The best alternative to Shopify for AI-driven e-commerce growth
Frustrated with Shopify’s default search? Clerk.io’s AI-powered Search & Discovery offers instant results, personalized recommendations, and audience insights to supercharge your sales growth.
Trusted by 2.5k+ e-commerce leaders
"Once we implemented the functions it has worked from day one, strengthening our branding and market reach to see growth rates ranging from 70% to 100% year on year."



Compare Clerk.io vs Shopify
Compare Clerk.io’s platform with Shopify to see why we’re the better solution for your e-commerce business.
What Shopify Can Do
What Additional Value Clerk.io Adds
Basic Search:
Matches search queries to product titles, descriptions, and tags.
AI-Powered Search:
Understands typos, synonyms, and natural language (e.g., "cheap running shoes" shows affordable options, not just those with "cheap" in the title).
Search Suggestions:
Shows product suggestions as users type.
Smart Search Suggestions:
Prioritizes high-converting products based on real-time customer behavior.
Manual Collection Sorting:
Merchants manually arrange products in collections.
Automated Category Sorting:
Dynamically sorts categories based on popularity, trends, and customer behavior.
Basic Product Recommendations:
Displays related products based on manual rules.
AI-Driven Recommendations:
Learns from customer behavior and purchase history to suggest personalized products (e.g., "Customers who bought this also bought…").
Basic Analytics:
Provides standard reports like sales and traffic.
Advanced Analytics:
Tracks the performance of search, recommendations, and categories, attributing revenue to each.
Product Feeds for Ads:
Allows merchants to export product feeds for external advertising.
Dynamic Ad Feeds:
Automatically updates product feeds based on trends and best-performing items.
Email Marketing (via Shopify Email or integrations):
Sends promotional emails with static product selections.
Behavioral Email Recommendations:
Inserts personalized product recommendations into emails based on user behavior.
Don't just take our word
We've spoken enough about ourselves, so here is a little of what our customers have to say about us.
Clerk has transformed our online experience. The advanced search and personalized recommendations have not only increased our sales but also enriched the overall customer journey.
Once we implemented the functions it has worked from day one, strengthening our branding and market reach to see growth rates ranging from 70% to 100% year on year.
Our solution is comprehensive
and future-proof
One unified platform
Clerk's real power shines when Search, Recommendations, Audience, and Email are combined, providing you with a single and cohesive platform to facilitate crucial e-commerce functionalities.
Completely cookieless
We prioritize user privacy, making the Clerk platform entirely cookieless and free from storing customer data. This ensures GDPR compliance and helps build trust with your customers.
Works out-of-the-box
Clerk works instantly with no learning period. You’ll see immediate results as it leverages prior buyer history and advanced AI algorithms to optimize your webstore.
“Clerk has transformed our online experience. The advanced search and personalized recommendations have not only increased our sales but also enriched the overall customer journey”
The results speak for themselves
35.4
%
Increase in order value
1.23
Extra products
11.7
%
More subscribers
9.3
x
More likely to convert
Real averages across all e-commerce stores using Clerk vs. those who didn’t within the same quarter.
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