogIQ Report | Shopify's free readiness scanner | Free AI-readiness apps | URLAudit | Human SEO / store audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Products covered | Every product, up to 5,000 | A store-level score; Shopify doesn't say how many pages it reads | Free tiers stop at 25–50 products; paid $29–$899/mo | 50 pages/scan free; 400 at $29.99/mo; 3,000 at $99.99/mo | Sampled |
| Install / permissions | None — public pages | None — enter a URL | App install with store permissions | App install | None |
| Platforms | Any public storefront | Any store URL | Shopify only | Shopify only | Any |
| Per-product fix list with example URLs | Yes, exportable to CSV · see a sample | No — store-level fixes ranked by impact and effort | Varies by app | Per page | Sometimes |
| Standards | Google, Amazon, GS1, ETIM, UNSPSC, schema.org | Shopify's 31 agent-readiness checks | Vendor-defined checks | Vendor-defined | Opinion |
| Price | $99 / $199 one-time | Free | Free, then monthly | Monthly | $699 (cro.media); $500–$2,500 (agency guides) |
Sources (verified 6 October 2026). Shopify's readiness scanner: shopify.com/agentic-readiness (free, no login; 31 checks per Shopifreaks, 28 April 2026). Free AI-readiness apps surveyed: AI Catalog Score (free 50 SKUs; paid $49–$399/mo), Verity Score (free 25 products; paid $39–$899/mo) and ShelfSight (free scan; paid $29–$99/mo). Page auditor: URLAudit (free 50 pages/scan; $29.99/mo for 400; $99.99/mo for 3,000). Human audit price points: CRO Media ($699) and Shopexperts ($500–$2,500 for a one-time technical SEO audit). Visibl, previously surveyed, is no longer available on the Shopify App Store.
What the report is not
The report is a one-time diagnosis. It does not monitor your catalog over time and it does not apply fixes — it reads your public pages and hands you a prioritized fix list. For ongoing monitoring, that's a different product: the CatalogIQ platform.
Common comparison questions
How is CatalogIQ different from Shopify's free scanner?
Shopify's free agentic readiness scanner gives your store a readiness score from 31 checks. The CatalogIQ report scores every product, up to 5,000, against published standards (Google, Amazon, GS1, ETIM, UNSPSC, schema.org) and lists which products are missing which fields, so whoever fixes the data knows where to start.
Report or platform — which is right for me?
The report is a one-time diagnosis for stores up to 5,000 products: run the free preview, pay $99 or $199, and get a per-product fix list. The CatalogIQ platform is for larger or fast-changing catalogs: it re-scores the whole catalog every 30 days and shows a 12-month trend. Over 5,000 products, behind a login, or changing every week? Talk to us about the platform.
Try it on your own catalog
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