ShopSavvy

ShopSavvy helps shoppers compare product prices, deals, and availability across retailers. The company says it covers over 100 million products. Its mobile app scans barcodes to compare store prices, while watchlists can provide price-drop and restock alerts for items at supported retailers. Multi-retailer price histories can help inform whether to buy now or wait. A desktop conversational shopping assistant compares products, prices, and deals. ShopSavvy also offers a Data API with product details, prices, availability, deals, reviews, and historical data across tens of thousands of retailers and sellers. API plans vary in monthly credit allowances: Starter is $49.00 per month and includes 1,000 credits and a 14-day free trial; Professional is $199.00 per month, and Enterprise is $499.00 per month. Custom pricing is available. The company describes its consumer service as free. ShopSavvy is listed for Android, iOS, web, Mac, Windows, and Linux, with API and extension options. The company says it has operated since 2008.

ShopSavvy combines consumer price comparison and tracking with a separate retail data API. The free consumer service and paid API plans serve different needs, so check which offering fits your use.

ShopSavvy suits shoppers comparing prices or tracking items, and developers or businesses looking for retail product data through an API. Its consumer service is described as free, while API plans have listed monthly prices.

ShopSavvy suits shoppers comparing offers or waiting for a better time to buy, as well as teams that need product data through an API. Its combination of barcode scanning, price history, and alerts is useful for purchase decisions; API customers should choose a plan around its monthly credit ceiling.

Overview

Made by Monolith Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based company that says it has operated since 2008, ShopSavvy compares prices across thousands of retailers and says its catalogue covers over 100 million products. Consumer shopping tools and the Data API serve distinct needs: shoppers can compare and track purchases, while developers and businesses can retrieve product data across tens of thousands of retailers and sellers.

The consumer service is completely free to use. The API has separate paid plans, so shoppers need not pay an API subscription to use the consumer service.

Key features

Compare products in stores and online

The mobile app scans barcodes and compares prices across stores, a practical way to check other offers while considering an item in person. ShopSavvy also supports product comparison and visual search. Its stated catalogue scale is broad, though a large catalogue alone does not ensure every product or retailer will appear.

Track price and stock changes

Users can add products to a watchlist and receive price-drop alerts by email or notification. ShopSavvy also sends back-in-stock alerts for watched items at supported retailers. Multi-retailer price history helps put a current price in context and decide whether to buy or wait; stock alerts are useful when availability, rather than price, is the obstacle.

Desktop shopping assistant

The desktop app offers a conversational shopping agent for comparing products, prices, and deals. It is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, with downloads for Windows 10+ and Apple Silicon or Intel Macs. That makes ShopSavvy a fit for shoppers who prefer desktop research as well as phone-based barcode checks.

Product data API

The Data API provides product details, prices, availability, deals, reviews, and historical data. SDKs and tools are listed for Python, TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and OpenAI Functions, giving developers several integration paths. Monthly credit caps make the lower tiers easier to budget for, but potentially restrictive for heavier usage.

Privacy

ShopSavvy says it does not collect personal information or share users’ shopping habits. Its privacy notice describes technical and organizational safeguards, while acknowledging that transmission cannot be guaranteed fully secure.

Pricing

ShopSavvy’s consumer service is free, while the separate API plans are priced monthly in USD. The listed iOS ShopSavvy Pro option is $2.99 per month, billed as a monthly subscription with optional auto-renewal; it is not the price of an API tier.

Starter is the only API tier with a stated 14-day free trial. It has the lowest entry cost, but its 1,000-credit cap is substantially below Professional’s 10,000 and Enterprise’s 50,000 credits. Professional adds priority email support; Enterprise raises the cap and offers priority support. Custom pricing removes the fixed credit ceiling and adds dedicated support and custom SLAs.

Platforms

ShopSavvy supports Android, iOS, browser extensions, web, and desktop use on Linux, Mac, and Windows, alongside its API. The desktop app’s stated requirements are Windows 10+ and Apple Silicon or Intel Mac.

Who it's for

ShopSavvy is a strong fit for shoppers who want to compare prices, scan barcodes, or follow price and stock changes before buying. Its price history makes waiting a more informed choice than relying only on a current offer. Developers and businesses should consider it when they need product, pricing, availability, deal, review, or historical data through an API and can match expected usage to the credit tiers.

It is less compelling for API customers whose usage is uncertain or likely to exceed a fixed monthly allowance unless custom pricing suits their needs. Shoppers who only need a one-time comparison may not benefit as much from watchlists and alerts.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Barcode scanning, price history, price-drop and supported-retailer stock alerts combine useful checks before and after deciding to buy.
• Pros: The consumer service is free, with mobile, browser, and desktop access.
• Pros: API plans expose all endpoints and offer progressively higher credit caps, with support options that scale by tier.
• Cons: API plans have fixed monthly credit caps through Enterprise, so heavier usage may require custom pricing.
• Cons: The $49 a month Starter plan offers only 1,000 API credits/month; its 14-day trial is the only stated API trial.
• Cons: The ShopSavvy Pro price is tied to an iOS subscription, and the plan terms do not state additional features.

Alternatives

For a free shopping assistant, Alexa for Shopping is free for signed-in Amazon customers and does not require Prime, but its stated platform range is Android, iOS, and web. AskToBuy AI is another free option across Android, API, iOS, and web.

iOS-only shoppers may prefer folk for shopping if they want its free searching and price comparisons, but its free plan excludes price watching. KompareAI is a free option for iOS, Android, MacOS, and web users.

Vetted may suit shoppers who want advanced research tools in a paid Pro plan, while its free plan remains available; it supports Android, browser extension, iOS, MacOS, and web. FindGPT is a free iOS alternative. Phia is free and spans browser extension, iOS, and web. ShopCompare AI is a free option for Android, iOS, and web.

Readers comparing a broader set of shopping assistants can browse AI Shopping Assistants; businesses focused on monitoring competitor prices can consult Competitor Price Monitoring Software.

Verdict

Choose ShopSavvy if you want a free consumer service that combines comparison with price history and alerts, or if its API’s product-data coverage fits your integration needs. Its main drawback for API buyers is the monthly credit ceiling on every fixed plan; choose Custom only if custom pricing and terms make sense for your volume, or look elsewhere if you need a different usage model.