AI Tool Comparison

Comparing as AI Visual Search & Product Discovery
Lily AI vs Klevu

Lily AI

Klevu

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Lily AI

Klevu

Pricing

CustomLily AI uses a fully custom pricing model — there is no published rate card. Pricing is scoped around three variables: catalog size (number of SKUs), selected use cases, and number of markets or regions. Use cases that can be individually selected and priced include Google Shopping attribute generation, Meta catalog ads copy, SEO/AEO metadata, conversational commerce attributes, item setup and classification, and consumer product copy. Cost per SKU generally improves as volume grows, since fixed setup costs spread across more items. More complex outputs (conversational descriptions) cost more per SKU than structured attribute sets. Localizing into additional markets adds processing cost on top of the base catalog price. All plans include catalog ingestion and scoring, agentic enrichment of the highest-impact gaps, matched-spend A/B testing, and reporting with confidence intervals. Higher tiers add more channels, optimization cadence, support, and governance features. To get an exact quote, teams can use the pricing estimator on lily.ai/pricing or book a demo. A free 30-day pilot on 500 products is available — it includes catalog gap scoring and measured lift against a control before any broader commitment.

FreemiumKlevu uses custom, usage-based pricing scaling with domains, sessions, and SKU count, billed annually with no permanent free plan, though a 14-day free trial is available to test the platform. On Shopify, published starting prices include $449/month for the Recommendations module (500K impressions), $549/month for Category Merchandising, and $649/month for Site Search, with combined or larger-catalog plans ranging from $799 to $1,499+/month depending on traffic and product count. Third-party review sites also list a general starting price around $499/month per user for the base Klevu platform. Pricing for non-Shopify platforms, including Magento, BigCommerce, and custom storefronts, requires a fully custom quote from Klevu's sales team based on catalog size, traffic volume, and which modules (Search, Merchandising, Recommendations, Personalization, Klevu Moi) are needed. Enterprise customers with very large catalogs or complex multi-region requirements should expect pricing at the higher end of or above the published ranges.

Lily AI Pros & Cons

Pros

Tested, not promised — every result is measured against a matched-spend control with confidence intervals, so lift claims hold up to CFO scrutiny
Broad surface coverage — one enrichment layer improves Google Ads, Meta Ads, AI discovery (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews), and onsite search simultaneously
Proven enterprise results — +28% Google Shopping revenue lift, +21.4% Meta ROAS lift, +28.3% onsite revenue lift from real customer A/B tests
4.9/5 on G2 — the highest-rated product in its category with reviews from performance marketing and e-commerce teams
No replatforming required — Lily Max improves data quality inside existing feed managers and commerce stacks without replacing anything
Female-led, founder-run company — Purva Gupta named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 Bay Area finalist; $63.9M raised from Canaan, NEA, Conductive Ventures

Cons

Custom pricing only — no public rate card; teams must go through a sales/demo process to get a quote, which adds procurement friction
Primarily a B2B enterprise SaaS platform — not suited for small DTC brands or Shopify merchants without a significant SKU catalog
Focused on product data enrichment rather than end-to-end campaign management — teams still need existing feed managers and ad platforms
Results depend heavily on starting catalog quality — brands with very thin or poorly structured product data may need significant data preparation before seeing lift
No self-serve free tier — the free offering is a scoped 30-day pilot on 500 products, requiring a demo call first
Smaller team (~34-94 employees) than enterprise martech competitors like Salesforce or Adobe — limited regional support capacity

Klevu Pros & Cons

Pros

Semantic AI search genuinely understands vague and misspelled queries better than basic keyword search
Klevu Moi's conversational shopping assistant is a differentiated feature most search competitors don't yet offer
Strong, consistent review ratings: 4.8/5 on the Shopify App Store and 4.4/5 across broader platforms
Search Insights dashboard gives merchandising teams actionable data on zero-result searches and conversion gaps
Well-documented APIs and SDKs make integration straightforward across Shopify, Magento, and BigCommerce

Cons

Fully custom, quote-based pricing with no free tier, only a 14-day trial, making upfront budgeting difficult
Entry pricing around $449-$499/month puts it out of reach for very small stores or those just starting out
Now owned by Athos Commerce following its January 2025 acquisition, alongside Searchspring and Intelligent Reach, which may mean product direction shifts over time
Best value requires a large enough catalog and search volume to justify the premium price point
Non-Shopify platform pricing (Magento, BigCommerce, custom storefronts) requires a fully custom quote rather than published tiers

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