Comparison · 151 merchant reviews read · Updated October 2026
Elevate vs Emerald Collective
Short answer
Pick Elevate if you need theme tests and template tests and you're replacing Google Optimize (3 reviewers made that move).
Pick Emerald Collective if you want to start on a free plan.
| App Store rating | 4.9★ (144) | 2.9★ (17) |
|---|---|---|
| Cost at your traffic | $49+/moStarting price. The listing says price rises with orders but gives no tiers. | FreeCheapest plan: Free Plan. |
| How price scales | Starts at $49/month with a free trial, and the price goes up with your store's sitewide order volume and the plan you choose. | Free for up to 10 orders, or a flat $10/month for unlimited orders and 24/7 support. |
| Launched | December 22, 2020 | December 3, 2024 |
| App Store listing | App Store listing |
Emerald Collective starts at $0 a month, Elevate at $49
Elevate
- Basic Plan$49/mo
- Standard Plan$99/mo
- Premium Plan$499/mo
“Pricing scales based on sitewide order volume”
Emerald Collective
- Free PlanFree
- Premium Plan$10/mo
Only Elevate can run theme tests
Read from each app's listing. A dot means the listing says it can do it.
| Price tests | ● | ● |
|---|---|---|
| Theme tests | ● | ○ |
| Template tests | ● | ○ |
| Content tests | ● | ○ |
| URL split tests | ● | ○ |
| Shipping tests | ● | ● |
| Checkout tests | ● | ○ |
| Visual editor | ● | ○ |
| AI test ideas | ● | ○ |
| Audience targeting | ● | ● |
| Free plan | ○ | ● |
What reviewers complain about
Share of each app's reviews that complain about the topic. Apps under 20 reviews are left out because a single review swings the number.
| Price | 1.5% |
|---|---|
| Billing and refunds | 0% |
| Support | 0.7% |
| Bugs | 3% |
| Setup | 0% |
| Dashboard | 0% |
| Reporting and stats | 1.5% |
| Flicker | 0% |
| Page speed | 0% |
| Integrations | 0% |
| What you can test | 0% |
| Results | 0% |
The most common Elevate complaint: bugs
bad app. Can't even split visitors good. Is 250 visitors and 30 visitors a 50/50 split? xd
Emerald Collective replies to 25% of reviews, Elevate to 6%
| Reviews with a developer reply | 6% | 25% |
|---|---|---|
| Praise support | 78.5% | 31.3% |
| Complain about support | 0.7% | 25% |
Serious problems reviewers reported
Billing disputes, broken stores, misused data and missing features. Each one is a single merchant's account.
bad app. Can't even split visitors good. Is 250 visitors and 30 visitors a 50/50 split? xd
purtroppo non funziona. Dopo alcune ore non ha ancora generato impression nessuna delle due varianti. Ho aperto varie chat di assistenza in cui dicono di rispondere in 16 minuti ma dopo 24 ancora non hanno risposto. Intanto l'ABtest continua a non funzionare. Disinstallo tutto
The app not working, i just wanted to do an A/B test for shipping rate. The exchanges with support lasted four days. First, they asked me for an authentication code to access my store (which was strange), then they told me it was fixed but it still didn't work, and then they asked me to call them to fix it live, even though it had already been done normally. In conclusion, four days wasted for…
Very bad, I insist for a long time, has experienced constant error, delay, unable to create the test, can't choose the product after test finally launched the first product price, but it's very wonderful is a few hours later I products in the price of shopify concrete was somehow changed, changed to test the price of group B, ridiculous! Customer support is slow to respond, I can never reach…
Doesn't work very well, when you've created a price testing sometimes the test just disappears, you cant edit it either.
Results merchants put a number on
- $30k+ revenue with Elevate. “find $30k+ in additional monthly sales”
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